Author: Martin
Date: 07:02:18 02/22/00
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On February 22, 2000 at 09:52:38, Andreas Stabel wrote: >>Well, the bR will be able to stop the h pawn while the wR remains imprisoned. >>One possible line is: >> >>1 h4 Kd7 2 h5 Ra2+ 3 Kd3 Kc6 4 h6 Rh2 5 Ke3 Rh1 6 Kf2 Kb6 7 Kg2 Rh5 8 Kg3 >>Ka5 9 Kg4 Rh1 10 Kg5 Rg1+ 11 Kh5 Rh1+ 12 Kg6 Rg1+ 13 Kf7 Rf1+ 14 Kg8 Rg1+ >>15 Kh8 [15 Lg7? Kxb4 16 h7 Rh1] 15...Rf1 16 Kg7 Rg1+ and so on. >> >>I hope that this is correct... :) >> >>Martin > >Thank you, I see now. I thought the threat was to hit the white rook, but that >turns out not to be necessary the way you have shown. I didn't believe the >black rook ws able to stop the pawn :) > >Regards >Andreas Stabel Yes, it's a sort of fortresse for the wR. This kind of positions requires either the understanding of the idea (you have also to see that the wK will be too far away even if black is forced to give up his rook too) or a *very* deep calculation, so it's not surprising that the proggies can't find it. Bye, Martin
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