Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 08:13:40 12/27/01
[D]8/3k2p1/4pp2/1p2PP2/1PpP2P1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 35
This position is from a game Rocha - Spraggett, 1999.
White is worse here and there are several ways for him to
lose this position. Hecht, in his commentaries, even thought
that the key move is the only way for white to make the draw.
This ending is tricky, so I'm not 100% sure that Hecht is correct.
Anyway, white has a simple and straight forward way to secure the draw.
Theme - pawn ending: One protected passer can hold his own vs two connected.
Test: Programs with some of this knowledge should evaluate the position
after 1.d5! as 0.00 or close to it.
[Event "Boavista Masters"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "1999.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rocha, Sergio"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hecht"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k2p1/4pp2/1p2PP2/1PpP2P1/8/4K3/8 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
35. d5 $1 exd5 36. e6+ Ke7 37. Ke3 c3 38. Kd3 d4 39. Kc2 g5 40. Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2
Sune
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