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Date: 19 Mar 2007 12:42:13
From: Tox
Subject: King-Pawn vs King
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White King on e6
White Pawn on f6
Black King on e8
White to move.
This is a drawn game, no?
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Date: 21 Mar 2007 20:15:12
From: Ray Gordon, creator of the \pivot\
Subject: Re: King-Pawn vs King
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> White King on e6
> White Pawn on f6
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> Black King on e8
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> White to move.
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> This is a drawn game, no?
Yes.
On the way down, Black should retreat only when forced, and only on the same
file as the pawn, taking the opposition back as needed.
--
Ray Gordon, Author
Price And Probability (The Value Handicapper's Bible)
http://www.cybersheet.com/horsepix.html
Would someone PLEASE become Ashlee Schull's new #1 fan? She deserves
better.
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Date: 19 Mar 2007 21:46:28
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: King-Pawn vs King
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Tox <[email protected] > wrote:
> White King on e6
> White Pawn on f6
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> Black King on e8
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> White to move.
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> This is a drawn game, no?
This is drawn, yes. You can check with the tablebases at
http://www.lokasoft.nl/tbweb.htm
Dave.
--
David Richerby Addictive Artificial Cheese (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a brick of cheese that's made of
plastic but you can never put it down!
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