Author: Alexander Kure
Date: 12:27:23 10/24/99
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On October 24, 1999 at 12:24:14, Laurence Chen wrote: >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 think it's a draw. I've not done any analysis as yet, however, my >intution says it's most likely a draw. Reason, the White King does not need to >stay behind and defend the two passed pawns. it can go for the last remaining >pawn (Black's b-pawn) and once that pawn is captured, Black does not have >sufficient material to mate. >Laurence Hi Laurence, I am just curious why you think it is a draw when I think the position is lost for White. If the white King does not support his pawns and goes for Black's b-pawn then Black can blockade White's pawns with his knight and protect his b-pawn with his king. After that White is in Zugzwang, so he has to retreat with his king and black will march with his king and pawn to victory. Please see my analysis in this thread to get some ideas. Alex
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