Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 00:33:03 03/06/02
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On March 05, 2002 at 23:42:28, Slater Wold wrote:
>On March 05, 2002 at 23:26:08, Joe Pechie wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>I found this position in the Post. The caption read White wins.
>>I let Tiger take a crack at it and it thought it was even at d=17.
>>d=17 took 5 seconds. The step to d=18 was not done in 30 minutes.
>>Just curious if this is a win for white not that I don't trust
>>the newspapers.;-)
>>
>>
>>[D] 8/8/1k1P4/8/8/8/1r6/R3K3 w - -
>>
>>1.Rc1 Rb4 2.Rd1 Re4+ 3.Kf2 Re8 4.Kf3 Kc6 5.Kf4 Kd7 6.Kf5 Re6
>>7.Rb1 Rxd6 {(0:00.05) +0.00 d=17
>>
>>Joe
>>www.pechie.com
>
>Um, it has 5 pieces. Which means it's been solved! No eval needed here.
>
>And BTW, it IS a draw. Rd1 would be the move. (If played from a TB.)
I disagree. Sometimes it's better to use your brain than table bases.
This position may very well be a win for white. It depends.
The best move would be d7!
Kind regards
Bernhard
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