Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:02:54 06/09/01
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On June 09, 2001 at 18:42:20, Dan Andersson wrote:
>Try it out with Yace, for example. Or read Christopher Lutz 'Endgame Secrets'
>about how advanced a rook pawn must be.
>>Why? White is dead lost here. 16.Kg3? Ke3! 17.a3 (17.a4 a5) a6 18.a4 a5 19.Kh3
>>Kf3
>
>16. Kg3 Ke3 17. a4 a5 18. Kg2 Kf4 19. Kf2 Kg4 20. Ke3! Kxh4 21. Kf4!
Yace thinks this draws???
Well, it's a nice try all the same, and would be a draw were it not for the
a-pawns. As it is though:
21.Kf4 Kh3 22.Kf3 h4 23.Kf2 Kg4 and White is still dead lost.
Albert
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