Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:12:37 07/11/01
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On July 12, 2001 at 00:53:45, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On July 11, 2001 at 22:27:39, John Hatcher wrote: > >>This game proves that there's hope for the rest of us. >> >>Today, in the Vidmar Memorial tournament, in a game between GM Mohr (2468)and GM >>Crisian (2635), this position arose: >> >>[D]8/8/5k2/4r3/8/4RP2/4K3/8 b - - 0 1 >> >>GM Crisian played 57. ...Ra5??, instead of ...Rxe3 with an elementary draw. > >I'd call Ra5 an elementary draw as well, known since Philidor. Rxe3 is a simpler draw. The only reason to play Ra5 is if black wants to win(black has chances to do it only against very weak players) or if black is a computer that evaluates both moves as 0.00 Uri
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