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Subject: Re: This Endgame Problem was Posted in CTF, The Wrong Side:)

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 15:59:37 04/01/05

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On April 01, 2005 at 18:54:30, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On April 01, 2005 at 18:45:28, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>
>>On April 01, 2005 at 17:59:53, Terry McCracken wrote:
>>
>>>On April 01, 2005 at 17:35:13, Laurence Chen wrote:
>>>
>>>>What about 1.c5?  How Black draws?
>>>
>>>1..Kg3!

>>[FEN "8/8/3P3P/5r2/2P5/2P4k/8/6K1 w - -"]
>>
>>1. c5 Kg3 2. h7 Rf8 3. c6 Ra8 4. Kf1 Kf3 5. Ke1 Ke3 6. Kd1
>>Kd3 7. Kc1 Kxc3 8. Kd1 Kd3 9. Ke1 Ke3 10. Kf1 Kf3 11. Kg1
>>Ra1+ (11... Kg3 12. h8=Q) 12. Kh2 1-0

>Kg3? is a mistake...it appears though White indeed wins. It's very clever.

Which Kg3? The one you gave an exclamation mark an hour ago? When I analyse this
line from back to front with my engine, I get +8.29 score for white in the root
position. It is indeed nice - white has to get rid of the c3 pawn, to make h8q
possible after the second Kg3 on the way back.

Regards,
Dieter



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