Author: James Robertson
Date: 08:00:25 10/21/98
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On October 21, 1998 at 03:55:50, blass uri wrote: > >On October 20, 1998 at 16:04:42, James Robertson wrote: > >>On October 20, 1998 at 11:33:57, blass uri wrote: >> >>>r7/7p/5kp1/8/1p6/4P2P/PR2K1P1/8 black to move >>> >>>My opponent in a correspondence game played Ra3 >>>I think that it is the best move but no program that I know can produce this >>>move. >>> >>>I get moves like h5, Ra4 or Ke5. >>> >>>The programs do not understand that a passed pawn is more dangerous than e >>>passed pawn. >>> >>>Uri >> >>I believe you are right, that Ra3 is best; it is imperative to stop Kc3, and >>only Ra3 does this. Even with this, though, I think black loses after 2. Kf3 >>[anything] 3. Rxb3 Rxa2, as the White king can hide from the rook as the passed >>pawn advances. > >I do not think that I can win this game >after Kf3 Ke5 Rxb4 Rxa2 I cannot see a way to win. >I and my opponent analyzed it with computer programs and did not find a way to >win. >I think to agree to a draw but I will try to ask a better player if I have >practical chances before I do it. >There is no chance to win my opponent in a drawn KRP vs KR because he is using >tablebases for this endgame. >both sides are using computers so there is no chance for mistakes that a >computer program does not do. > >Uri >> >>James I guess I tend to be optimistic about my chances in correspondance games; since I hate either side using computers, I choose to play mostly people I can trust; as a result the wild tactical battles are more fun, because there is no computer to ruin them and say "Oh, you moron. You hung your Queen". :) James
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