Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Re: how to evaluate KRP vs KR (Diagram) Draw

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 07:59:22 06/05/04

Go up one level in this thread


On June 05, 2004 at 10:53:14, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>On June 05, 2004 at 10:30:48, Daniel Shawul wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>My engine lost against Gothmog after playing Rg3?? in this position
>>
>[D]8/8/8/4k1K1/6R1/8/5rp1/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>The position is in the 5 man TB but i don't have it yet.
>>DanChess searched to a depth of 18 and still can't solve this position.
>>What is the general guideline to evaluate this position? Should rook
>>pawn endgames(with more than one pawn in general) be evaluated differently?
>>
>>best
>>daniel

     There is no need to have tablebases here. Some endgame
     knowledge would do the same. It's of course dead draw
     as black's king will never be able to support its
     pawn. The only thing for White is to keep its rook
     where it is and to play Kg6/Kg5 and so on.
     Kurt



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.