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Subject: Re: Testposition - Pawn ending

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 23:41:31 12/27/01

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On December 27, 2001 at 21:22:13, Martin Giepmans wrote:

>On December 27, 2001 at 11:13:40, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>> 8/3k2p1/4pp2/1p2PP2/1PpP2P1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 35
>>
>> This position is from a game Rocha - Spraggett, 1999.
>> White is worse here and there are several ways for him to
>> lose this position. Hecht, in his commentaries, even thought
>> that the key move is the only way for white to make the draw.
>> This ending is tricky, so I'm not 100% sure that Hecht is correct.
>> Anyway, white has a simple and straight forward way to secure the draw.
>>
>> Theme - pawn ending: One protected passer can hold his own vs two connected.
>>
>>
>> Test: Programs with some of this knowledge should evaluate the position
>>       after 1.d5! as 0.00 or close to it.
>>
>>
>>[Event "Boavista Masters"]
>>[Site "Porto"]
>>[Date "1999.12.31"]
>>[Round "5"]
>>[White "Rocha, Sergio"]
>>[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "C02"]
>>[WhiteElo "2427"]
>>[BlackElo "2521"]
>>[Annotator "Hecht"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "8/3k2p1/4pp2/1p2PP2/1PpP2P1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 35"]
>>[PlyCount "12"]
>>[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
>>
>>35. d5 $1 exd5 36. e6+ Ke7 37. Ke3 c3 38. Kd3 d4 39. Kc2 g5 40. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2
>>
>>Sune
>
>
>My program sticks with Ke3
>Is that also a draw?


 GM Hecht didn't think so, but he only gave a strange variation with 1.Kd2,
 allowing black's king to d5 via c6. Me and Miguel posted some interesting
 variations with 1.Ke3 (1.Kf3 is also okey - not just 1.Kd2), further down
 this thread. At the moment it looks like a draw. 1.d5 is the simplest way
 though.

 Sune

>
>SpiderChess (amd 1200, no TB)
>05  00:00:00  - 0.39  E2-E3 F6xE5 D4xE5 D7-E7 E3-E4
>06  00:00:00  - 0.33  E2-E3 D7-E7 F5xE6 E7xE6 E3-E4 F6xE5 D4xE5
>07  00:00:00  - 0.27  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 F6xE5 D4xE5 E7-D7 F5-F6
>08  00:00:00  - 0.30  E2-E3 F6xE5 D4xE5 D7-D8 E3-E4 D8-E7 E4-D4 E7-D7
>09  00:00:00  - 0.01  E2-E3 F6xE5 D4xE5 D7-E7 E3-E4 E7-F7 E4-E3 C4-C3 E3-D3
>10  00:00:00    0.00  E2-E3 F6xE5 D4xE5 D7-E7 E3-E4 E7-F7 E4-E3 F7-E7
>11  00:00:02    0.00  E2-E3 F6xE5 D4xE5 D7-E7 E3-E4 E7-F7 E4-D4 F7-E7 D4-E4
>12  00:00:06  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E4 C7-D7 E4-D4
>13  00:00:12  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E4 C7-D7 E4-D4 D7-D6
>14  00:00:15  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-C8 E3-E4 C8-D7
>                      E4-D4
>15  00:00:22  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-C8 E3-E4 C8-D7
>                      E4-D4 D7-D6
>16  00:00:36  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-C8 E3-D4 C8-D8
>                      D4-E4 D8-E7 E4-D4
>17  00:01:01  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-C8 E3-D4 C8-D8
>                      D4-E4 D8-E7 E4-D4 E7-D6
>18  00:01:47  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-C8 E3-D4 C8-D8
>                      D4-E3 D8-E7 E3-E4 E7-D7 E4-D4
>19  00:03:40  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-D8 E3-E4 D8-E8
>                      E4-D4 E8-E7 D4-E4 E7-D7 E4-D4 D7-D6
>20  00:07:37  - 0.42  E2-E3 D7-E7 E3-E4 G7-G6 E5xF6 E7xF6 F5xE6 F6xE6 G4-G5
>                      E6-D7 D4-D5 D7-D6 E4-D4 D6-C7 D4-E3 C7-D8 E3-D4 D8-E7
>                      D4-E4 E7-D7 E4-E3 D7-E8 E3-E4 E8-E7 E4-D4



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