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Subject: Re: Testposition Endgame (tough)

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 18:46:17 04/17/03

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On April 16, 2003 at 17:19:46, Peter Berger wrote:

>[D] 8/7p/8/1pP1kp2/1P1n1P2/P3pP2/4B2P/5K2 b - - 0 1 bm Kd5
>
>Kd5 draws, Kxf4 loses. I really like this one - proving the loss after Kxf4 is
>not trivial but to find Kd5 is still very doable for a human amateur player - a
>positional decision.

I agree that proving Kxf4 loses is is not trivial. Are you sure it is even true?
Anyway, I agree Kd5 is a safer way to draw.

>Fritz is very impressive here and finds it in under a minute on a PIII1200
>notebook.
>
>Source:

Thanks for providing the source. I much prefer that than when I see it left out.

Robin



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