Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:53:49 10/25/00
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On October 25, 2000 at 05:12:42, martin fierz wrote: >On October 24, 2000 at 17:20:02, Robin Smith wrote: > >>On October 24, 2000 at 16:58:29, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>I am also not sure in 100% that the black is losing in the position that >>>kasparov resigned(I believe that black is losing but I think that the decision >>>to resign was too early and it is better to resign only if you sure that you are >>>losing and advantage of rook against a knight is not a good reason to resign >>>when there are queens on the board). >>> >>>Uri >> >>In the final position Kasparov is dead lost. I think resigning showed a healthy >>respect for Kramnik. >> >>Robin Smith > >robin is absolutely right here. having a rook against a knight is often not >enough - in middle game positions where files are closed and the knight can >occupy nice squares. in this position the knight is even condemned to stay >around his king to avoid a mate. playing on in such a position is bad style. > >we were analysing the position before h5 on FICS and the conclusion was that >a) black is lost, >b) h6 is the best try - it drops a pawn, but the h5-line is even worse. > >cheers > martin I analyzed this position independently with chess programs and I think that h6 is losing more than a pawn. The main line begins with h6 Nxh6+ Kh7 Qh3 Re8 Nf5+ Kg8 Ne7+ Kf8 Qe6 Uri
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