Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 19:09:52 11/29/99
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On November 29, 1999 at 20:05:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. The rook pawn is a "wrong" rook pawn. Fine mentions this as a possible exception to the general rule. In this ending white has to defend g8, and that's an extra chore that may make the difference. bruce
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