Author: Robin Smith
Date: 17:24:32 02/09/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 20:02:55, Mark Ryan wrote: >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 Hi Mark, 8... Kc6 9.f5 gxf5 10.f4 f6 11.Ka7 Kc7 12.a6 Kc8 13.Kb6 Kb8 14.Kc6 Ka7 15.Kd6 Kxa6 16.Ke6 +- -Robin
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