Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:17:09 09/10/01
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On September 10, 2001 at 21:27:02, Dave Gomboc wrote: >On September 10, 2001 at 05:56:21, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On September 10, 2001 at 05:02:43, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On September 10, 2001 at 00:48:34, Dave Gomboc wrote: >>> >>>>>>>>>>32.Bg5 Bg7 33.Bf4 c4 34.Re2 Bd7 35.Rd1 Bb5 36.Ree1 Bxa4 37.bxa4 Rb2 >>>>>>>>>>38.Rd2 Rxa2 39.Bxf5 >>> >>>>>>Black has better earlier on: >>>>>> >>>>>>Instead of 36. .. Bxa4 first 36. .. Nd3! >>>> >>>>It looks like White also has better earlier on: >>>> >>>>36.Bxe5! Nxe5 >>> >>>Bxe5 captures the knight, so Nxe5 is obviously impossible. I think >>>you are looking at the wrong line... >>> >>>36.Bxe5 Bxe5 is a straight win for black >> >>Dave meant 36.Bxe5 Bxe5 and it is not clear >> >>Here is again the relevant analysis(I added * to singular moves of black that is >>before move 39 and I am going to look at this position more today because I have >>other things to do) >> >>Thanks to dave Gomboc for doing the job. >>I did not look at most of the analysis for 37...Bxh2+ >> >>36.Bxe5! Bxe5* 37.Nc5! Bxh2+ 38.Kxh2 dxc5* 39.a4 Bc6* 40.Rd6 cxb3 41.Bd3 b2 >>42.Re1 b1Q 43.Rxb1 Rxb1 44.Bxb1 is unclear, while after 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Rde1 cxb3 >>42.Bd3 Bb5 43.axb5 Rxe6 44.Bc4 Rbb6 45.Bxb3 White should be able to hold the >>rook ending. Meanwhile, 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Rde1 Rxd7 42.b4 cxb4 43.cxb4 Rb7 44.Bd1 >>Rxb4 45.Bf3 Bxf3 46.Rxa6 Rb2 is wild!, I'll let someone with a faster machine >>handle that variation (there may be good deviations for either side along the >>way too). If something refutes this line, it's probably this. >> >>This leaves 36.Bxe5! Bxe5* 37.Nc5! dxc5 38.Rxe5 Rxa2* 39.bxc4 Bxc4 40.Rxc5 which >>looks like White should be able to grovel a draw here too. >> >>39...Bc6 40.Rxc5 Bxg2 may be an improvement for black and I did not check this >>line >> >>Uri > >I think more of the moves are singular than you are giving credit for. For >instance, 38.Kxh2 is an obvious case (though perhaps you were counting that as a >normal recapture-extension). I count only black moves and I did not count moves after move 39. Uri
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