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Subject: Re: Is this really a draw ?

Author: Thomas Mayer

Date: 22:04:39 01/10/01

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Hi Laurence, so it might have blundered earlyier... here is the game:

[Event "ICS rated standard match"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2001.01.11"]
[Round "-"]
[White "QuarkX"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[TimeControl "900+2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Qb3 Qc7 8.
Bd2 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne5 Qb6 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. f3 Bf5 14. Qa4
a6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Rxc6 Rxc6 18. Nxc6 Qb5 19. Qxb5 axb5 20.
Ke2 Be7 21. h4 h5 22. g5 f6 23. Rc1 Rg8 24. a3 Kd7 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Rc7+
Kd6 27. Ra7 Bf5 28. Ra6+ Kd7 29. Rb6 fxg5 30. hxg5 h4 31. Kf2 h3 32. Kg3
Rc8 33. Bc3 b4 34. Rxb4 Rh8 35. Kh2 Kc6 36. Ra4 Kb7 37. Bb4 Bc2 38. Ra5 Kb6
39. Rc5 Bd1 40. Ba5+ Kb7 41. f4 g6 42. b4 Bg4 43. Rc7+ Kb8 44. b5 Rc8 45.
Rxc8+ Kxc8 46. Bb4 Kb7 47. Bc5 Be2 48. a4 Bf1 49. Kg3 Kc7 50. Be7 Kb6 51.
Bd8+ Ka7 52. Bc7 Kb7 53. b6 Ka6 54. a5 Bg2 55. Be5 Bf1 56. Bd6 Bg2 57. Be7
Kb7 58. Ba3 Ka6 59. Bd6 Kb7 60. Be7 Ka6 61. Kh2 Kb7 62. Bb4 Ka6 63. e4 Bxe4
64. Kxh3 Bf5+ 65. Kg2 Bd3 66. Kg3 Be4 67. Kf2 Bd3 68. Ke3 Bf5 69. Kd2 Be4
70. Kc3 Bf3 71. Be7 Kb7 72. Bc5 Be2 73. Bd6 Kc6 74. Be7 Ba6 75. Kb4 Bd3 76.
Bf8 Bc4 77. Bg7 Bd3 78. Be5 Ba6 79. Bc7 Be2 80. Bd8 Bf1 81. Bf6 Bd3 82. Be7
Ba6 83. Ka4 Bd3 84. Bf6 Bc2+ 85. Ka3 Bd3 86. Kb4 Bf5 87. Kc3 Bh3 88. Bd8
Bf1 89. Kb4 Bc4 90. Ka4 Bb5+ 91. Kb3 Bd3 92. Bf6 Bc4+ 93. Kc3 Ba6 94. Be5
Kb5 95. Bc7 Bb7 96. Bd6 Kxa5 97. Bc7 Kb5 98. Kd3 Kb4 99. Bd8 Ba6+ 100. Ke3
Kb5 101. Bc7 Kb4 102. Kd2 Kc4 103. Be5 Kb5 104. b7 Bxb7 105. Bf6 Kb4 106.
Be7+ Kb3 107. Bd6 Ba6 108. Ke3 Kc3 109. Bf8 Bf1 110. Bg7 Bg2 111. Bf6 Bh1
112. Be7 Be4 113. Bd6 Kc4 114. Bf8 Bd3 115. Bg7 Kc3 116. Bf6 Be4 117. Be7
Kc4 118. Bd6 Bh1 119. Bf8 Kc3 120. Bh6 Be4 121. Bf8 Bd3 122. Bg7 Be4 123.
Ke2 Bf5 124. Kf3 Kd3 125. Bf6 Be4+ 126. Kf2 Kd2 127. Be5 Bb1 128. Bg7 Bc2
129. Bf8 Kd3 130. Bg7 Ke4 131. Be5 Bd3 132. Ke1 Ke3 133. Kd1 Bf5 134. Kc1
Kd3 135. Kb2 Kc4 136. Bf6 Bd3 137. Bg7 Be2 138. Kc2 Bf3 139. Kd2 Bg2 140.
Bf6 Kb3 141. Ke3 Kb4 142. Be5 Be4 143. Kd2 Kc4 144. Bf6 Kb4 145. Bh8 Kc4
146. Be5 Kb3 147. Bg7 Bf5 148. Bf8 Bb1 149. Be7 Bf5 150. Ke3 Kc3 151. Bd6
Bc2 152. Be5 Be4 153. Ke2 Kb3 154. Bf6 Kc3
{Game drawn by the 50 move rule} 1/2-1/2

Maybe position after 44. ... Rc8 is the key:

[D] 1kr5/2R5/4p1p1/BP1p2P1/3P1Pb1/P3P2p/7K/8 w - - 0 45

Quark exchanges here the rooks... should it do something other ?

Greets, Thomas



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