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Subject: Re: endgame position, possible win left out?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 22:38:37 03/25/99

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On March 25, 1999 at 16:15:12, Howard Exner wrote:

>>>Instead of Kd6, h4 looks like it should win. Black will have to eventually
>>>play h6 or h5 but then white plays f6.

>The march of the white king to the kingside, then the march back to
>pick up the queenside pawn takes a few plys, and just seems to make it by one
>tempo.
>
>44. h4 h5 45. f6 gxf6+ 46. Kxf6 Kd5 47. Kg5 Ke5 48. Kxh5 Kf5
>49. Kh6 Kf6 50. h5 Kf7 51. Kg5 Kg7 52. Kf5 Kh6 53. Ke6 Kxh5 54. Kd6 Kg6
>55. Kc7 Kf6 56. Kb7 Ke7 57. Kxa7 Kd7 (just misses the the c8 square) 1-0.
>
> Is this just sheer calculating power or can knowledge intervene
>to assist? This one for humans is friendly as it is just a straight forward
>series of moves - a sort of "toes and fingers" counting exercise.

I tought knowledge should do it too. And with a depth of at least 14 MCP should
find it.



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