Author: Dana Turnmire
Date: 15:10:23 12/06/03
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On December 06, 2003 at 18:09:17, Dana Turnmire wrote:
>I just bought a copy of Basic Chess Endings revised by GM Benko and decided to
>try out a few positions. I had the original version but it had so many mistakes
>I never trusted any of the positions due to the possibility it was flawed.
>Hopfully GM Benko has made all the corrections and this classic will regain its
>prominence. So far neither Crafty, CM9 SKR, or Genius 7 can play this ending
>correctly at 1 min/move.
>
>Whoever plays wins.
>
>[Event "BCE No. 132"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2003.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "?"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[d] 4k3/5ppp/8/8/8/8/PPP5/3K4 w - -
>
>{The main variation is } 1. Ke2 Kd7 2. Kf3 Kc6 3. a4 h5 4. c4 f5 5. Kg3 Kb6 6.
>b4 g5 {or ...g6 7.a5+ Ka6 8.c5 Kb5 9.Kg2 g5 (or 9...h4 10.Kh2! f4 11.Kg1!! g5
>12.Kg2 g4 13.Kg1, etc.) 10.Kg3 g4 11.Kf2! f4 12.Kg2 h4 13.Kg1!! f3 14.Kf2 h3
>15.Kg3, and now the Black king must move, allowing a White pawn to queen.} 7.
>a5+ Ka6 {7...Kb7 8.c5} 8. c5 h4+ 9. Kh3 f4 {or 9...Kb5 10.Kh2, as in the
>variation above} 10. c6 f3 11. b5+ Ka7 12. c7 g4+ {or 12...Kb7 13.b6 g4+
>14.Kh2 g3+ 15.Kg1 h3 16.a6+ Kc8 17.a7} 13. Kxg4 f2 14. c8=Q f1=Q 15. b6+
>{mate} 1-0
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