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Subject: Re: A simple endgame

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 23:04:09 08/03/03

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On August 04, 2003 at 00:42:26, Harald Faber wrote:

>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.

I see that this is only a transposition.
My question was, whether black has a "better" reply than 1...Kg5 after 1.Ke3.
If i look to Ed's result/comment, it seemes that 1.c4 is slighly better than
1.Ke3.

Gerd

>
>
>>Regards,
>>Gerd
>>
>>btw. Bologan seems to be a Caro-Kann expert...
>
>Aha, will check it. :-)



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