Author: Dan Wulff
Date: 12:29:20 03/29/02
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Hi Rafael! On March 29, 2002 at 15:24:52, Rafael Andrist wrote: >On March 29, 2002 at 14:25:36, Dan Wulff wrote: > >>Hi People! >> >>[D]8/1k6/p4p2/2p2P2/p1P2P2/2P5/P1K5/8 w - - >> >>This is CCE position 765. The correct move is Kc1. > >This position was composed by M.Sinar in 1983. I found it in Averbakhs "Pawn >Endings", where it is position #1983. > >The solution according to Sinar is: >1.Kc1! Kc7 2.Kd1! Kd7 3.Ke1 Kc7 4.Kf2 Kd8 5.Ke2 Ke8 6.Kd3 Kd7 7.Ke3 Kd6 8.Ke4 >(forcing a pawn move) a3 9.Kd3 a5 10.Kc2! a4 > >Now the position is blocked up completely: >[D]8/8/3k1p2/2p2P2/p1P2P2/p1P5/P1K5/8 w - - 0 11 > >This one is now won for sure > >11.Kd2! Kc7 12.Kd3 Kc6 13.Ke2 Kd6 14.Kf2 Kd7 15.Ke3 Ke7 16.Kf3 +- > >Please note that Sinar composition are not always correct, I've discovered >errors in other ones, so I'm sceptical. > >My chess program Wilhelm, which has special knowledge for this kind of position >cannot find a winning line. Does the positions from this book exist in PGN or EPD format somewhere ?? Greetings Dan Wulff (The Gandalf Team)
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