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Subject: Re: LCT-II Fin8

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 01:54:05 08/27/99

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On August 27, 1999 at 00:00:22, Paulo Soares wrote:

>On August 26, 1999 at 15:26:30, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 1999 at 05:20:10, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>
>>>1. c5 really wins?  I have my doubts with the following variant: 1.c5 bxc5.
>>>I didn't still get to find a line that wins.
>>>
>>>2k5/p7/Pp1p1b2/1P1P1p2/2P2P1p/3K3P/5B2/8 w - -
>>>
>>>Paulo
>>
>>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Kc4 Kc8 4. Ba5 Bd4 5. Bd8 Be3 6. Bg5 Kc7 7. Kd3
>>Bc1 8. Bxh4 Bxf4 9. Bd8+ Kc8 10. h4 Be5 11. Ba5 Bg7 12. h5
>>
>>This sequence looks like it should win for white. If there's a better
>>sequence of moves maybe we can continue to work on it.
>
>Good line! I didn't get to find defense for black.
>I am not getting to find a winner endgame for
>white  with the line below, in which  black plays
>4...Kb8 instead of 4...Bd4.

This is a tough one. I'll try some lines and report back.
I wonder if the author of this test, Frederic Louguet, has
the solution somewhere? Also I read another reply to your post saying
that the solution is a long one but no lines were given.

>Paulo
>
>[Round ""?]
>[White ""?]
>[Black ""?]
>[Result " *"]
>[Annotator " Soares,P "]
>[SetUp " 1 "]
>[FEN " 2k5/p7/Pp1p1b2/1P1P1p2/2P2P1p/3K3P/5B2/8 w - - 0 1 "]
>
>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Kc4 Kc8 4. Ba5 Kb8 5. b6 axb6
>6. Bxb6 Bd4 7. a7+ Kb7 8. Bc7 Kxa7 9. Bxd6 Kb6



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