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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