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Subject: Re: Missed Opportunities in comp vs comp at 40/2

Author: Amir Ban

Date: 05:42:30 09/01/98

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On September 01, 1998 at 07:17:44, Howard Exner wrote:


>5. Rebel missed a chance to immediately transpose to a won ending with
>the moves 1. Qxe6+ Qxe6 2. Rxe6 Kxe6. Black's passed d pawn can be
>easily stopped while white's pawns are unstoppable. Instead Rebel played
>the liguidating sequence 1. Qb7+ Kd4 2. Qb6+ Kd3 3. Qxe3+ Rxe3 4. Rxe3 Kxe3.
>Note the better location now of black's king. Black should be able to draw this
>now by advancing his d pawn.
>4R3/5Q2/3pr3/p2k1p2/5P2/1P2q1PP/P6K/8 w - - id "Rebel 9.0 - Hiarcs 6.0"; am
>Qb7+;
>

This is wrong. Qb7+ is the right move, and it wins a rook:

1.Qb7+ Kd4 2.Qb6+ Kd3 3.Qb5+ Kc2 4.Qc4+ or 3...Kd2 Qd5+.

How did Rebel manage to miss this ?

Amir



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