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Subject: endgame position, possible win left out?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 23:55:41 03/24/99

[Event "WRG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Prog X"]
[Black "Prog Y"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 c5 7. Bf4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd2+ 10. Kxd2 Nf6 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c3 exf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14.
Bd3 Rd8 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 b6 17. Rhf1 Ne8 18. Be4 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxf1 20.
Rxf1 Rxa8 21. c4 Rd8 22. Kc3 f6 23. Bg3 Nd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6 25. c5 Rd8 26. Kc4
Kf8 27. Rb1 Rc8 28. a4 Ke8 29. a5 bxc5 30. dxc5 Kd7 31. Rb7+ Rc7 32. Rb8 Kc6
33. a6 e5 34. Rd8 Re7 35. Rc8+ Kd7 36. Rb8 e4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Kd4 f5 39. g4
Rd7+ 40. Rxd7 Kxd7 41. gxf5 Kc6 42. Kxe4 Kxc5 43. Ke5 Kc4 44. Kd6 Kd4 45. Kc7
Kc5 46. h4 h5 47. Kb7 Kd6 48. Kc8 Kc6 49. Kd8 Kd5 50. Kd7 Ke4 51. Kc7 Kd5 52.
Kd7 Ke4 53. Kc8 Ke5 54. Kb8 Kd6 55. Ka8 Kd7 1/2-1/2

White played 44.Kd6 with +7.xx and black saw himself down -5.xx.
Was this position a draw anyway already or did white leave out a
chance to win?

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