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PrawnEatsPrawn
Nov 18, 2009
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#1

My opponent timed-out in the following position, but what should be the result?

Is it a win for Black or only a draw? Black plays up the board.

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RyanMK
Nov 18, 2009
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#2

Black wins.

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NotKasparov
Nov 18, 2009
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#3

Black has a win in 39 moves.  See http://www.shredderchess.com/online-chess/online-databases/endgame-database.html.

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PrawnEatsPrawn
Nov 18, 2009
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#4
NotKasparov wrote:

Okay, thanks for that..... so, as I thought, not a trivial ending at all.

It was my intention to try and screw a win out of the position, but I wasn't sure it was even possible (the split pawns make life difficult).