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Subject: Help - can Black win this endgame?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 01:12:51 10/23/99



I reached this position as Black in a blitz game tonight.

8/1p6/5k1n/8/4P3/5P2/3K4/8 b - -

My first thought:   "Cool, I've reached a winning ending."
5-10 seconds later: "Hmmm, I actually have to play precisely."
2 moves later: "Geez, this looks really tough to win, now."
5 moves later: "Well, at least I can give up my knight and draw..."

At first I was annoyed with myself, but after fiddling around with the position
very briefly with Genius 6 and Hiarcs 7.32, I'm not certain Black can win.  Both
programs give big positive scores for Black, but I'm not sure they are
understanding the position completely.

I'm too tired to do any real analysis tonight.  My hope is that I'll wake up in
the morning, and find the answer posted here. :-)


--Peter









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