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Subject: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 06:24:41 04/02/05

John Speelman "EG" 1979
[D]8/1p2k2p/8/P4K2/8/7P/8/8 w

White to play and win.

I came up with this "main line" last night. How do your engines handle this,
first without tablebases then with tablebases.

1.Kg5 Kf7 2.Kh6 Kg8 3.h4 Kh8 4.Kh5 Kg7 5.Kg5 Kf7 6.Kf5 Ke7 7.Ke5 Kd7
8.Kf6 Ke8 9.Kg7 h5 10.Kg6+-

Terry

EG 56 June 1979 No. 3713, P179-180 (35-36 of PDF) Jack Lad 01:30:46 04/03/05
- EG 56 June 1979 No. 3676 Jack Lad 08:28:04 04/03/05
  - Correction: EG 56 June 1979 No. 3676 Jack Lad 08:33:56 04/03/05
    - Re: Correction: EG 56 June 1979 No. 3676 Vincent Lejeune 12:40:42 04/03/05
      - Is H9 with EGTB analysis better than without? nt Jack Lad 16:59:50 04/03/05
        
        Re: Is H9 with EGTB analysis better than without? Vincent Lejeune 17:43:10 04/03/05
- Re: EG 56 June 1979 : pos 3741 Vincent Lejeune 07:06:26 04/03/05
  - Agreed - 6..Qf3 does seem to draw. nt Jack Lad 09:27:23 04/03/05
- Re: EG 56 June 1979 : pos 3740 Vincent Lejeune 06:54:17 04/03/05
  - Agreed 5...h5 seems to draw. nt Jack Lad 11:22:38 04/03/05
- Also No. 3716 Jack Lad 01:35:43 04/03/05
  - Re: Also No. 3716 Vincent Lejeune 06:33:09 04/03/05
    - I agree that 1. Kxd6 & h4 win but 1. Kd5 b5! seems to draw. nt Jack Lad 18:24:55 04/03/05
Re: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P John Merlino 11:05:57 04/02/05
- Could I easily use your companies software to produce chess videos using Jack Lad 18:43:38 04/03/05
Re: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P (Shredder 9 UCI) Kurt Utzinger 08:27:32 04/02/05
Re: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P (Hiarcs 9) Kurt Utzinger 08:16:15 04/02/05
Re: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P (Yace 0.99.87) Kurt Utzinger 08:12:27 04/02/05
Re: Very Fine Technique in the K+2P vs K+2P Mike Byrne 08:09:37 04/02/05

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