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Subject: Re: Help - can Black win this endgame?

Author: Manuel Monasterio

Date: 06:29:20 10/23/99

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On October 23, 1999 at 04:12:51, Peter Kappler wrote:

>
>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

Hi Peter, I am eager to help you on this, but excuse my ignorance, I don't
understand the notation, could you tell me where can I find the translation into
algebraic? Thanks



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