Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:08:23 04/19/02
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On April 19, 2002 at 15:39:39, Terry McCracken wrote: >On April 19, 2002 at 14:07:13, John Merlino wrote: > >>This position came up in a game between myself and a friend: >> >>[D]6k1/5R2/7P/6K1/8/8/p5P1/6r1 w - - 0 1 >> >>The question is: can White draw (after 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q)? >> >>Chessmaster says this, but I suspect that the eval is simply because of the >>difference in material (not the steadily dropping score): >> >>Time Depth Score Positions Moves >>0:00 2/3 -2.25 978 1.Ra7 a1=Q 2.h7+ Kh8 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >>0:00 3/4 -2.25 2266 1.Ra7 a1=Q 2.h7+ Kh8 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >>0:00 4/5 -2.63 6103 1.Ra7 a1=Q 2.Rxa1 Rxa1 3.g4 Ra5+ >> 4.Kg6 Ra6+ 5.Kg5 >>0:00 4/5 -2.60 7857 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Ra7 a1=Q 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >> 4.g4 Kh7 >>0:00 5/6 -2.60 16712 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Ra7 a1=Q 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >> 4.g4 Kh7 >>0:00 6/7 -4.04 45865 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Ra7 a1=Q 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >> 4.Kg6 Rg1 5.Kf5 Rxg2 >>0:01 7/8 -4.66 145818 1.Rg7+ Kh8 2.Ra7 a1=Q 3.Rxa1 Rxa1 >> 4.g4 Kh7 5.Kf4 Ra4+ 6.Kf5 Ra5+ >> 7.Kf6 Kxh6 >>0:02 7/8 -4.01 229288 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc4 8.g4 >>0:04 8/9 -4.02 414062 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kd4 8.Qg4+ Kd5 9.Kh4 >>0:09 9/10 -3.93 898261 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kd4 8.Qf6+ Kd3 9.Qg6+ Kc4 >> 10.g4 >>0:20 10/11 -3.76 2026714 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.Qe6+ Kc7 9.Qf7+ Kc8 >> 10.Qf8+ Kb7 11.Qf7+ Kb6 >>0:49 11/12 -3.63 4752637 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.Qe6+ Kc7 9.Qf7+ Kc8 >> 10.Qe6+ Kb7 11.Qd7+ Ka6 12.Qd5 >>1:39 12/13 -3.53 10149051 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.Qe6+ Kc7 9.Qf7+ Kc8 >> 10.Qf8+ Kb7 11.Qe7+ Kb8 12.Qd8+ >> Ka7 13.Qc7+ Ka6 >>4:01 13/14 -3.42 25036829 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.Qe6+ Kc7 9.Qf7+ Kb6 >> 10.Qe6+ Kb5 11.Qd5+ Kb4 12.Qe4+ >> Kc3 13.Qe5+ Kc2 14.Qd5 >>7:53 14/15 -3.35 50033731 1.h7+ Kxf7 2.h8=Q a1=Q 3.Qh5+ Kf8 >> 4.Qf3+ Ke7 5.Qe4+ Kd6 6.Qg6+ Kc5 >> 7.Qf5+ Kc6 8.Qe6+ Kc7 9.Qf7+ Kc8 >> 10.Qf8+ Kb7 11.Qf7+ Kb6 12.Qg6+ >> Kb5 13.Qd3+ Kc6 14.Qg6+ Kd5 15.Kf4 >> >>jm > >I'm just curious John, who had the White pieces and how did the game end? >Did White get a draw, or let it slip away into a loss? > >There is no question about it that 1.h7+!! is not only the "Best" move but a >"Forced" move as well. > >Everthing else loses quikly! > >Terry White resigned in this position. I was Black. This should show you the quality of our play here at the CM offices. ;-) jm
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