Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 18:08:29 11/02/00
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On November 02, 2000 at 20:27:34, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On November 02, 2000 at 20:08:57, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>[D]8/1R3p2/4pkp1/7p/7P/5PP1/r7/6K1 w - - 10 46 >> >>Why doesn't White play 46.f4 here? > > >What is the issue? IE it appears to be drawn no matter what happens unless >white drops material... The issue is White may have missed an easier way to draw the game. According to GM Shipov, Kramnik later blundered with 51.Rg7 and Kasparov missed a win with 55...Kf6, which I haven't verified yet. See: http://www.kasparovchess.com/serve/templates/folders/show.asp?p_docID=12273&p_docLang=EN In any case, it seems White could have avoided the complications with the move I suggest. It makes a big difference *how* you obtain a result, by good technique or by unneccessary complications. Kramnik could have lost this game. Whether GM Shipov is correct is not so important. He *does* show the position is not so easy, so the surest way to a draw *is* important. So is my suggestion any good or not. If not, why not?
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