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Subject: Re: White draws -- no 'maybe' about it

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 15:42:53 01/20/02

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On January 20, 2002 at 18:37:42, Roy Eassa wrote:

>White draws -- maybe
>
>[d] 5Bk1/2R5/2p4P/p4p2/1p3P2/1P6/7p/1bK5 w - - 0 1
>The reported solution is 1.h7+ Kh8 2.Bg7+ Kxh7 3.Ba1+! Kg6 4.Rxc6+ Kh5 5.Kb2!
>h1Q? 6.Rh6+
>
>but I think Black might still have winning chances with (instead of 5...h1Q):
>
>5...Be4 6.Rc1 Kg4 7.Ka2 Kxf4
>


A little more analysis shows that White should draw easily:

1.h7+ Kh8 2.Bg7+ Kxh7 3.Ba1+ Kg6 4.Rxc6+ Kh5 5.Kb2 Be4
   [5...h1Q 6.Rh6+]

6.Rc1 Kg4 7.Ka2 Kxf4 8.Bd4 h1Q 9.Rxh1 Bxh1 10.Bb6 Bd5 11.Bxa5 Ke3 12.Bxb4 f4
13.Bc5+



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