Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 14:34:08 01/15/04
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On January 15, 2004 at 13:40:23, Brian Katz wrote: >On January 15, 2004 at 12:19:48, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>On January 15, 2004 at 12:02:55, Brian Katz wrote: >> >>>Correction it is Speelman who found a forced win after 1..Kc7 >>> >>>I accidently mentioned Michael Steen rather than Speelman. >>>Brian >> >>After 49...Kc7 50.Ba6 (or any other Bishop move) 50...Kd6= and if instead 50.Ka6 >>Bg1=. Read what I wrote carefully and you will see that the draw is quite >>trivial. >> >>BTW, there is no way White can force his way to the h6 pawn with his King as >>I've indicated elsewhere in this thread. > > >How about in this line? > > >1...Kc7 2.Ba6 Be1 As I indicated the move Kd6 here is drawing. >3.c5 Bd2 4.Kc4 Kc6 5.Bb5+ Kc7 6.Kd5 Bb4 7c6 Kd8 8.Bf1 Kc7 >9.Bg2 Bc3 10.Ke6 Bb4 11.Kf7 Be1 12.Kg6 Kd6 13.Kxh5 Bh4 14.Kg6 Kc7 15.Kf5 Kd6 >16.Be4 Kc7 17.Kd6 Bf2 18.Kd5 Bg3 19.Kc5 Be1 20.Kb5 Bd2 21.h4 gxh4 22.Bg2 Bf4 >(22...Kc8 23.Kb6 Bf4 24.Kxa5...) 23.Kxa5 h3 24.Be4 h2 25.Kb5 Be3 26.a5 Kd6 27.a6 >Kc7 28.g5! Bd4 29.g6...and Black is busted. > >BUT perhaps you are right. >Black allows the a-pawn to be captured then the only way white can make progress >is to give back one of the Queenside pawns and that would be a forced DRAW. > >Great position for analysis!!! > >Brian This is _not_ a great position for analysis. There is little need to be doing much analysis at all. You need to pay attention to what I wrote (http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?342545). Black has a fortress position against which White cannot produce anything resembling progress. The position is a stone cold draw.
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