Author: James T. Walker
Date: 12:49:14 10/28/99
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On October 27, 1999 at 14:43:10, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 27, 1999 at 11:36:25, Andrew Williams wrote: > >>On October 27, 1999 at 11:07:43, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On October 27, 1999 at 06:25:31, Andrew Williams wrote: >>> >>>>On October 27, 1999 at 02:59:52, James Robertson wrote: >>>> <snip> >that was an obvious one for explanation. try white pawns at d2/e2, black pawns >at a7 and c7. This is a classic zug problem, because black will blockade the >white pawns, and white finds himself strangely unable to capture either of the >black pawns because of something like pa5/c5, and if white plays Ka3, c4 makes >the king retreat (kxa5 c3 and it is over). The further apart the pawns are, >the easier it is to win. But even separated by 1 file as above it is a trivial >exercise. > >Roman watched "cptnbluebear" win several games with this theme, and pointed out >the error. I fixed it and it hasn't lost like that yet. Hello Bob, Can you explain this further? I'm confused and I'm too interested to let this pass. With pawns on d2/e2 and black on a7/c7 it would seem white can ignore the c7 pawn because of the pawn on d2 and just attack the a7 pawn. Can you give me a real position and variation to explain what you meant? Thanks, Jim Walker
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