Author: Severi Salminen
Date: 05:43:24 01/17/01
Hi! My engine gained this position in a blitz game versus Crafty17.14. It was a 40moves/2min game played on Celeron300MHz. The position after 49.Rxa4 was: [D]8/5r1p/6k1/3R1p2/p3R1p1/P5P1/2r2P1P/6K1 w - - The game was eventually drawn because Requiem doesn't know 3-fold repetitions. My question is: was this a (known) winning position? Can the passed a-pawn cause problems for black? Here is the whole game: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Qd3 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. a3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nd5 8. Bd2 f5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Qxc3 c5 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. Rd3 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Qb8 18. Rd2 Bf6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Re1 Rf7 21. c3 Re7 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd7 25. Re3 Rae8 26. Qb4 a5 27. Qd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rc8 29. Rd4 b5 30. Ba2 Kf6 31. Rh3 g5 32. Rhd3 Bc6 33. c4 Bd5 34. b3 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rec7 36. Rc3 Ke5 37. Rd1 Bxc4 38. Rdc1 Kd4 39. R3c2 g4 40. Rd2+ Ke4 41. Re1+ Kf4 42. g3+ Kg5 43. Bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rxe6 Rc2 45. Rd7 R8c7 46. Rd5 a4 47. Ree5 Rf7 48. Re4 Kg6 49. Rxa4 Ra2 50. Ra8 Re7 51. Rd6+ Kh5 52. Ra5 Kg5 53. Rdd5 Rf7 54. a4 Rf8 55. Ra7 Kf6 56. a5 Rc8 57. Rd6+ Ke5 58. Rb6 Rcc2 59. Rb5+ Kf6 60. Rb6+ Ke5 61. Rb5+ Kf6 62. Rb6+ Ke5 1/2-1/2
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