Author: Josh Strayhorn
Date: 21:25:18 06/20/00
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On June 20, 2000 at 23:52:23, James Robertson wrote: >On June 20, 2000 at 22:29:17, Laurence Chen wrote: > >>On June 20, 2000 at 22:23:08, Laurence Chen wrote: >> >>[D]7R\8\1k1p3K\2pP1pr1\4Ppp1\8\6P1\8 b - - >>Black rook is trapped. There's no compensation for the loss of the rook, the >>pawns are not able to queen fast enough. Black is lost. >>Laurence > >Not so.... black plays 1. ... f3! and white must play 2. Rb8+ Kc7 and then his >rook must either move from the 8th rank, allowing the black rook to escape, or >leave it on the 8th and let the f pawn queen. > >James This position is drawn. 1. ...f3 loses to the simple 2. gxf3, after which White's rook has enough scope to stop the pawns. 1. ...Kg7 is the best move for Black, as after 2. Kxg7 fxe4 followed by ...f3 Black will have enough resources to force White to give back the rook, as a result of the distance of White's king from the pawns. For instance: 3. Rf8 f3 4. gxf3 gxf3 5. Rf4 c4 6. Rxe4 c3 7. Re1 Kc5 8. Rc1 Kxd5 9. Rxc3 Ke4 10. Kf6 f2 11. Rc1 Ke3
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