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Subject: Draw or Lost?

Author: Janosch Zwerensky

Date: 05:07:14 05/21/02

Hi all,

in a game I recently played against another human, I got into the following
position, playing black:

[D] 1k6/p7/P1p2B2/PpPp1p2/1K1Pp1p1/4P1P1/5P2/8 w - - 0 62

I believed and still do believe that this should be drawn, because it seems that
black can counter any zugzwang threats from white by stalemate ideas, and
because otherwise the position is trivially blocked (in the game, my opponent
overplayed and managed to get himself into a totally lost ending, but won on
time ;)...).
Two questions do I wish to ask to the board now:

1. Is there a winning plan for white?
2. How do the chess engines around assess the situation?

Regards,
Janosch.

• Re: Draw or Lost? Robert Hyatt 10:37:29 05/21/02
• Re: Draw or Lost? K. Burcham 06:15:45 05/21/02
  • Re: Draw or Lost? Janosch Zwerensky 08:35:03 05/21/02
    • Re: Draw or Lost? David Hanley 12:14:01 05/21/02
  • Re: Draw or Lost? correction K. Burcham 06:25:15 05/21/02
• Re: Draw or Lost? Rafael Andrist 05:55:51 05/21/02
• Re: Draw or Lost? Jim Monaghan 05:47:53 05/21/02
  • Re: Draw or Lost? Janosch Zwerensky 08:46:57 05/21/02
• Re: Draw or Lost? J.Dufek 05:41:12 05/21/02

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