Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:05:38 11/29/99
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On November 29, 1999 at 17:01:49, Howard Exner wrote: >5k2/7K/3P3P/8/3bB3/8/8/8 b - - id Rebel Century - Junior 6.0ss; bm d4e5; > >This position occurred in the recent tournament in Germany. Here Junior played >Ke8 and Rebel eventually won. Can the game be saved with the move Be5? >eg: 1. ... Be5 2.d7 Bc7. Are endgame table bases needed for this? My human intuition says this is lost. Botvinnik refered to this kind of position and called the two pawns "trousers". I believe he mentioned that the further separated the pawns are, the easier it becomes to win.
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