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Subject: Re: Rook ending Test 5

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 17:04:50 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 19:19:27, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>[D]8/1pp5/p1p4p/2P2kp1/8/P2K1P2/1P2R1PP/4r3 b - - 0 8
>
> A position from Fritz 7 - Aristarch. Here black played 8.-Rxe2??
> and hoped for miracles in the lost pawn ending.
>
> Test: Avoid 8.-Rxe2??
>

All I get here is Rc1 for the same reason as in the other position.  NO
reason to enter a KP ending with white having a candidate passer to win
the game...


                9     0.67   0.15   1. ... Rxe2 2. Kxe2 Ke5 3. Ke3 b6 4.
                                    g3 Kd5 5. cxb6 cxb6 6. h4 gxh4
         (4)    9->   1.92   0.15   1. ... Rxe2 2. Kxe2 Ke5 3. Ke3 b6 4.
                                    g3 Kd5 5. cxb6 cxb6 6. h4 gxh4
         (3)   10     2.09   0.19   1. ... Rxe2 2. Kxe2 Ke5 3. Kf2 Kd4
                                    4. Kg3 Kxc5 5. Kg4 b6 6. Kh5 Kd4 7.
                                    Kxh6
         (2)   10     3.12   0.16   1. ... Rc1 2. Rc2 Rd1+ 3. Ke3 Rd5 4.
                                    g4+ Ke5 5. Rc4 a5 6. Re4+ Kf6 7. b4
                                    b6
         (2)   10->   4.57   0.16   1. ... Rc1 2. Rc2 Rd1+ 3. Ke3 Rd5 4.
                                    g4+ Ke5 5. Rc4 a5 6. Re4+ Kf6 7. b4
                                    b6
               11     7.59   0.04   1. ... Rc1 2. Rc2 Rxc2 3. Kxc2 Ke5
                                    4. Kd3 Kd5 5. b4 b6 6. a4 bxc5 7. bxc5
                                    a5 <HT>
               11->   9.12   0.04   1. ... Rc1 2. Rc2 Rxc2 3. Kxc2 Ke5
                                    4. Kd3 Kd5 5. b4 b6 6. a4 bxc5 7. bxc5
                                    a5 8. h4 <HT>
               12    13.09   0.10   1. ... Rc1 2. Rc2 Rxc2 3. Kxc2 Ke5
                                    4. Kd3 Kd5 5. b4 b6 6. a4 bxc5 7. bxc5
                                    a5 8. h4 Kxc5 9. hxg5 hxg5



> The whole game below:
>
>
>[Event "Nunn1 40/60'"]
>[Site "Kil"]
>[Date "2002.08.15"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Fritz 7"]
>[Black "Aristarch 4.4"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "8/1ppr1kp1/p1p4p/8/8/5P2/PPP1RKPP/8 w - - 0 1"]
>[PlyCount "49"]
>[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
>
>{W=18.2 ply; 389kN/s; 51 766 TBAs
>B=17.7 ply; 437kN/s; 568 997 TBAs
>} 1. a3 {
>Both last book move 0.34/14 127} 1... Rd4 {0.14/13 226} 2. Ke3 {
>(Kg3) 0.41/14 66} 2... Rd6 {(Rd1) 0.14/12 25} 3. c4 {(f4) 0.44/14 125} 3... Kf6
>{0.06/11 36} 4. Rd2 {(h4) 0.44/13 71} 4... Re6+ {0.00/12 223} 5. Kd4 {
>(Kf2) 0.34/15 141} 5... g5 {(Rd6+) 0.01/12 114} 6. c5 {0.34/15 250} 6... Kf5 {
>(h5) -0.02/12 92} 7. Kd3 {(Kc4) 0.34/13 73} 7... Re1 {-0.13/12 105} 8. Re2 {
>(Kd4) 0.19/13 103} 8... Rxe2 $4 {(Rh1) -0.26/12 25} 9. Kxe2 {0.78/14 32} 9...
>a5 {-0.27/14 107} 10. Kf2 {(g3) 0.69/14 62} 10... a4 {(Kf4) -0.37/13 15} 11.
>Kg3 {0.78/16 62} 11... b6 {-0.31/15 36} 12. h4 {(cxb6) 0.88/17 104} 12... bxc5
>{-0.60/15 15} 13. hxg5 {0.91/17 32} 13... hxg5 {-0.26/16 11} 14. Kf2 {
>1.09/19 35} 14... c4 {0.00/20 150} 15. g3 {(Ke3) 0.91/19 36} 15... Ke5 {
>(Ke6) 0.00/19 26} 16. Ke3 {1.00/20 53} 16... Kd5 {0.01/19 33} 17. f4 {
>1.19/20 41} 17... g4 {0.46/19 29} 18. f5 {1.41/21 37} 18... Ke5 {0.87/21 21}
>19. f6 {1.63/21 43} 19... Kxf6 {0.85/21 26} 20. Kf4 {1.69/21 19} 20... Ke6 {
>(c5) 1.94/26 433} 21. Kxg4 {2.13/21 24} 21... Kf6 {5.87/24 368} 22. Kf4 {
>5.25/21 44} 22... c5 {8.85/22 310} 23. g4 {5.47/20 23} 23... Kg7 {
>(c6) 8.84/20 258} 24. Ke5 {7.91/19 21} 24... c3 {17.33/21 212} 25. bxc3 {
>11.13/20 35} 1-0
>
>Sune



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