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Subject: Re: Pawn endgame, solution correct?

Author: Simon Finn

Date: 11:21:21 10/15/01

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On October 15, 2001 at 12:52:32, Rafael Andrist wrote:

>On October 15, 2001 at 12:08:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On October 15, 2001 at 10:22:09, Rafael Andrist wrote:
>>
>>>[D]8/2p5/1pP3k1/1P3p2/8/5pP1/5P2/3K4 w - - bm Kc2; id "APE.704"; c0 "M. Sinar,
>>>1983";
>>>
>>>According to M. Sinar, White wins with Kc2. But after analyzing the position
>>>with chess programs (without TBs), I could not find a winning line. The score
>>>swaps between +2 and 0. What do other programs say?

>Thanks for posting these analyses, Dann. The position after 9.Kxb6 is drawn.
>After comparing your output of Yace and Crafty and the one of Wilhelm, I suspect
>that the solution of Sinar is wrong. There are also some other composed pawn
>endgames by Sinar which are wrong, that's why I don't trust him very much.

Presumably this was what Sinar intended?

[D]8/2p5/1pP4k/1P3p2/8/5pP1/2K1P2/8 w - - bm Kc3;

Simon



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