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Subject: Re: Testposition - Pawn ending II

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 02:31:55 12/28/01

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On December 28, 2001 at 05:12:55, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]8/2p1k3/3p3p/2PP1pp1/1P1K1P2/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
> It's amazing how many tricks and tactics there can be hidden in
> apparently simple pawn endings! Like this one - 5 pawns each, nicely
> grouped. White has a latent passer on the queenside - and black ditto
> on the kingside. Both kings are occupied by keeping an eye on these
> runners, so it should be a draw - or...?
>
> It's a position from Camacho Martinez - Hernandez, 1995.
> White won it with the brilliant 1.g4!!
>
>
>[Event "Cuba"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1995.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Camacho Martinez, G."]
>[Black "Hernandez, An.C"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2140"]
>[BlackElo "2325"]
>[Annotator "Camacho,G"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "8/2p1k3/3p3p/2PP1pp1/1P1K1P2/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
>[PlyCount "13"]
>[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
>
>{64/(600)} 1. g4 $3 fxg4 (1... gxf4 2. gxf5 $18) 2. f5 dxc5+ (2... Kf6 3. cxd6
>cxd6 4. b5 $18) (2... g3 3. Ke3 g4 4. c6 h5 5. b5 h4 6. Ke2 $1 $18) 3. bxc5 g3
>4. Ke3 g4 5. c6 $3 (5. d6+ $2 cxd6 6. c6 d5 $1 $11) 5... h5 6. f6+ Kxf6 7. d6
>1-0
>
>Sune


1.g4 found at 2:55, first sign of a win for white at 9:07

Ed


00:00:20 17.00  -0.07   1.Ke3 g4 2.Kd2 Kd7 3.c6 Kd8
00:00:31 18.00  -0.38   1.Ke3 g4 2.Kd2 Kd7 3.Kd3 h5 4.Kd4
                        Kc8 5.Ke3 Kb7 6.Kd4 Ka6 7.Kc4 dxc5
                        8.bxc5 h4 9.d6 hxg3 10.d7 g2 11.d8
                        g1  (28)

00:00:46 19.00  -1.35   1.Ke3 g4 2.Kd2 h5 3.Ke3 Kd8 4.Kd2
                        Kc8 5.cxd6 cxd6 6.b5 Kc7 7.b6 Kxb6
                        8.Ke3 Kc5 9.Ke2 Kxd5 10.Kf1  (43)

00:00:53 19.01  -1.35   1.fxg5
00:01:04 19.01  -0.06   1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Kd3 Kd7 3.Kc2 Ke8
00:01:36 20.00  -0.42   1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Kd3 Kd8 3.Kd4 Kd7
                        4.Kc3 Kc8 5.Kd4 Kb7 6.Kc4 Ka7 7.b5
                        Kb8  (90)

00:02:55 20.08  -0.42  1.g4
00:02:58 20.08  -0.11  1.g4 fxg4 2.f5 h5 3.Ke3 h4 4.Kf2
00:09:07 21.00  2.09   1.g4 fxg4 2.f5 g3 3.Ke3 g4 4.c6
00:09:13 22.00  2.09   1.g4 fxg4 2.f5 g3 3.Ke3 g4 4.c6

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