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Subject: Re: Pawn endgame test position......

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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