Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:06:38 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? This is very interesting. I think it should be drawn because if white tries to bring the king out, black plays Kg8 and gets into the corner with an obvious draw. If white tries to cover g8 with the bishop, the other white pawn, which will be on d7, can be attacked, either winning it or forcing the B off of a2..g8, at which point black can go back go f7 with the K. It has to be a better try than what happened in the game, since 1. ... Ke8 loses by force. 2. Bc6+ Kf8 3. Bd5 and now white covers g8 and black can't attack the d-pawn. If you play 1. ... Ke8 and wait a while, eventually you will fail high on Bc6+, I predict. 5-man databases will help a little but you really need the 6-man table here. bruce
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