Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:52:21 09/21/01
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On September 21, 2001 at 14:57:20, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On September 21, 2001 at 12:31:49, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>> [D]8/4k1p1/7p/6p1/8/8/PKP4P/8 w - - 0 37
>>
>>
>> This position is from a game Crafty 18.10 - King of Kings 1.99, 40/40' P 800.
>> Crafty steered happily into this pawn ending by exchanging rooks and giving
>> up his e-pawn. After 37.Kc3 Crafty showed +1.88, which some moves later
>> climbed to +2.80. King of Kings showed between -0.51 and -0.74. The result
>> was a draw. It looks like Crafty overestimated the two passed pawns on the
>> queenside vs black's kingside majority. The whole game:
>>
>>[Event "KIL 40/40'"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "2001.09.21"]
>>[Round "1"]
>>[White "Crafty 18.10"]
>>[Black "King of Kings 1.99"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "B82"]
>>[PlyCount "100"]
>>[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
>>
>>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
>>Qc7 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Qg3 Bd6 14. Be3 Be6
>>15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. g5 Nh5 17. Qf2 Ba3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 axb5 20. bxa3 Nf4 21.
>>Bxf4 exf4 22. Rf1 h6 23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxf4+ Qxf4+ 25. Rxf4+ Ke7 26. Rxb5 Rhb8
>>27. Rf3 g5 28. Rb6 Ra6 29. Rfb3 Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Kf8 31. e5 Ra8 32. Rxb7 Rxa3 33.
>>Kb2 Ra5 34. e6 Re5 35. e7+ Rxe7 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Kc3 {+1.88} 37... g6 {-0.51}
>>38. Kd4 {+1.97} 38... Kd6 {-0.59} 39. c4 g4 40. a4 h5 41. a5 {+2.54} 41... g5 {
>>-0.73} 42. c5+ {+2.80} 42... Kc7 {-0.73} 43. a6 {+2.80} 43... h4 {-0.73} 44.
>>Ke3 {+2.26} 44... Kc6 {-0.74} 45. Ke2 {+2.63} 45... Kc7 46. Kf2 Kc6 47. Ke3 Kc7
>>48. Ke2 Kc6 49. Kf2 Kc7 50. Kg2 Kc6 1/2-1/2
>>
>>Sune
>
>
>I don't mind that kind of mis-evaluation so much. If anybody wins, white
>wins. What I would not like is to see that kind of evaluation and then lose
>the game...
What about this position that I composed
when Crafty blunders by Qxa8+?
How much time does it need to avoid this obviously losing move
and play something that makes more sense like Qf1?
[D]qk6/6p1/8/6pp/8/P7/PK5P/7Q w - - 0 1
Uri
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