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Subject: Re: Ke3 seems the right move

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 02:47:07 02/16/04

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On February 16, 2004 at 02:20:38, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On February 15, 2004 at 15:47:07, Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2004 at 14:42:04, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>>
>>>"seems" is the wrong expression here. The move Ke3 is
>>>indeed an easy win for White.
>>>Kurt
>>
>>Come on, don't be so picky!. I've spent hours studying this position by using
>>backwards analysis with a few programs, and finally leaving Shredder for
>>hours... getting the same answer again and again. I just wouldn't bet my life on
>>it, but I'm almost as sure as you are.
>>Regards,
>>
>>  Jaime
>
>
>     Hi Jaime
>     This was a position I didn't even use a PC to come within
>     20 seconds to the right conclusion. It's a simple pawn ending
>     of the type "Zugzwang".
>     Kurt

It is not a simple pawn endgame and I guess that you are simply a very strong
chess player(at least master level) at least if we talk about pawn endgames.

The player with the white pieces has Fide rating of 2214 and Israeli rating of
2267 amd he did not find that Ke4 is winning during the game and even did not
find it in analysis after the game(he felt that he missed a win in the pawn
endgame but did not know exactly in what position it happened and after some
analysis he came to the conclusion that he probably did not evaluate correctly
the pawn endgame).

Time control was 90 minutes per game+30 seconds per move.

Uri



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