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Subject: Re: 3 Pawn-Chess. What is the result?

Author: Marc Bourzutschky

Date: 15:25:33 08/24/04

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On August 24, 2004 at 17:09:52, George Tsavdaris wrote:

>
> A known variant of Chess (which is actually just a Chess position), is the 3
>Pawn-Chess. It has the following position as the start, and white has the move.
>Does anyone has any idea of what the result must be?
> I think it should be a draw but with all the zugzwangs and tempos i'm not sure
>at all. Can anyone let his superior computer with it's superior engine to run
>some hours to give me some light.........?
>
>[D]4k3/5ppp/8/8/8/8/PPP5/3K4 w - - 0 1

This is a famous position, analysis dates back to 1840.  It has been fairly
clearly established that White wins.

-Marc



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