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Subject: Re: Rook ending [Mark Dvoretsky,"Art of Analysis",1989]

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 09:11:32 02/14/01

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On February 14, 2001 at 11:10:46, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On February 14, 2001 at 09:22:48, Steve Schooler wrote:
>
>>Perhaps White still has a forced win after
>>
>>1. Re5+ Kg6 2. Re6+ Kg7 3. Re3 Kf6 4. Rf3+
>>
>>[D]8/8/5k2/8/3r3P/3P1RK1/8/8 b
>>
>>a.  4. ... Ke5 5. h5 (with the threat of K -> 2nd rank and Rh3)
>>b.  4. ... Kg5 5. Kf2 (sac'g the h pawn and bringing the K to e3)
>
>Kg5 is not a legal move. Perhaps you mean Kg6. If my TBs or my code is not
>seriously broken, after 5. Kf2 Rxh5, this is a TB draw.
>
>-- Dieter

It must be broken since Rxh5 is not a legal move either :-)
Seriously, I think that this is the position that Dvoretsky must have
misevaluated. It looks like a win and it is what white is aiming for.
But if it is a TB draw...

Miguel




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