Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 08:25:09 10/17/02
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On October 17, 2002 at 06:21:33, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: I teach kids of 11 that such positions are a win for white :) Of course it's much harder for engines. I remember some similar real game examples of this where black actually could even win :) Usually black is some kind of 2550 rated GM then who had seen it already years in advance :) In this case it is an obvious easy win for white, thereby mentionning that it is not easy to teach engines things like this. let's see how bad diep's doing here: >On October 17, 2002 at 04:51:28, Christophe Drieu wrote: > >[D]8/8/8/p3k2p/P3p3/2P1KpPP/8/8 b - - 0 7 > >Black draws this. The engines that play Rxf3 seem to give this >a big white plus score. > >The key is that although black can't catch both white pawns, >when capturing the c3 one, he can force the white king away >and promote one of his connected passers, apparently going into >a drawn queen endgame. > >-- >GCP
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