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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