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Subject: Re: Virtual2 - Chess System Tal - draw or win ?

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 00:16:00 11/06/97

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>To change the subject slightly, is this final position really a win ?
>The game continuation went (I think) 77. Rxg8+ Rxg8 78. Ke3 Kg7 79. Kd4
>Re7 80. Rxf7+ winning. What if Black plays 79... g6 ? For example 80.
>Rg2+ Kh6 81. Ke3 Re7 82. Kf4 Re5 and what next ? I don't see an obvious
>way to win.
>
>Amir

Did you mean to say 79... f6? (If Kg6 then Rxf7)

One way to win is Bf7 followed by Rg6 and Rxf6.

83. Bf7 Re7  84. Rg6+ Kh7  85. Rxf6 Kg7 86. Rf5

as 86... Rxf7 will lose the pawn ending.



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