Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:08:37 09/13/03
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On September 13, 2003 at 10:23:41, Frank Phillips wrote: >[D]8/4k3/8/8/4Kp1p/5N1N/8/8 w - - > >Just an amusing position. > >White to move and win. Perhaps the longest forced mate my program has played. >I was not sure whether it would be caught out by the 50 moves rule. (Any credit >goes to Eugene of course.). > >It traded down from B+Pawns versus 2N+Pawns to reach this endgame. My heart >sank and I was already to fix yet another evaluation quirk - maybe still need >to. > >Frank Kxf4 is a forced mate in 90 moves and it will NOT be caught by the 50-move rule. Black has one option on his 43rd move to either push the pawn or move the king. If he moves his king, he will be forced to move his pawn two moves later. And, amusingly enough, if either knight captures a pawn, the game is drawn. jm
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