Author: martin fierz
Date: 02:12:42 10/25/00
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On October 24, 2000 at 17:20:02, Robin Smith wrote: >On October 24, 2000 at 16:58:29, Uri Blass wrote: > >>I am also not sure in 100% that the black is losing in the position that >>kasparov resigned(I believe that black is losing but I think that the decision >>to resign was too early and it is better to resign only if you sure that you are >>losing and advantage of rook against a knight is not a good reason to resign >>when there are queens on the board). >> >>Uri > >In the final position Kasparov is dead lost. I think resigning showed a healthy >respect for Kramnik. > >Robin Smith robin is absolutely right here. having a rook against a knight is often not enough - in middle game positions where files are closed and the knight can occupy nice squares. in this position the knight is even condemned to stay around his king to avoid a mate. playing on in such a position is bad style. we were analysing the position before h5 on FICS and the conclusion was that a) black is lost, b) h6 is the best try - it drops a pawn, but the h5-line is even worse. cheers martin
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