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Subject: Re: pawnendgame kc3 [Both Kc3 and g4 are winning moves]

Author: Kolss

Date: 09:52:35 05/10/02

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On May 09, 2002 at 20:47:32, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On May 09, 2002 at 08:59:50, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>g4 Kb4 =
>

g4 Kb4 Kc2 +-

>analyse with EGTBs turned on i'd say :)
>

EGTB are on.

>>On May 09, 2002 at 02:39:13, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:
>>
>>>Diep - Crafty
>>>
>>>[D]8/p1p3p1/7p/1Pk5/P7/1P1K2P1/7P/8 w - - 4 41
>>>
>>>kc3!!
>>>
>>>regrettably diep didn't care between kc3 and g4 and went
>>>for g4. Kc3 is a clear win IMHO.
>>>
>>>g4 a simple draw.
>>
>>In the meantime I have analysed this positition more deeply and came to the
>>conlusion that White wins anyway, either with Kc3 or g4. Black is absolutely
>>helpless and gets in Zugzwang. And this might also be the reason that the
>>evaluation of the chesscomputer programs do not much differ after executing Kc3
>>or g4.
>>Kurt



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