Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 07:59:22 06/05/04
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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
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