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Subject: Re: Is this a "dead" draw

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 05:08:29 08/21/00

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On August 21, 2000 at 06:53:19, Hans Christian Lykke wrote:

>I have just finished this game by the first danish E-mail championships.
>White offered a draw after 36. Bxa5, meaning that it was a "dead" draw.
>I was not sure, played on, and won.
>The question is. Can white hold a draw.
>What does you guys and your computerprograms say?
>
>[D]6k1/3b4/3P4/B1P4p/p5p1/5pP1/1P3K2/8 b - - 0 36
>
>[Event "Finale E-mail DM"]
>[Site "Denmark"]
>[Date "2000.08.20"]
>[Round "9"]
>[White "NN"]
>[Black "Lykke, Hans Chr."]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C39"]
>[WhiteElo "2014"]
>[BlackElo "2172"]
>[PlyCount "94"]
>[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
>Nh5 9. O-O Qxh4 10. Qe1 Qxe1 11. Rxe1 O-O 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. Nb5 Nd7
>15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Bb4 b5 18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Bxd6 Nxd5 20. Be4 Be6
>21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxf4 f6 23. Kf2 a5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. a4 Re4 26. g3 h5
>27. Bc7 Bc6 28. Bb6 bxa4 29. c4 f5 30. Re1 f4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Bc7 f3 33. d5
>Bd3 34. d6 Bf5 35. c5 Bd7 36. Bxa5 Kf7 37. Be1 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Bb4 Kc4
>40. Ba3 Kb3 41. Kf2 Be8 42. Ke3 Bc6 43. Kf2 Kc2 44. Ke3 h4 45. d7 f2 46. d8=Q
>f1=Q 47. Qd2+ Kb1 0-1
>
>Best Regards
>Hans Chr. Lykke
>http://home3.inet.tele.dk/hclykke/

I think that white can hlod the draw after : 46. Kxf2 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Bxd7 48. c6
Bc8 49. c7 {draw}



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