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Subject: Re: What is the difference between these 2 PV's

Author: John Hatcher

Date: 23:58:23 02/19/01

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On February 20, 2001 at 02:20:37, Les Fernandez wrote:

>I was wondering if there is any difference between the following 2 PV's.  Crafty
>17.? suggests Ke4 for the following position but I would be interested to know
>if there is any pro or con to Kd4 of the same position.  It is important that
>the evaluation be the same for both pv's.  If there isnt a difference anybody
>see a reason why you would take one over the other?
>
>The evaluation is:
>
>8/8/4k3/8/8/4K3/3BB3/8 w - - acd 4; acn 9; acs 1; ce 32742; pv Ke4
>
>[D]8/8/4k3/8/8/4K3/3BB3/8 w - -
>
>Thanks, (HTW)
>
>Les

Both 1. Ke4 and 1. Kd4 lead to mate in thirteen moves.  As neither is a faster
mate than the other, there is no rational reason to prefer one over the other.

John



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