Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 23:39:46 01/31/00
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On January 31, 2000 at 21:51:31, Howard Exner wrote: >On January 31, 2000 at 17:27:03, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On January 31, 2000 at 16:38:05, Howard Exner wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2000 at 15:32:26, Jeremiah Penery wrote: >>> >>>>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 >>> >>>After Ke2 doesn't h4 by black transpose to the previous win (the one >>>where black has the passed f pawn and the potential forces passer on the >>>queenside)? >> >>I don't think so, because black hasn't played c5 yet: Ke1 Ke4 Ke2 h4 gxh4 Kxf4 >>Kd3 Kg3 > >Not Kg3? > >42. Ke1 Ke4 >43. Ke2 h4 44. gxh4 Kxf4 45. Kd3 c5 46. Kc4 Ke5 47. h5 Kf6 48. Kd5 Kg5 >49. Ke5 Kxh5 50. Kxf5 c4 > >Black's f pawn is safe because of the c4 push (that's the forced queenside >passer that is lying in wait if white's king wanders too far away) Thanks for all your analysis! I think I see now that white was lost anyway, though I'm not 100% convinced yet (only 99% :). In any case, it would be really difficult for either side (white to hold the draw, if it existed, and for black to find the win, if white did optimal play).
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