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Subject: Re: Rook ending Test 1

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 10:00:48 08/23/02

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On August 23, 2002 at 11:26:56, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 23, 2002 at 11:14:05, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>On August 23, 2002 at 09:43:42, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On August 22, 2002 at 17:49:01, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> [D]8/2p2k2/pp4p1/2p3P1/P1P2P2/1P2R2r/5K2/8 b - - 0 14
>>>>
>>>> This position is from the game Yace-Junior 7. Here Junior saw
>>>> some opposition with the kings on e6-e4 or e6-g4 and evaluated
>>>> the pawn ending as a draw. Black played 14.-Rxe3?? and lost it
>>>> since white can force a passer on the k-side and then go eat the
>>>> pawns on the q-side.
>>>>
>>>> Test: Avoid the move 14.-Rxe3?? for black. 14.-Rh1 or similar is okey.
>>>
>>>I think that Rxe3 leads to a draw.
>>>I could not see a winning line after 16...a5 instead of 16...c6.
>>
>>  I agree. So Junior was correct in its evaluation after 14.-Rxe3
>>  but had to follow up with 16.-a5, which it didn't. Black has to play
>>  very exact to get a draw if he chooses to swap rooks. Even if white
>>  plays a5 before Ke4, black just manages the draw. As a rule I think
>>  it's bad for programs (and humans)to change rooks in such a position.

>
>I think that if the player can calculate and find that trading rooks lead to a
>draw there is no problem.
>
>a5 is obvious for positional reasons and the simple way to draw is to play it
>immediately after trading rooks.
>
>Uri


 I forgot - to make the original position a test position, just put the
 c7 pawn on c6 instead... Then black's 14.-Rxe3?? is losing right off.

 /S



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