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

Author: Vine Smith

Date: 15:01:57 05/10/02

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On May 10, 2002 at 16:58:32, Dan Andersson wrote:

>Let us phrase it like this. You do realize that the white pawns on the queen
>side can't braek through on their own?
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

Utzinger has posted games that show he's a pretty strong player, so why would
you think he wouldn't be aware of this? I wasn't able to see what was wrong with
1.g4 Kb4 2.Kc2 either until working out some lines. It looks as if after
2...Ka3, it's impossible to keep the Black king from hanging around behind
White's queenside pawns, so White never has time to play his king to c6 and take
on c7. I don't see how endgame tablebases would really help a program's analysis
of this situation, as suggested by Diepeveen. First, the entire queenside would
need to be liquidated, and only during the race to the kingside would tablebases
be useful.

Regards,
Vine Smith



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