Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 07:31:56 08/25/02
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On August 24, 2002 at 19:46:29, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>Are you sure Rxe2 is bad?
>The game continuation was 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}
>
>[D]8/1pp5/2p4p/p1P2kp1/8/P4P2/1P3KPP/8 b - -
>
>But here, a4 was played and looks like a misconception. It wins the c5 pawn but
>in a useless way giving black tripled pawns which aren't passed. Meanwhile the
>white king penetrates on the k-side.
>
>Better seems 8...Kf4, keeping the white king out. Now if 9.g3+ Ke5 10.Ke3 and
>black maybe has a draw, eg: 10...a4 11.f4+ gxf4 12.gxf4 Kd5 13.Kf3 h5 14.Kg3 Ke4
>15.Kh4 Kxf4 etc (black has enough moves with his pawns to keep the white king
>prisoner!)
>
>Also 8...Kf4 9.g3+ Ke5 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 Kd4 12.f4 gxf4 13.gxf4 b6 14.Kf3 bxc5
>15.bxc5 Kxc5 is fine for black too
>
>cheers,
>Peter
Yes 10.-Kf4 looks much better than 10.-a4. 11.b3 doesn't seem to do white
anything good - so: 11.g3+ [11.h3 h5!] 11.-Ke5 12.Ke3 a4 and now if white
plays 13.g4 black has to be careful since 13.-Kd5?+- and 13.-b5?+-. Instead
13.-b6! 14.h3 bxc5 15.h4 c4! [15.-gxh4?+-] 16.Kf2 Kd4 17.h5 Ke5 18.Ke3 c5
19.Ke2 Kf4 20.Kf2 Ke5 21.Ke3 c6 22.Ke2 Kf6 23.Kd2 Ke5! [23.-Ke6? 24.Kc3 Ke5
25.Kxc4+-] 24.Ke3 c3 25.bxc3 c4 =. Looks like a draw if black plays exact.
cheers
Sune
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