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Subject: Re: Is it over for black?

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 11:02:02 10/06/02

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On October 06, 2002 at 13:18:22, martin fierz wrote:

>On October 06, 2002 at 12:31:43, Ed Schröder wrote:
>
>>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
>
>svidler was commenting on ICC and said 34...Kd7 was a mistake and instead ...Rd8
>should be played. the passive defense was bound to lose according to him

And no program will play 34..Rd8 because it sacs the a-pawn. Gentlemen, start
modifying your evaluation stuff!

Ed


>aloha
>  martin
>
>
>>>Terry



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