Author: John Hatcher
Date: 23:03:33 07/11/01
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On July 12, 2001 at 01:23:10, Bruce Moreland wrote: >On July 12, 2001 at 01:12:37, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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 > >Of course Rxe3 is simpler, but you have to wonder how, after ... Ra5, white was >able to achieve a position where black could make a mistake. > >bruce Actually, it's quite easy to make a mistake in the R+P endgame (e.g., Black's later mistake with ....Ke8). That's why it's infinitely simpler to play ....Rxe3+, with about the most elementary drawing position in the book. JOHN
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