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Subject: Re: Pawn ending === M.Dukic/Hemmo Axt,1985 [test position]

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:35:11 05/21/02

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On May 21, 2002 at 08:57:25, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>       M.Dukic/Hemmo Axt,1985 [test position]
>       [D]8/6pk/3K4/8/8/1p1P4/1P6/8 w
>       1. Kc6!! g5 2. Kd5! Kg7 3. Ke5 Kg6 4. d4 Kh5 5. d5! and wins.


Looks like Kc6 is only good for a draw.  Crafty discovers this instantly
with tablebases active.  Ke6 avoids the immediate draw, but the score is
barely above zero...

I suspect this is a mis-evaluated position by the humans...

The move 2... Kg7 is the mistake by black.  Kg6 is a draw, it seems...



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