Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 13:51:41 01/18/04
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On January 18, 2004 at 16:36:21, martin fierz wrote: >On January 18, 2004 at 15:21:29, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>[snip] >>> >>>[D]8/8/5pk1/5b2/7K/3R3p/7P/8 w - - 0 1 >>> >>[snip] >> >>I'm 99% sure that this is a draw. Why? If Black gets his B to g2, he can afford >>to lose the f-pawn provided his K is not confined to the edge. It's a >>theoretical draw then. Since it is not clear at all that White can even win the >>f-pawn in the 1st place, a win seems highly doubtful to me. > >dvoretzki's endgame manual gives a position with black h3, Bg2 against white h2 >+ rook and says it's a win. in that position, the black king is already confined >a bit in the h8-corner - but not dramatically. anyway, according to the winning >plan given for pawns on h3 vs h4, white doesn't want to confine black's king in >any way - just force him *very* far away towards the pawns and capture the black >pawn with the rook. so... i don't know whether you are right about the >theoretical draw. 6-man EGTBs would surely be helpful here :-) > >cheers > martin There is a similar ending in the Karsten & Lamprecht book where Velimirovic misplayed the ending and lost in the same way. Such wins where the Black K is not confined are exceptional.
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