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Subject: Re: Is it over for black?

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 09:31:43 10/06/02

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On October 06, 2002 at 12:22:18, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On October 06, 2002 at 12:10:43, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>[Event "A match in KasparovChess Playing Zone"]
>>[Site "www.KasparovChess.com"]
>>[Time "Sun Oct 06 18:13:37 GMT+02:00 2002"]
>>[White "Kramnik"]
>>[Black "Deep_Fritz"]
>>[Result "*"]
>>[WhiteELO "----"]
>>[BlackELO "----"]
>>
>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5
>>6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Kf1 b5 10. Be2 Bb7
>>11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Bf8 13. a4 b4 14. Nfd2 Bd5 15. f3 Bd6
>>16. g3 e5 17. e4 Be6 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Be3 a5 20. Nc5 Nxc5
>>21. Bxc5 Nd7 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Bf2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Ke7 25. Rad1 Rhc8
>>26. Bb5 Nc5 27. Bc6 Bc4+ 28. Ke1 Nd3+ 29. R1xd3 Bxd3 30. Bc5 Bc4
>>31. Rd4+ Kf6 32. Rxc4 Rxc6 33. Be7+ Kxe7 34. Rxc6 Kd7 35. Rc5 f6
>>36. Kd2 Kd6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Kd3 g6 39. Kc4 g5 40. h3 h6
>>41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Ra7 {*}
>>
>>Rebel +1.50 for white.
>>
>>Ed
>
>Yes, it should be over for Black, 43.h5! has sealed any leaks...Zugzwang is
>coming.

Is it safe to say white was lost after the exchange of pieces entering the rook
end-game? I have been there, thinking Rebel being safe entering a rook end-game
and then to find out 10-15 moves later you have entered a lost position! You can
calculate as deep as you want and nothing will help! Those awful super-GM's!

Ed

>Terry



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