Author: David Dory
Date: 02:16:31 03/06/02
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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
With the WKing inside the "square" of the pawn, this SHOULD be a draw.
The FEN indicates NO castling rights are present, so no real tricky stuff that I
can see.
I don't think changing my Pepsi for coffee will change that, but I'm always open
to any suggestions to improve my chess skill <grin>.
What does the Post give as the winning moves for WHITE?
Dave
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