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Subject: Re: Did Kramnik resign a drawn position?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 09:38:22 10/16/02

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On October 16, 2002 at 11:35:52, Ingo Althofer wrote:

>On October 16, 2002 at 09:17:46, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>On October 16, 2002 at 08:31:52, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>>On October 16, 2002 at 04:00:59, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>>>On October 15, 2002 at 23:07:26, Louis Fagliano wrote:
>>>>>Mark Young posted that he wasn't sure if there is a win with best play in
>>>>>final position of game 6.
>>>>>
>>>>>He gives 35. Rxa6 b2 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Rd7 Rc1 38. Rd6+ Nf6 39. Rdd1 b1Q 40. Rxc1
>>>>>Qf5 ....
>
>Probably 40... Qf5 is a point where Black should look for better alternatives.
>Besides Qf5 Shredder6 (in 4-best mode) proposes Qa2 or Qb4 or Qb5, and in all
>three cases I did not find a clear drawing line for White.
>
>Ingo Althofer.


Of course there are better moves, but would deep Fritz play one of them? I don't
have Fritz7, but suspect it would not. In practice, Kramnik probably would have
stolen an easy draw. All he had to do is play on.



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