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Subject: Re: Another bishop and rook ending

Author: José Carlos

Date: 00:50:01 02/26/01

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On February 25, 2001 at 21:31:33, Pete Galati wrote:

>On February 25, 2001 at 17:01:25, Chessfun wrote:
>
>>
>>On checking the pgn of game 10 of my Valentines Tourney
>>between Fritz 6 (12-16-2000) and Junior 6a, I came across
>>the following ending.
>>
>>This is the position after 65....h5
>>
>>[D]8/5r2/6k1/3R1p1p/5P1p/3B1K2/8/b7 w
>>
>>Fritz white played 66. Rxf5 eval as -0.28/14, then the very following
>>move scored -5.09/17. So at some point it must have seen that the resultant
>>position after the rook comes off is drawn to have played 66. Rxf5. But then
>>later scores it as a large -.  As can be seen from the pgn's Junior for a long
>>time 70 odd moves felt itself as more than +5.00 wheras Fritz 6 after the rook
>>came off knew it was drawn.
>>
>>Junior's pgn followed by Fritz 6 pgn.
>>Note; Junior's pgn scores show - minus as it is black.
>>
>
>Comet doesn't look at Rxf5, it seems to want to send it's King after Black's
>pawn in the h file.  I don't think I could have personally played Rxf5 because I
>would see it as trading pieces when I wouldn't be able to see an advantage in
>trading.
>
>To be honest, I didn't follow the other searches to understand the Rxf5 move
>though.
>
>Pete

  Rf5 is a simple draw, because after trading pieces, black has a KBPP v K where
both pawns are in the h file and the bishop does not attack h1, so the with king
can move to h1, and can't be moved from the corner.

  José C.



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