Eight pawns against none

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Eight pawns against none

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:24 pm

Around that time Andrew Law secured a notable win against Tony Miles after sacrificing his rook for 6 pawns, IIRC.
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Re: Eight pawns against none

Post by John Clarke » Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:12 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:24 pm
 Around that time Andrew Law secured a notable win against Tony Miles after sacrificing his rook for 6 pawns, IIRC.
Looks like this one.
"The chess-board is the world ..... the player on the other side is hidden from us ..... he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance."
(He doesn't let you resign and start again, either.)
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Re: Eight pawns against none

Post by Joey Stewart » Thu Jul 09, 2020 1:30 pm

Matt Mackenzie wrote: ↑
Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:05 pm
 Are there any where the player with eight pawns fails to win?
I'm pretty sure there have been countless stalemates in school competitions when players have attempted to make 8 queens
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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