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Subject: Re: Testposition - Activity in Rookending

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 03:42:01 03/01/01

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On February 28, 2001 at 19:01:46, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>On February 28, 2001 at 14:33:56, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  [D]3r4/7p/Rp4k1/5p2/4p3/2P5/PP3P1P/5K2 b - - 0 1
>>
>>  This is Tarrasch-Rubinstein, San Sebastian 1911.
>>  Black is a pawn down and the b6 pawn is under attack. Passive
>>  defence with 1.-Rd6 or 1.-Rb8 is doomed to failure. Rubinstein
>>  grasps his only chance: To mobilize his rook and king.
>>  Activity is vital in rook endings.
>>
>>  1.-Rd2! 2.Rxb6+ Kg5 3.Ke1  [3.a4 f4 4.a5 f3! is more than welcome to black.]
>>  3.-Rc2 4.Rb5 Kg4! 5.h3+ Kxh3 6.Rxf5 Rxb2 and black drew without effort.
>>
>>
>>  Test: Big + for your program if it chooses 1.-Rd2! combined with
>>        activating the king.
>>
>>        Thumbs down if it chooses passive defence with 1.-Rd6 or 1.-Rb8.
>>
>>  Sune
>
>Thumbs down for Deep Shredder and Deep Fritz then. But I'm not so convinced
>about Rd2. I'll take a longer look at it tomorrow.
>
>Enrique

 I played this position vs Deep Fritz:




Deep Fritz - Larsson
Nivå=Blitz:25'.  KIL, 01.03.2001

 27MB, Nz7book.ctg. PIII 800
 1...Rd2 2.Rxb6+  1.47/14  1:00  Kg5 3.Ke1  1.47/13  26  Rc2 4.h3  1.34/14  48
Kh4 5.a4  1.34/14  29  Kxh3 6.a5  1.25/15  48  f4 7.a6  1.31/14  29  Rc1+ 8.Kd2
1.28/15  19  Ra1 9.Rf6  1.34/14  21  Kg4 10.Ke2  0.72/15  0  h5 11.Rg6+  0.19/15
 0  Kf5 12.Rd6  0.16/14  54  h4 13.b4  0.00/13  13  h3 14.Rh6  0.00/15  41  Kg4
15.b5  0.00/16  0  e3 16.fxe3  0.00/16  38  f3+ 17.Kf2  0.00/17  30  Ra2+ 18.Kg1
 0.00/16  1:14  Ra1+ 19.Kf2  0.00/21  27  Ra2+ 20.Kg1  0.00/16  21  Ra1+ 21.Kf2
0.00/21  25  ½-½

Sune



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