Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 00:46:31 03/10/01
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On March 10, 2001 at 00:12:27, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 09, 2001 at 23:00:28, Sune Larsson wrote: > >> >> [D]8/2pp4/8/2P1P3/3k1B1K/4p3/P1P5/2b5 w - - 0 1 >> >> Fernhout, 1947 >> >> Bishop ending, same colors, 4 vs 3 pawns - but the white pawns look >> real loose. The black passer on e3 is a killer and white's king is >> doing nothing at the moment. How do you treat such a killer pawn? >> >> >> Test: White to move and win. No compromises please. Just go for it! >> The solution ferner down. ;) >> >> >> Sune >> > > > > > > >I think your analysis below might be flawed. After the following: > >Bxe3+ Kxe3 c6 dxc6 a4, crafty thinks Kf4 is winning for black, while the >suggested move loses for black and allows the e6 trick to work. Kf4 seems >to allow the black bishop to stop the pawn just in time: > > 16-> 28.72 -3.03 3. ... Kf4 4. e6 Kf5 5. e7 Bg5+ 6. > Kh5 Bxe7 7. a5 Bc5 8. Kh6 Ke4 9. Kg6 > Kd4 10. Kf7 Kc4 11. Ke6 Kb5 12. Kd7 > Kxa5 13. Kxc6 > > >As a result, it will not play Bxe3+ to start things rolling as it believes >that loses outright... Oopss, really you shouldn't have done that...;) I mean after 53+ years believing everything was okey with this nice study... "Hey man, how did your game go?" "Well, I had a win for 53 years, then came Crafty..." Sune > > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Fernhout,J >>1947 >> >>1.Bxe3+ >> >>[1.c6? e2! 2.Bg3 dxc6 3.e6 Ba3 4.Be1 Ke5 5.Kg4 Kxe6 6.Kf3 Kd5 7.Kxe2 Kc4] >> >>1...Kxe3 >> >>[1...Bxe3 2.c6 dxc6 3.e6 Bf2+ 4.Kg4] >> >>2.c6 >> >>[2.a4? Ba3 3.c6 d5! 4.e6 Kd4 5.a5 Be7+ 6.Kg4 Kc5] >> >>2...dxc6 >> >>[2...Ba3 3.cxd7 Be7+ 4.Kh5! Ke4 5.Kg6 Kxe5 6.Kf7 Bh4 7.Ke8 Kd4 8.d8Q+ Bxd8 >>9.Kxd8 c5 10.Kc7 Kc3 (10...c4 11.Kc6 c3 12.Kb5 Ke3 13.Kb4 Kd2 14.Kb3) 11.Kc6 c4 >>12.Kc5] >> >>3.a4 Bb2 >> >>[3...Ba3 4.e6 Kd4 5.a5 Be7+ 6.Kh5 Kc5 7.c4; >>3...Kd4 4.e6 Ba3 5.a5] >> >>4.e6 Bf6+ 5.Kh5 >> >>[5.Kg4? Kd4 6.a5 Kc5 7.c4 Kd6 8.Kf5 Bd4!] >> >>5...Kd4 6.Kg6 >> >>[6.a5? Kc5 7.c4 Kd6 8.Kg6 Ke7!] >> >>6...Bh4 7.a5 Kc5 8.c4 Kd6 9.Kf7 1-0
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