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Subject: Re: Is this a "dead" draw

Author: Hans Christian Lykke

Date: 05:58:39 08/21/00

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On August 21, 2000 at 08:08:29, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>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}

Sorry  :-(  Some information is missing.
After 44.- h4, white gave up, suggesting the line in the game.
I would not have played 45.-, f2, but Bxd7 with this line
46. gxh4 Bc6 47. Kf2 Kd1 and black still wins!




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