Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 00:43:31 02/18/00
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On February 18, 2000 at 01:49:52, Steffen Jakob wrote: >Hi all, > >can someone please give me the solution (not only the key move (b4 or h4) but >whole lines) of position #7 from the "uskieg" test suite? > >[D]8/7p/p7/1p1k4/8/3K4/1P4PP/8 w > >How long does your program take to find the solution and which tablebases do you >have installed? > >Best wishes, >Steffen. LambChop likes 1.b4 from the word go, but after a few minutes doesn't see the win. I think 1.b4 does win, white has the plan of creating a passed pawn on the kingside to lure the black king away, then the white king gobbles the queenside pawns. This is a bit tricky to carry out because black's king is active. After 1.b4 Ke5 2.g3 Kd5 3.g4 Ke5 4.Ke3 Kd5 5.h4 white should be too fast. Instead, 2...Kf5 looks a better defense. Now 3.Ke3? Kg4 4.Kf2 Kh3 5.Kg1 a5! is fine for black. Better is 3.h3 Ke5 and I think the surprising 4.h4! is good for white. Hope I'm not talking nonsense here, its getting late :-) cheers, Peter
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