Author: Mark Ryan
Date: 17:02:55 02/09/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 19:41:26, Steve Maughan wrote: >Terry, > >>It is a trivial win, the Black King _cannot_ get access to a8, it's too far >>away and the White King would never allow it. > >Take a look at this variation > >[Event "5 Minutes/Game + 1 Seconds/Move"] >[Site "Engine Match"] >[Date "2006.02.09"] >[Round "1"] >[White "Shredder 9 UCI"] >[Black "Spike 1.1"] >[Result "*"] >[SetUp "1"] >[FEN "2r5/2pR1pk1/p1P3p1/P2K4/5P1p/5P1P/8/8 w - -"] > >1. Rxc7 Rxc7 2. Kd6 Rc8 3. Kd7 Rh8 4. c7 Kf6 5. c8=Q Rxc8 >6. Kxc8 Ke6 7. Kb7 Kd7 8. Kxa6 Kc7 * > >As far as I can see, the white king is trapped between a6 and a8, so it must >give up control of the a8 corner, force black's king to capture the 'a' pawn and >go on a pawn hunt on the king-side. > >Am I missing something? > >Steve Hi, Steve: Isn't 8...Kc6 even better? How does White win? Mark
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