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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Rebel Rook

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 12:34:11 03/02/01

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On March 02, 2001 at 15:16:38, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 02, 2001 at 10:10:08, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  8/6r1/Pp5p/7k/p7/7K/6P1/R7 w - - 0 2
>>
>>  Wotawa 1951
>>
>>  Rookending and black is a pawn up. But white can take it back in a minute.
>>  So a draw or what? No, by breaking the rules for "normal" play in a
>>  rookending, the white rook becomes the rebellious hero of the day.
>>
>>  Test: To find the winning line for white in normal tournament level.
>>
>>  Sune
>
>CM8000 took a while to make up its mind on this one. Is 1.Rb1 the "right"
>answer?

   Nope, should be 1.Ra3 followed by 2.Rg3, like in one of your lines.
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	6/7	0.94	44484		1. Rxa4 Ra7 2. Kg3 b5 3. Ra5 Kg6
>					4. Kf4 b4
>0:02	7/8	1.03	180856		1. Rxa4 Ra7 2. Kg3 b5 3. Ra5 Kg6
>					4. Kf4 b4 5. Ke4
>0:03	7/8	1.27	292920		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf6 3. Rxb6+
>					Ke5 4. Rb7 Rg8 5. Rb5+ Kd6 6. Ra5
>					Kc6 7. Rxa4
>0:07	8/9	1.33	634575		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Rxa4 Kd6
>0:17	9/10	1.38	1623748		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Rxa4 Kd5 6. Ra5+
>					Kc6 7. Kg4
>0:34	10/11	1.39	3381724		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Rxa4 Kd7 6. Kg4
>					Kd6
>0:47	10/11	1.81	4770673		1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. a7 Rxa7
>					4. Rg8 Ra4 5. g4+ Rxg4 6. Rxg4
>					b5 7. Rb4 a2 8. Rxb5+ Kg6
>0:58	11/12	1.03	5881376		1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. Rxa3 Ra7
>					4. Kg3 b5 5. Ra5 Kg6 6. Kf3 b4
>					7. Ke4
>1:43	11/12	1.38	10375062	1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf4 3. Rxb6
>					a3 4. Rb5 a2 5. Ra5 Ra7 6. Rxa2
>					Ke5 7. Kg4 Kd6
>4:14	12/13	1.90	25486527	1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Kh4 Kd6 6. Kh5
>					Ra8 7. Rxa4 Rg8 8. a7
>
>jm



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