Author: Howard Exner
Date: 05:49:38 01/25/99
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On January 25, 1999 at 05:16:30, Harald Faber wrote: >On January 23, 1999 at 03:55:10, earl takasaki wrote: > >>I have found that Junior makes some very scary evaluations in the simplest >>endgames. Here just one example (the end of a wellknown endgame position). >> >>Whitepawns: g4 h5 >>WhiteKing: h6 >>Blackpawn h7 >>Blackking: g8 >> >>White to move. >> >>White simply moves g5 and its all over, but Junior evaluates g5 as 0.00 choosing >>Kg5 instead! Kg5 might win eventually (i didn't check) but it sure makes in >>tougher for white. What gives? > >Tougher for white? Why? Black keeps the King on g8 and h8, white can't force him >to leave that fields. Finally white has to trade the g-pawn for the back h-pawn >what leaves a draw endgame, so nothing wrong so far. The position as described is a win for white with g5. My guess is that you set up the position with the black king on h8 instead of g8. Then the move g5 is a draw as you describe.
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