Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 12:32:26 01/31/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 14:42:02, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >On January 31, 2000 at 14:16:46, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>On January 31, 2000 at 13:54:19, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2000 at 13:41:01, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>>>On January 31, 2000 at 04:07:30, Harald Faber wrote: >>>> >>>>>On January 31, 2000 at 00:42:31, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Nimzo vs. Crafty >>>>>>[D]8/8/1pp5/3k1p1p/Pp1p1P2/1P4PP/2P2K2/8 w - - >>>>>> >>>>>>Nimzo played Kf3 here and ended up losing. Ke2 might draw here. Does it? >>>>> >>>>>Is 1.Ke2 Ke4 not good enough for winning? White comes into Zugzwang. If the wK >>>>>goes to d2 then the bK enters f3, if wK goes to f2 then black can play d4-d3. >>>> >>>>Ke2 Ke4 Kf2 d3 Kxd3 g4! hxg4 hxg4, and now what? White is winning! >>> ^ >>> Should be cxd3 in between there. :) >> >>Ke2 Ke4 Kf2 c5 Ke2 h4 gxh4 Kxf4 and I think black is winning. >> >>Black can stop white's passed h-pawns, and he has two threats of his own namely >>advancing the f-pawn and advancing on the queenside with c4 bxc4 d3 cxd3 b3 and >>queens. > >How about: Ke1! (seemingly giving up a tempo) Ke4 Ke2 c5 h4!, and then black can >do nothing. Well, I spoke too soon, but it takes a really long time to do anything (over 30 moves). I'll work on this more later - black is a pawn up in KQPPKQP ending. White may be able to force a perpetual, or if black tries to take white's pawn, it can become a TB draw if white can take back.
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