Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 11:50:09 08/22/03
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On August 22, 2003 at 14:39:35, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>On August 22, 2003 at 09:55:42, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2003 at 09:42:38, Alastair Scott wrote:
>>
>>>[D]8/p2k2p1/1p6/5P1p/P5P1/5K1P/8/8 w - - 0 48
>>>
>>>How long does your engine take to see that gxh5 loses?
>>>
>>>(A surprisingly long time in some cases - for example, 12 seconds for Ruffian
>>>1.0.1, Athlon XP 2600+, 512MB RAM, 32MB hash).
>>>
>>>Alastair
>>
>>show me the win after gh5 , I can't find it ....and neither can crafty or
>>shredder
>
>It is very easy, black puts his king of f6, then creates a passed pawn with a6
>and b5, and the captures all white pawns on the kingside. The only thing white
>can try is to left black with an h-pawn, but that still loses. A posible
>variation
>1. gxh5? Ke7 2. h4 Kf6 3. Ke4 a6 4. h6 gxh6 5. h5 b5 6. axb5 axb5 7. Kd5 Kxf5 8.
>Kc5 Kg5 9. Kxb5 Kg4 10. Kc4 Ke3 and black wins
>White can also try leaving the pawn in h3 or h4, or moving the king first to f4
>instead of e4, but after 1. gxh5? black wins.
>José.
nice try,but it doesn't work
1. gxh5? Ke7 2. Ke4! {h4? does lose} Kf6 3. Kd5 ! and after the pawns on the
Q-side cpme off, it is a draw - Black cannot force a win on the K-side.
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