Author: blass uri
Date: 16:20:12 01/07/99
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On January 07, 1999 at 15:24:03, Howard Exner wrote: >On January 07, 1999 at 00:41:19, blass uri wrote: > >>>61. Kd6 d4 >>>62. Ke7 Ba4 >> >>chessmaster could play 62...d3 and do a draw after 63.Kf8 d2 64.Ne4 d1=Q 65.Nd6 >>Qxd6+ 66.exd6 Ba4 67.Ke7 Kg8 68.d7 Bxd7 69.Kxd7. > >This line as you say leads to a draw but why should white take this route? >Black is in such a terrible state, his bishop being not worth much more than a >pawn in this position. Can't white simply play 63. Ne4 in reply to d3, then >march his king back to pick up the d pawn. The game would then take a similar >course to the actual game as played out by these two programs. The Knight here >is totally dominant and should not be so willing to give up its life for >a measly pawn. > >> >>white takes the pawn at e6 but it is a draw. >>chessmaster needs many hours to find 62...d3 because of wrong evaluation of this >>pawn ending. > >But would lose just the same if Fritz does not play the drawing Kf8. >As always in chess I'm never 100% sure of my own analysis so if there >is some intricate draw line that I am missing please let me know and I'll >humbly retract my claim that black is completely lost. You are right that black is lost after 62...d3 63.Ne4 but I think that Fritz5.32 will play 63.Kf8(I do not know because I do no have Fritz5.32 but at least Fritz5.16 cannot find 63.Kf8 in 15 minutes on my pentium200MMX. and fritz is closer than Junior or chessmaster to understanding that the KPPPvs KPP is a draw. It evaluates this only as 1.xx and not as 2.xx pawns advantage for white. Uri
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