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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Vital Tempo

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 14:06:36 03/15/01

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On March 15, 2001 at 14:37:07, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]1R6/p3k1p1/7p/2b1pP2/P1r3P1/B7/7P/7K w - - 0 1
>
>  Pitschak-Foerder, Breslau 1930
>
>
>  In this position white chose the timid but comfortable continuation
>  1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ and in the end the result was a draw.
>
>  In chess, time is money and white could cash in by gaining a vital
>  tempo. Maybe Herrn Pitschak was a victim of too much linear thinking
>  in the possible upcoming pawn ending?! Anyway, here goes!
>
>
>  1.Rc8! Kd6 2.Rxc5! Rxc5 3.h4! (now the time has come for the farmer
>  boy to move)  3.-Kc6  (he must try to free himself)  4.Bxc5 Kxc5
>  5.g5  (I think white saw this position in his calculations but was
>  fooled by his own eyes.)  5.-hxg5 6.f6!! (yes!!) 6.-gxf6 7.h5! wins.
>
>  Test: White to move and win by the above line.
>
>  Sune

Engine: Deep Shredder
by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen
  1.00	 0:00 	-0.68++ 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 (27) 1.6
  1.00	 0:00 	+0.55++ 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 (757) 47.3
  1.00	 0:00 	+0.55 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 (1.280) 80.0
  2.00	 0:00 	+0.55 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 (1.860) 116.2
  3.00	 0:00 	+0.55 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 (2.392) 149.5
  4.00	 0:00 	+0.55 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 (2.995) 96.6
  5.00	 0:00 	+0.33 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.Rxg7 hxg4 (15.846) 337.1
  6.00	 0:00 	+0.79++ 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.Rxg7 hxg4 (23.517) 379.3
  6.00	 0:00 	+0.79 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.Rxg7 hxg4 (24.233) 390.8
  7.01	 0:00 	+0.79 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.Rxg7 hxg4 (61.913) 495.3
  8.01	 0:00 	+0.94 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 Rc4 4.Ra6+ Kf7 5.h3 h5
6.gxh5 (131.933) 527.7
  9.01	 0:00 	+0.72 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 e4 4.Ra6+ Ke5 5.Rg6 Rc1+
6.Kg2 Rc2+ 7.Kf1 Ra2 8.Rxg7 Rxa4 (311.728) 554.6
 10.01	 0:00 	+0.97++ 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 e4 4.Kg2 h5 5.Kg3 g6
6.fxg6 h4+ 7.Kxh4 Ra5 (543.792) 570.6
 10.01	 0:01 	+1.06 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.gxh5 Rc7 7.f6 gxf6 8.Rxf6+ Kg5 (702.503) 576.2
 11.01	 0:02 	+1.11 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf8 3.Rxa7 Rc4 4.h3 h5 5.gxh5 Ke8
(1.477.340) 576.6
 12.01	 0:04 	+1.11 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.Ra6+ Kg5 5.Rg6+ Kf4
6.gxh5 Rc7 7.h6 gxh6 8.f6 h5 (2.671.846) 573.8
 13.01	 0:12 	+1.10 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf8 3.Rxa7 Rc4 4.h3 h5 5.g5 Rf4 6.g6
Rf1+ 7.Kg2 Rxf5 8.Rf7+ Rxf7 9.gxf7 (6.641.379) 539.4
 14.01	 0:23 	+0.98 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.h3 hxg4 5.hxg4 Rc4
6.Ra6+ Kg5 7.Rg6+ Kf4 8.a5 Rc1+ 9.Kg2 Rg1+ 10.Kxg1 (12.688.398) 529.3
 15.01	 0:39 	+0.96 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.h3 hxg4 5.hxg4 Rc4
6.Ra6+ Kf7 7.g5 Rf4 8.g6+ Ke8 9.Ra7 e4 (21.066.435) 532.4
 16.01	 1:38 	+0.71-- 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.h3 hxg4 5.hxg4 Rc4
6.Ra6+ Kg5 7.Rg6+ Kf4 8.Kg2 Rxa4 9.Rxg7 Ra6 10.Kf1 Rb6 (51.129.774) 519.8
 16.01	 2:26 	+0.60 	1.Bxc5+ Rxc5 2.Rb7+ Kf6 3.Rxa7 h5 4.h3 hxg4 5.hxg4 Rc4
6.Ra6+ Kg5 7.Rg6+ Kh4 8.Kg2 Rxa4 9.Rxg7 (77.861.316) 532.0
 16.02	 3:16 	+0.61++ 	1.Rb7+ Kd6 2.Bxc5+ Kxc5 3.Rxg7 Rxa4 4.h3 e4 5.Re7 a5
6.Re6 Rb4 7.Rxh6 e3 8.Kg2 Re4 9.Kf1 Kb5 (99.209.336) 504.8
 16.02	 3:46 	+0.74 	1.Rb7+ Kd6 2.Bxc5+ Kxc5 3.Rxg7 Rxa4 4.h3 e4 5.Rh7 Ra6 6.Re7
Kd5 7.Kg2 (115.278.188) 508.0
 17.01	 5:14 	+0.77 	1.Rb7+ Kd6 2.Bxc5+ Kxc5 3.Rxg7 Rxa4 4.h3 e4 5.Kg2 Kd4 6.Rg6
h5 7.Rd6+ Ke5 8.Re6+ Kf4 9.f6 Ra2+ 10.Kf1 (158.607.256) 504.3
 17.03	 6:39 	+0.78++ 	1.Rc8 Kd6 2.h4 Bxa3 3.Rxc4 Bc5 (202.330.824) 506.7
 17.03	 7:07 	+1.13++ 	1.Rc8 Kd6 2.h4 Bxa3 3.Rxc4 Bc5 4.Kg2 Kd5 5.Rc3 Kd4 6.f6
g5 7.hxg5 Bf8 8.gxh6 Kxc3 (217.048.343) 508.3
 17.03	 8:09 	+1.67 	1.Rc8 Kd6 2.h4 Rxa4 3.Bxc5+ Kd5 4.Bf2 Rf4 5.Kg2 Rxg4+ 6.Bg3
h5 7.Kf2 Ra4 8.Re8 Re4 (249.519.756) 509.7
 18.01	 9:48 	+1.73 	1.Rc8 Kd6 2.h4 Rxa4 3.Bxc5+ Kd7 4.Ra8 Rxg4 5.Rxa7+ Kc6
6.Bf2 g5 7.hxg5 Rf4 8.gxh6 Kb5 (301.582.177) 512.3
 19.01	15:13 	+1.98++ 	1.Rc8 Kd6 2.Rxc5 Rxc5 3.h4 Kc6 4.Bxc5 g6 5.Bxa7 gxf5
6.gxf5 Kd5 7.Kg2 e4 8.f6 e3 9.Bxe3 (462.931.305) 506.8

Enrique



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