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Subject: Re: pawn endgame test suite(Horizon-movei) -- OOPS

Author: Steve Schooler

Date: 20:01:11 08/25/02

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On August 25, 2002 at 22:37:36, Steve Schooler wrote:

>[D]8/4Rrk1/2p4p/ppP3p1/P5P1/1P2Pp1P/5K2/8 w - - 0 42 am Rxf7+
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>...
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>>What do you play after Re8 Rf8?
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>>  ...  or 1.Re8 bxa4 2.bxa4 Rf8
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>fascinating position...  My best try is
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>1.Re4 Kg6 [1...bxa4 2.Rxa4] 2.h4 Kg7
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>[2...gxh4 3.Rf4  :  i suspect white wins here]
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>3.Re5 Kg6 4.h5+ Kg7 5.Rf5 Rxf5 6.gxf5 Kf6 7.e4 Ke5 8.Kxf3 bxa4 9.bxa4 Kf6 10.Ke3
>Ke5 11.Kd3 Kf6 12.Kd4 Kf7 13.e5 Ke7 14.e6 Kf6 15.Ke4 Ke7 16.Ke5 Ke8 17.f6 Kf8
>18.Kf5 Ke8 19.Kg6 g4 20.Kg7 g3 21.f7+ Ke7 22.f8Q+
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>Can Black hold after 1.Re4 (re long analysis is wrong analysis)?


After 1.Re4 Kg6 2.h4 Kg7 3.Re5 Kg6 4.h5+ Kg7 5.Rf5 Rxf5 6.gxf5
6...g4 (rather than Kf6) seems to refute

unclear alternative is 5.e4 (to prepare Rf5) bxa4 6.bxa4 Rb7 7.Re6




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