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Subject: Re: amazing endgame (5 pawns for rook, losing)

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:01:45 11/12/02

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On November 12, 2002 at 14:56:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 12, 2002 at 14:11:17, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>Aegis is : Crafty 19.1 (4 cpus) - Hyperthreading enabled Dual Xeon 2.2 Ghz
>>ajop  is : chesstiger 15 amd xp1800+
>>
>>[d]Q4R2/6pk/p3p2p/1p6/2p5/8/PP1rq3/R5K1 b - - 0 36
>
>Black can play Rxb2, so it's 6 pawns for a rook.
>
>My thing initially wants the perpetual, but later goes for Rxb2
>and trading pieces.
>
>Tricky position. In the Dutch open of last year Fritz traded
>a rook for 5 pawns and lost. But this kind of position is
>very tricky.
>
>--
>GCP

After Rxb2 black has 5 pawns for a rook and not 6 pawns for a rook.

Uri



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