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Subject: Re: Traps & Tricks & Tests

Author: Alexander Kure

Date: 15:00:16 05/26/02

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On May 26, 2002 at 17:36:35, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On May 26, 2002 at 08:36:08, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>> [D]k7/1p6/7p/4P1p1/8/6P1/6PP/1K6 b - - 0 50
>>
>> This pawn ending is lost for white.
>
>
>It may be that White can still draw here!  Here's one possibility:
>
>
>15...Kb8 16.Kc2 Kc7 17.Kd3 Kd7 18.Kd4 Ke6
>
>   [18...g4 19.Kd5 Ke7 20.e6 b5 21.h3 h5 22.h4 b4 23.Kc4 Kxe6
>    24.Kxb4 Kd5 25.Kc3 =]
>
>19.g4 b5 20.Ke4 b4 21.Kd4 b3 22.Kc3 Kxe5 23.Kxb3 Kf4
>
>   [23...Kd4 24.Kc2 Ke3 25.Kd1 Kf2 26.g3 Kg2 27.Ke2 Kxh2 28.Kf2 Kh3 29.Kf3 =]
>
>24.Kc2 Kxg4 25.Kd2 =
>
>
>I sincerely hope I am proven wrong, but so far I haven't been able to
>demonstrate a Black win against correct defense.

Hi Roy,

I think that Black still wins by 19...b6! (instead of 19...b5?), eg. 55.Ke4 b5
56.Kd4 b4 57.Kc4 Kxe5 58.Kxb4 Kd4!

[D]8/8/7p/6p1/1K1k2P1/8/6PP/8 w - - 0 59

This position is won for black.

Greetings
Alex



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