Author: Albert Silver
Date: 11:43:07 01/27/02
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On January 27, 2002 at 13:24:30, Uri Blass wrote:
>On January 27, 2002 at 11:52:53, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>There is a big hush in the room when CCC rolls out the red carpet
>>and welcomes GM Quark. Stubborn defence gave the whole point vs Fritz 7
>>in CCT 4. Fritz had the better of it after the opening but lost the grip,
>>starting with 24.Kb2? and then giving black's bishop more space + that he
>>helped Quark to get rid of the weak d6-pawn. Fritz then misplayed the rook
>>ending and died.
>>
>>Sune
>
>I did not analyze it with programs but it seems that
>Fritz's blunder was in the following position:
>
>[D]8/8/2K2kp1/7p/1P5P/4R3/8/2r5 w - - 0 55
>
>Fritz played 55.Kb6 when it could get repetition of previous position in the
>game by 55.Kd5
>
>I guess that 55.Kd5 was enough for a draw when after 55.Kb6 the black
>pawns(supported by the king) are stronger than the white rook.
>
>Uri
The blunder was allowing Rc4 when the rook gets to the 4th hitting the h-pawn.
The mistake can be viewed as either Re3 instead of Re4 or here Kb6 as you point
out. If black had been forced to trade the g-pawn to create a passed pawn, it
would have been a draw.
Albert
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