Author: Howard Exner
Date: 19:11:25 11/29/99
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On November 29, 1999 at 18:17:42, Dann Corbit 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? > >With 4 piece tablebase files, crafty still wants Bc5 after 24 plies, but it is >not a glowing endorsement at -3.17. Maybe it is some kind of zugzwang. I will >make the move Be5 and see what crafty thinks the chances are for white. > 24-> 23:11 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4. > Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2 > Kg8 8. Bd3 Bh4 9. Bg6 Kf8 10. Kd6 Bg3+ > 11. Kc6 Bh4 12. Bf5 Kg8 13. Kc7 Bf6 > 14. Kc8 Be7 This transposes to what I was getting. Once Black's king finds the g8/h8 zone (by move 3 in above line) then it is a draw. Thanks for running this.
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