Author: Howard Exner
Date: 14:07:56 05/12/98
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On May 12, 1998 at 12:52:42, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >If I force 1. Rxh7 Kd5 2. g4 Ke5 3. g5, 3. ... Kf5 draws. > >Here is the win after 1. Rxh7 Kd5 2. g4 Ke5. Or instead of g4 play Rh5+ which cuts off the king horizontally. > >8/7R/1r/4k/6P/7K w > >1. Kh4 Rb3 (Rb2, Rb1) 2. g5 (Kg5) Kf5 3. Rh6! Rb2 (Rb1, Rb8, Ke5) 4. >Rf6+! Ke5 >5. Kh5 Rh2+ 6. Kg6 Rg2 (Rd2, Rc2, Rb2, Ra2) 7. Rf1 (Rb6, Ra6, Kh6) Rg3 >(Rg4, >Rd2, Rc2, Rb2, Ra2, Ke6) 8. Re1+ (Kh6) Kd4 (Kd6, Kd5) 9. Kf6 (Kh6) Rf3+ >10. Kg7 >Rg3 (Kd5) 11. g6 Kd5 12. Kf7 (Kh7) Rf3+ 13. Kg8 Rg3 (Rh3, Kd6) 14. g7 >Kd6 15. >Rh1 Ke7 (Ke6) 16. Rh7 (Kh7, Kh8) Rg2 (Rg1, Rg4, Rg5, Rg6, Kd6, Kf6, Ke6) >17. >Kh8 Ke6 18. g8=Q+ Rxg8+ 19. Kxg8! Kd5 20. Rh5+ (Rh4, Rh1, Rh8, Kf7, Kg7, >Kf8) >Kc4 (Ke4, Kd4) 21. Rh4+ (Kf7) Kb3 (Kd3, Kd5, Kc3) 22. Kf7 (Kg7) Kc2 >(Kb2, Kc3) >23. Rh3 (Ke6) Kb2 (Kd2) 24. Ke6 (Kg6, Kf6) Kc2 25. Kd5 (Kf5, Ke5) Kd2 >26. Ke4 >Kc2 27. Rd3 (Kd4) Kc1 (Kb2) 28. Ke3 Kc2 29. Ke2 Kb1 (Kc1) 30. Kd1 (Kd2) >Kb2 31. >Kd2 Ka1 (Kb1) 32. Rb3 (Kc1, Kc2) Ka2 33. Kc2 Ka1 34. Ra3# > >It is interesting to note that after 1. Rxh7 Kd5, the attempt to cut off >black's king with 2. Re7 fails to 2. ... Rb8! = Is this Re7 draw with the g2 pawn removed or present?
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