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Subject: Re: Pawn ending

Author: Ferdinand S. Mosca

Date: 08:31:27 07/30/01

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On July 30, 2001 at 11:01:44, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

>Hi,
>
>A position from Chess Informant vol. 80 in the Ending section has caught my
>attention.
>[D]7k/4pq2/1p5p/p1p1P2P/P2p4/1P1P1Q2/2P3K1/8 b - - 0 1
>
>GM Glek of Germany in his analysis of his game recommended the following line.
>1...Qxf3+! 2.Kxf3 Kg7 3.Ke4 e6 4.Kf3 Kf7 5.Ke2 Ke7 6.Kd2 Kd7 7.c4 dxc3+ 8.Kxc3
>Kc7 9.d4 Kc6 10.Kc4 cxd4 11.Kxd4 b5 wins.
>
>In the actual game he played 1...Qg7 which could only draw.
>
>Perhaps he missed the better move at diagram 2, (3. e6 instead of 3. Ke4)
>diagram 2
>8/4p1k1/1p5p/p1p1P2P/P2p4/1P1P1K2/2P5/8 w - - 0 2
>[3.e6!! Kf6 4.Kf4 Kxe6 5.Ke4=],
>
>I made some modification for the program to solve, diagram 3.
>diagram 3
>[D]6k1/4p3/1p5p/p1p1P2P/P2p4/1P1P1K2/2P5/8 b - - 0 1
>Is there any program that likes to play 1.. e6 with score favoring the black
>side. There seemed to be only two logical choices for black here, Kf7 and e6.
>
>Here is my main line:
>1...e6 [1...Kf7 2.e6+ Kxe6 3.Ke4=] 2.Ke2 Kf7 3.Kd2 Ke7 4.c3 dxc3+ 5.Kxc3 Kd7
>6.d4 Kc6 7.Kc4 cxd4 8.Kxd4 b5 wins
>
>Regards,
>Dinan

Sorry, I missed too the diagram.



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