Author: Harald Faber
Date: 22:59:37 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 On K6-200(!) Gambit Tiger 2 Beta-4 needs 1min51 to swap from Bxc5 +0.68 to Rc8 +1.14 d=13 and stays there at d=14 and d=15 with +1.74 and +1.60.
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