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Subject: Re: Question about pawn endgame

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 04:17:00 01/31/04

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On January 31, 2004 at 07:10:06, Leen Ammeraal wrote:

>Can somebody please tell me if the move a6
>is really better than axb6 in this position:
>
>[D]8/8/1p1K4/Pp6/2k1p3/8/1P6/8 w - - bm a6; id MES.0035;
>
>My program plays axb6 instead of the 'best move' a6.
>As far as I can see, the game is a draw in both cases.
>If a6 is better, please show me why.
>Leen


1.a6 wins the game whereas this is not the
case with 1.b6?? Below a possible winning line:
1.a6 e3 2.a7 e2 3.a8Q e1Q 4.Qd5+ Kb4 5.Qd3 Qc1 6.Qa3+ Kc4 7.b3+ Kd3 8.Qxc1
Kurt



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