Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 08:15:24 04/28/02
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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. > > >I find that some top programs cannot find 31...Rxg2 >for black because they do not evaluate correctly the pawn endgame. Evaluating the pawn ending is hard, so many exceptions. Rebel does well in this one. Ed ========================================================== 00:00:01.1 2,11 9 352195 Rd2+ Kc1 Rc2+ Kb1 Rxg2 Rxg7+ Rxg7 Ra8+ 00:00:02.0 2,16 10 948988 Rd2+ Kc1 Rc2+ Kb1 Rxg2 Rxg7+ Rxg7 Ra8+ 00:00:09.2 1,32 11 7107453 Rd2+ Kc1 Rc2+ Kb1 Kh8 Rxg7 Rb2+ Ka1 00:00:19.3 1,32 12 15782374 Rd2+ Kc1 Rc2+ Kb1 Kh8 Rxg7 Rb2+ Ka1 00:00:35.2 1,41 13 29846753 Rd2+ Kc1 Rc2+ Kb1 Kh8 Rxg7 Rb2+ Ka1 00:00:38.1 1,41 13 32075720 Rxg2 00:00:46.0 2,35 13 39580994 Rxg2 Rxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Kxe2 Kf7 Kf3 00:01:15.8 2,35 14 66632211 Rxg2 Rxg7+ Rxg7 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Kxe2 Kf7 00:03:15.6 2,73 15 175393087 Rxg2 Rxg7+ Rxg7 Ra8+ Kf7 Kxe2 Rg2+ A1400 >Uri
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