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| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 05:15:29 |  Subject: theoretical questionMessage: Endgame Queen against all 8 pawns... won, lost, or draw. I think draw, because you can just get 7 pawns before the last one arrives last line and get a queen. What do you think? |
| Posted by victord uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 05:27:53 | well Message: what position are the pawns in? All on 7th rank? |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 06:04:09 | Of course... Message: ground position. ——— Zhao Retakes Lead at Women’s Chess Grand Prix — Zhao Xue of China has once again taken the reins of the fifth Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. One day after Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria tied Zhao for the lead, the two players squared off in Round 6 on Thursday, with Zhao emerging victorious. She now 5 points. Nipping at her heals are the two top seeds, Humpy Koneru of India and Hou Yifan of China, who have 4.5 points each. They both won on Thursday to keep pace with Zhao. Stefanova is alone in fourth place, another half point back. Zhao handled Stefanova rather easily. She sacrificed a pawn in the opening to gain a lead in development and then proceeded to open up the position, winning her ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 06:33:29 | then Message: easy win for the queen if there is kings involved. ——— Michael Adams's tour de force — Michael Adams is on course for the most emphatic victory in the history of the British Chess Championships. With three to play, Adams has 7.5/8 and the nearest challenger is IM Adam Hunt on 6/8. Hunt played a nice game to defeat IM Jovanka Houska and he must face Adams in round nine. Adams’ seventh win was over 2008 champion Stuart Conquest. Play continued into the sixth hour but Adams always held the upper hand after Conquest’s passive opening led to a weakness which Adams fixed, surrounded and then finally captured. At one point Adams had all five of his pieces focussed on the e5 square, behind which stood a backward pawn on e6 which duly fell. The white queen invaded ... |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 06:52:07 | Why? Message: Year.. Why? ——— In Europe, Chess Is King, but Not in the U.S. — Which country has the bigger, stronger national open chess championship: the United States or the Czech Republic? The Czech Republic, and it is not even close. The Czech Open, which ended Sunday, had 310 players and 39 grandmasters. The U.S. Open, which began Saturday, has three grandmasters and 160 players. The reason that the Czech Open was bigger was that most of the chess players were from other countries. For example, the winner, Anton Korobov, who was the top seed, is from Ukraine. And the players who tied for second through sixth were from Ukraine, Russia (2), Sweden and India. The U.S. Open simply does not attract many foreign chess players. But, the difference in ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 07:02:50 | If there is kings involved... Message: the menacing queen will grab several pawns on check. ——— Plain sailing for Michael Adams — Michael Adams recorded another trivial win to reach 5/5 and take a full point lead at the British CHess Championships being played at the University of Kent in Canterbury. Adams celebrated his return to the world’s top-20 on the live rating list with a victory over the Russian Alexei Slavin who qualifies for the chess tournament by virtue of being resident in London. Slavin sensibly tried the Colle System, a solid and normally risk-free way of building up a decent position but Adams showed how a world class chess player deals with it and disrupted the white buildup before there was even a hint of a threat to this position. ... |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 07:03:36 | and especially Message: if all pieces stand on their ground position. ——— The endgame: How can Black win here? — Black is on the brink of victory. But what is the crucial next move? RB This seems straightforward. What's wrong with the simple 1...d2, when White might as well resign? After 2 Kc2, Black has 2...b3+ to deflect the king from the queening square d1 and it's all over: 3 Kxb3 d1=Q or 3 Kd1 b2 with the same result. The only danger to Black here has to be stalemate, and with the a5 and c4 pawns blocked there's an obvious potential for such an outcome. What would happen if after 1...d2 White played 2 Be2. Would taking the bishop play into White's hands? If 2...Kxe2... well, I don't see any stalemate here. What am I missing? Since this is one of Dan's own chess games it's ... |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 07:25:44 | It isn't that easy as you think! Message: Try it... 8 pawns white, queen black 1. b4 Qd5 2. a4 Qxg2 3. d3 Qxh2 4. c4 Qg1+ 5. Kd2 Qxf2 6. a5 And now it doesn't look at it is a easy win for black, isn't it? |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 07:58:09 | G Message: That is not the best moves for black. Look at this- I didn't even bother to think. In half a minut I defeated the program. I even gave him a couple of moron moves. No problem at all. Bafverfeldt1981- Fritz 7 1.b4 Db6 2.c3 Dh6 3.g3 Dxh2 4.e3 Dg1+ 5.Ke2 Da1 6.e4 Dxa2 7.g4 Dc4+ 8.Ke3 Df1 9.d4 Dh3+ 10.f3 Kd7 11.Kf4 Dh2+ 12.Kf5 Dc2 13.d5 Dxc3 14.f4 Dxb4 15.e5 Db1+ 16.Kg5 De4 17.e6+ Kd6 18.f5 Dxd5 19.Kf6 De5+ 1-0 |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 08:01:32 | of course it should be Message: Fritz 7- Bafverfeldt1981 ;). |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 08:11:38 | Fritz 7 played that? Message: Weak. After Dh6 a5 is much better. Why g3? Totally senseless. And then it is just the same. 3... Dxh2 4. d3 Qxg2 5. c4 Qg1+ 6. Kd2 And you get the same probs with 5 pawns in a row after a few more moves. |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 08:40:17 | Well Message: Let's play. You play b4 right? 1. b4 Qc7 |
| Posted by taoistlunatic uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 11:02:47 | easy win for the queen Message: Any decent player should easily win unless there is a pawn or two on the seventh rank...then it gets more difficult for black.... Reuben Fine, Grandmaster and Endgame authority, has this to say in his masterpiece 'Fine's Basic Endgames.' and I quote.... "A Queen, unlike a Rook or a minor piece, can win against any number of Pawns. It is not the number, *but the degree of advancement* and the file that the Pawns are on that count. Thus eight Pawns on the second rank will surely lose, but one Pawn on the seventh may draw, and two Pawns on the seventh may win." |
| Posted by sr_ajedrez uskidscompute.com 9/02/2002 11:23:19 | thats understanding of the game Message: i say regardz |
| Posted by gutschi uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 02:23:58 | OK, let's try it Message: I tried a lot yesterday, and I think it's a draw... 2.c3 |
| Posted by bafverfeldt1981 uskidscompute.com 9/03/2002 02:28:49 | Right Message: 2. c3 Qxh2 |