Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 10:36:36 01/22/02
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On January 22, 2002 at 12:04:34, James T. Walker wrote: >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 Seems like it is still a draw after 64. ...Kh7 My conclusionn is that f5 wasn't the blunder, 64. ...Kh8 was. Peter
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