Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 05:11:07 03/04/05
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On March 04, 2005 at 08:10:35, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >This endgame from the Kasparov-Leko game in Linares was very interesting. > >At move 20 or so it looks near-winning for white. > >After 24. Rxf5 Rf8 white could force a king ending: 25. g4 Nh6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. >Bxf6 Nxg4 28. Bg5 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Kg3 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Kh4. > >At first glance, it looks winning for white. Of course computers are clueless >and evaluate as =, but annoyingly they are right! Black draws this endgame >because the white king can never to to e8 or f8 - as soon as he does, black >counterattacks with Ke6-f6-g5-f4. It's pretty certain that Kasparov saw this, >and that's why he rejected 25. g4. > >So, let's fix this problem by moving white's pawn from c2 to d2. > Let's try that diagram again: [D] 8/pp6/3p1k2/2p1p3/2P1P2K/8/PP1P4/8 b - - > >Can any program understand that white wins here? Shredder 9 does not - at least >not after 30 plies and 15 minutes. > >Vas
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