Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 07:11:52 07/09/04
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On July 09, 2004 at 09:37:20, Daniel Jackson wrote: >The Uzbekistani GM was low on time and had played a very incautious move (Rd6). >After checking the lines for a few minutes Adams struck out: 31.Rxb4! axb4 >32.Ne7+ Qxe7 33.Qxd6. Now instead of defending the b-pawn (with 33...Qxd6 >34.Rxd6 Rb8 or even 33...Qe4) Kasimdzhanov went for 22...Qe2 after which Adams >could pick up the second pawn with 34.Rd4 h5 35.Qxb4. Everone expected Black to >resign, but Kasimdzhanov fought on desperately until the time control and a few >moves after that. 35...Qf3 36.h4 Rc8 37.Qd2 Rc3 38.Rf4 Qc6 39.Kh2 Rxb3 40.Qd8+ >Kh7 41.Qd1 Rb7 42.Qxh5+ Kg8 43.Rd4 Qf6 44.Rd2 Ra7 45.a5 g6 46.Qb5 Kh7 47.Qb6 >1-0. > >A resulting position had Kasimdzhanov exchanged Queens and played 34..Rb8. > >The play that would have ensued, 35.Rd5!..Kf8. Does your engine find (36.Rb5!!)? > >[D]1r3k2/5ppp/8/3R4/Pp6/1P4P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 0 36 > >Daniel It looks like Black will be in zugzwang after Rb5 Rxb5 axb5 Ke7 Kf1 Kd6 Ke2 Kc5 Kd3 Kxb5 Kd4, but it depends who gets the move after the pawn pushes on the kingside. I would play Rd7 in blitz and expect to win easily. White would win the b-pawn long before black could extricate his king. anthony
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