Author: Amir Ban
Date: 07:33:07 09/01/98
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On September 01, 1998 at 10:10:15, blass uri wrote: > >On September 01, 1998 at 08:42:30, Amir Ban wrote: > >>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 ? > >I think that Rebel did not miss it because Rebel's line is also winning. >and Rebel prefered to win in a pawn endgame > ??? This pawn endgame is not won. Both sides queen, and what happens then is not clear. To prefer an unclear queen endgame over a simple win of a rook sounds a bit over-sophisticated to me. Besides, I guess Rebel didn't win this, otherwise why would Howard mention this position ? Amir
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