Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:26:34 02/07/03
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On February 07, 2003 at 03:32:11, Dann Corbit wrote: >Can't find the original post. > >Someone said Ne3, Nf3 were the best moves. Looks pretty clear that a4 wins. > >[D]8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3 The amusing thing is that if 1.a4 Kxa4, it's a tablebase Mate in 91 in which White mates immediately after Black's pawn is promoted: [Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2003.2.7"] [Round ""] [White "Chessmaster"] [Black "Chessmaster"] [TimeControl "600"] [Result "1-0"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.a4 Kxa4 2.Nd2 h4 3.Nh3 Kb5 4.Kf3 Kb6 5.Ke4 Kc6 6.Kd4 Kd6 7.Ne4+ Ke6 8.Kc5 Kd7 9.Kd5 Ke7 10.Kc6 Ke6 11.Neg5+ Ke7 12.Kc7 Kf6 13.Kd6 Kf5 14.Kd5 Kf6 15.Ke4 Ke7 16.Ke5 Kd7 17.Kd5 Kc7 18.Nf7 Kb6 19.Nd6 Ka5 20.Kc5 Ka4 21.Ne4 Kb3 22.Kb5 Kb2 23.Kb4 Kb1 24.Kb3 Kc1 25.Kc3 Kd1 26.Kd3 Kc1 27.Nc5 Kb2 28.Kd2 Ka2 29.Kc2 Ka3 30.Kc3 Ka2 31.Nd7 Kb1 32.Ne5 Ka2 33.Nc4 Kb1 34.Kd2 Ka2 35.Kc2 Ka1 36.Kb3 Kb1 37.Nb2 Kc1 38.Kc3 Kb1 39.Nd3 Ka2 40.Kb4 Kb1 41.Kb3 Ka1 42.Ne5 Kb1 43.Nf3 Kc1 44.Kc3 Kd1 45.Nf4 h3 46.Nh2 Kc1 47.Nd5 Kd1 48.Ne3+ Kc1 49.Kc4 Kb2 50.Kb4 Ka1 51.Nc4 Ka2 52.Kc3 Kb1 53.Kd2 Ka1 54.Kc1 Ka2 55.Kc2 Ka1 56.Kb3 Kb1 57.Nd2+ Kc1 58.Kc3 Kd1 59.Nb3 Ke1 60.Kd4 Ke2 61.Ke4 Ke1 62.Ke3 Kd1 63.Kd3 Ke1 64.Nc1 Kd1 65.Ne2 Ke1 66.Nc3 Kf2 67.Kd2 Kg2 68.Ke3 Kg3 69.Ne2+ Kg2 70.Nd4 Kg3 71.Ndf3 Kg2 72.Nd2 Kg3 73.Ndf1+ Kh4 74.Kf4 Kh5 75.Kf5 Kh6 76.Kf6 Kh7 77.Ne3 Kh6 78.Neg4+ Kh7 79.Kf7 Kh8 80.Nh6 Kh7 81.Nf5 Kh8 82.Kg6 Kg8 83.Ng7 Kf8 84.Kf6 Kg8 85.Ne6 Kh7 86.Kg5 Kg8 87.Kg6 Kh8 88.Kf7 Kh7 89.Ng4 h2 90.Nf8+ Kh8 91.Nf6 h1=Q 92.Ng6# 1-0 Well, *I* thought it was amusing, anyway.... jm
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