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Subject: Re: A simple endgame

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 21:42:26 08/03/03

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On August 03, 2003 at 16:26:22, Gerd Isenberg wrote:

>On August 03, 2003 at 12:56:58, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>Taken from the current item of Schach Magazin 64 from a training camp with
>>Dvoretski.
>>Which program finds this nice way to win?
>>
>>[Event "?"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2003.08.03"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "?"]
>>[Black "?"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "8/8/6kp/p7/1p4P1/1P3K2/P1P5/8 w - -"]
>>
>>1. c4 bxc3 2. Ke3 Kg5 3. a4 Kxg4 4. b4 axb4 5. Kd3!! 1-0
>
>Hi Harald,
>
>IsiChess (XP2.8+) needs 10 seconds to find more than draw with Ke3. Appropriate
>winning score after 0:28 (+3.75).
>
>But it stays with 1.Ke3 and did not change to 1.c4 until i stopped after 5
>minutes with +7:
>
>1.Ke3 Kg5 2.c4 bxc3 3.a4
>
>even after playing 1.Ke3 Kf6 i find winning score soon.
>Is 1.c4 really a faster win, or do i have some kind of path history problem?


Of course this is only a transposition if you play 1.c4 bxc3 2.Ke3 Kg5 or 1.Ke3
Kg5 2.c4 bxc3 so both lines can be considered as correct.


>Regards,
>Gerd
>
>btw. Bologan seems to be a Caro-Kann expert...

Aha, will check it. :-)



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