Author: Alexander Kure
Date: 04:32:33 12/08/99
Hi everybody, When working through Nimzo's games he recently played on ICC i came across a game he played against Crafty which led to the following pawn endgame (Crafty white, Nimzo black): 6k1/p6p/4p1p1/8/8/1P6/P5PP/5K2 w - - 0 39 The resulting position is a 'simple' win for white dispite the fact that black has a passed center pawn. White's pawn majority on the queenside will lead to a remote passed pawn which will result in a win for white. I am interested in the static evaluation of this position of various chess programs. Which programs recognize that this position is a win for white? The next step is how to avoid this position when confronted with it in the search. Here is the position a few moves ago: 6k1/p4p1p/4B1p1/8/8/1P6/P5PP/2q2QK1 b - - 0 37 Black just checked White's king on c1 and White defended by moving his queen to f1. Now the question is: Which programm with black to move avoids the queen exchange which leads to the lost pawn endgame above? Now instead of exchanging queens by 1...Qxf1?? 2.Kxf1 fxe6 leading to the lost pawn endgame above the sequence 1...Qe3+ 2.Kh1 (2.Qf2 Qc1 repeats the position or 2.Qf2 Qxe6!?) and now 2...fxe6! (2...Qe6 is not so intersting) will lead to an interesting position. Greetings Alex
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