Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 10:03:26 10/22/98
a b c d e f g h
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
8 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 8
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
7 |///| |///| |///| B |/p/| | 7
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
6 | |///| |///| P |///| |///| 6
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 |///| |///| |///| |/p/| P | 5
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
4 | |/b/| |/k/| |/P/| |///| 4
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
3 |///| |///| |///| K |///| | 3
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
2 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 2
+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
1 |///| |///| |///| |///| | 1
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a b c d e f g h
8/5Bp1/4P3/6pP/1b1k1P2/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1
The key is Kg4
Programs want to play fxg5, because this wins a pawn, prepares to get a passer,
etc.
I haven't seen detailed analysis, but I assume that this draws, because black
gets back to h8 somehow, and then he can sacrifice his bishop for the e6 pawn
eventually, and white is left with the wrong rook pawn.
Does anybody figure this position out? If so, how did you do it? Does it
require speculative knowledge that might lead to a sub-optimal result in other
cases?
bruce
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