Author: blass uri
Date: 07:58:49 09/01/98
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On September 01, 1998 at 10:33:07, Amir Ban wrote: >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 after 1.Qb7+ Kd4 2.Qb6+ Kd3 3.Qxe3+ Rxe3 4.Rxe3+ Kxe3 5.g4 d5 6.g5 d4 7.g6 d3 8.g7 d2 9.g8=Queen d1=Queen 10.Qg1+ white is winning Rebel won this game but Howard thought that in the game black did a mistake when he played 6...Kxf4 and this is the reson he mentioned this position Uri
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