Author: James T. Walker
Date: 09:04:34 01/22/02
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On January 22, 2002 at 11:56:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 22, 2002 at 10:40:33, James T. Walker wrote: > >>[D]B7/5pk1/6p1/7p/7P/8/4K3/8 b - - 0 1 >> >>In this position Junior 7 played 60.....f5 ?? and lost this ending. This was >>done with access to all 3/4/5 man tablebases. I'm an idiot and I can see about >>3 ways to draw this ending without tablebases. >>By the way, what's up with Chessbase? If you ask Junior 7 to copy the position, >>this is what you get: "wKe2,Ba8,Ph4/bKg7,Pf7,g6,h5" Have they never heard of >>FEN over there? Who in the hell uses this kind of nonsense to describe a >>position??????? > > >How could it possibly lose this as black? Even if it just gives >up all the pawns, white has the wrong bishop if my eyes are not playing >tricks on me. It would seem that playing g6 when black can't recapture >if white takes would be the only way to lose, turning that worthless rook >pawn into a knight pawn that can win. You asked for it! [D]B7/5pk1/6p1/7p/7P/8/4K3/8 b - - 0 60 60...f5 61.Ke3 f4+ 62.Kxf4 Kh6 63.Be4 Kg7 64.Kg5 Kh8 65.Kh6 Kg8 66.Bd5+ Kh8 67.Bc4 g5 68.hxg5 h4 69.g6 h3 70.g7# 1-0
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