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Subject: Re: Testposition - Double Rook ending

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 03:13:33 03/17/01

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On March 17, 2001 at 05:07:30, Terry Ripple wrote:

>On March 17, 2001 at 04:19:57, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  2r3k1/4pp1p/3p2p1/p2R4/1r6/1P4P1/P3PP1P/R5K1 b - - 0 1
>>
>>  IM Giardelli,S  2438 - GM Andersson,U  2640
>>
>>
>>  There is a tournament played in Argentine right now. Among the participants
>>  you notice, among others, GM Larsen, GM Panno and GM Andersson.
>>
>>  The link is here: http://www.utopiasdepinamar.com.ar/magistral/
>>
>>  The above position is from the 9th round, where Ulf shows his technique
>>  and skills in a double rook ending. This man can make things look easy!
>>
>>
>>  Test: This might be an interesting position for programs to play out.
>>        A little indicator of how your program handles these endings.
>>        Actually it's possible to make a tourney, with several programs,
>>        played from the above position.
>>
>>  Giardelli-Andersson went:
>>
>>
>>
>>Giardelli - Andersson
>>Double Rook ending, 2001
>>
>>A nice example of GM Andersson's technique and skill in endgames. Black is
>>better here and Andersson gives his opponent no mercy. 1...a4 2.Rd3 Rc2 3.Kf1
>>Re4 4.e3 Rb4 5.h4 Rb2 6.bxa4 Rxa4 7.a3 Rc4 8.Kg2 Rcc2 9.Rf1 Ra2 10.Kf3 Rc5 11.g4
>>h5 12.Rg1 Kg7 13.gxh5 Rxh5 14.Rg4 Rf5+ 15.Rf4 Ra5 16.Re4 Kf6 17.Rf4+ Ke6 18.Rdd4
>>R2xa3 19.Rde4+ Re5 20.Rxe5+ dxe5 21.Rb4 f6 22.Rb7 Ra4 23.Kg3 f5 24.Rb6+ Kf7
>>25.Kh3 Rg4 26.f3 Rc4 27.Rb3 e4 28.fxe4 Rxe4 29.Ra3 Kg7 0-1
>>White cannot avoid further material loss.
>>
>>Sune
>----------------
>Hello Sune,
>Both Tiger13.0 and Gambit find a4! "instantly" and never stray from this move -
>using an Athlon 1.2Ghz

 Hello Terry,
 Yes, but it would be interesting to see if Tiger actually can win this
 position as black. For example vs Gambit...
>
>Regards,Terry



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