Author: martin fierz
Date: 08:00:18 05/30/01
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On May 29, 2001 at 11:14:05, Hans Christian Lykke wrote: >In a CC game I have this position. >A 6-men endgame-tablebase could show if/how/when black is winning. >But are there such a 6-men tablebase? > >[D] 8/8/1k3R2/p7/8/r6p/7K/8 b - - 0 69 > > >Best regards > >Hans Christian Lykke this looks like a draw to me too - a & h pawns can be a draw. white blocks one pawn with the king and attacks the other pawn from the side, checking the black king until it's in a bad position. there's something on this ending in the dvoretzki/yusupov endgame book. i'll look it up and post the variations unless someone else does before me :-) cheers martin
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