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Subject: Re: Kramnik's move #20. Rxe8? Very inaccurate! Why Fritz team accepts draw?

Author: Terry Ripple

Date: 08:10:29 10/19/02

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On October 19, 2002 at 10:59:50, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On October 19, 2002 at 10:25:31, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>On October 19, 2002 at 10:11:45, Geo Disher wrote:
>>
>>>My Fritz 6 on a 2.4ghz machine thought RxE8 was the best move so it may not have
>>>been the best but it was respectible.  Also the evaluation showed that White was
>>>still better +.38 so it made since for Fritz team to accept draw with this type
>>>of eval.
>>>
>>>On October 19, 2002 at 10:02:00, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>>
>>>>Why on earth would a World Champion make this move Rxe8? which is somewhat an
>>>>inaccuracybecause of his isolated pawn?
>>>>
>>>>Plus why would Fritz accept this draw offer?? Interesting!!
>>>>
>>>>Terry
>>--------------
>>
>>It is well known among strong chess players that you should never voluntarly
>>exchange down pieces when you have an isolated pawn weakness because that pawn
>>will become increasingly weaker with more pieces off the board and thus the pawn
>>will be captured in the endgame!
>>
>>Regards,
>>      Terry
>
>At the ICC site, GM Pigzilla noted that having an IQP in the endgame is not
>necessarily losing.
>
>Also, the advice against trading down with an IQP applies only if the IQP cannot
>be exchanged off.
>
>Bob D.
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Yes, i agree! This is without question!

Terry



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