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Subject: Re: Rook Exchange Is it good or not?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 20:29:32 11/05/02

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On November 05, 2002 at 22:03:39, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>On November 05, 2002 at 19:13:52, Mustafa wrote:
>
>>here is the position black played totally a move which shocked me with Be2
>>allowing Rxe1 and later win for white can someone tell me was it really good
>>that black did the rook exchange or not.....
>
>
>46...Bd2 is definitely bad. 46...g6 improves and is perhaps good enough for
>equality, since White's winning idea is not apparent to me.

Without checking with an engine, how about 47.Ra4 as a winning try for White
after 46...g6 maybe.  May not work, but looks fun.  [Not sure White is obligated
to keep Black tied up.]

Bob D.

>
>I'm able to hold the position against the Ruffian engine against various tries
>for White, so practically speaking, the position seems to be drawn.
>
>I may take another look tomorrow when I'm feeling less lazy and come to a more
>definite conclusion. An interesting position.
>
>
>>
>>[D]8/5ppk/7p/3N4/1p3PP1/1P3K1P/8/R1b1r3 b - - 0 46
>>
>>the whole game is here
>>[Event "Tigers"]
>>[Site "PIII 1GHz 384MB"]
>>[Date "2002.11.04"]
>>[Round "4.9"]
>>[White "X"]
>>[Black "Y"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "C92"]
>>[Annotator ",Comp"]
>>[PlyCount "130"]
>>[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
>>[TimeControl "300"]
>>
>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
>>O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 Qd7 14. b3 exd4 15.
>>cxd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 bxa4 17. Rxa4 c5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Nc4 Qe6 21. Bd2
>>Red8 22. Qe2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qe6 26. Bxb4 cxb4 27. Nd4
>>Qd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Nc6 a5 30. Rea1 Rc8 31. Nxa5 Rxe5 32. Nc4 Ree8 33. Ra5
>>Bc5 34. Kf1 Red8 35. Rc1 Be7 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. Rd1 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bd4 39. Ke2 Rc6
>>40. f4 Bc3 41. Kf3 Kh7 42. g4 Re6 43. Ne3 Bd2 44. Nd5 Re1 45. Ra2 Bc1 46. Ra1
>>Bd2 47. Rxe1 Bxe1 48. f5 h5 49. Ke2 Bg3 50. Nxb4 Kh6 51. Kf3 Bd6 52. Nd5 g6 53.
>>fxg6 hxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Kxg6 55. b4 f5+ 56. Kf3 Kf7 57. b5 Ke6 58. Nf4+ Kd7 59. h4
>>Ke7 60. h5 Kf7 61. b6 Kf6 62. h6 Kf7 63. Ng2 Kg6 64. Nh4+ Kf6 65. h7 {
>>[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 1-0
>>
>>
>>now i want ur dicisions was it a good exchange or not.......



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