Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:03:37 04/27/02
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On April 28, 2002 at 00:37:28, Michael Williams wrote: >On April 27, 2002 at 18:12:27, Uri Blass wrote: > >>The following position is from my last game >> >>[D]6k1/RR4p1/5p1p/4p3/8/P7/4rrPP/3K4 b - - 0 31 >> >>I played 31...Rxg2 and after 32.a4 Ra2 my opponent resigned. >> >> >> >>After the game he said that he needed one more tempo. >> >>I said that I was lucky because I saw the idea of Rxg7+ that almost win the game >>only after I played 31...Rxg2. >> >>I played 31...Rxg2 fast because the move seemed to be almost forced(I did not >>like the idea of Rd2+ Kc1 and the idea of Ra2 with the double mate threat is >>gone) >> >>I also said in the anlaysis that the best was still 32.Rxg7+ Rxg7 33.Ra8+ >>inspite of the fact that white is losing after 33...Kf7 34.Kxe2 Rg2+ because in >>the worst case black will need to sacrifice the rook for the a pawn when the >>black passed pawns are going to be srtronger than the rook. > >With respect to solely the above sentence, I recall Fine and/or others stating >that even with connected pawns (not terribly advanced, of course) 5 such pawns >lose to a rook. I agree but white needs to work hard to play many moves to promote the pawn a and white needs the king to help the a pawn to promote. At the time that it happens the black pawns are going to be terribly advanced and the white king that is going to be at b6,b7 or b8 is not going to be able to stop them. Uri
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