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Subject: Re: The Baron in CCT5

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 12:15:23 01/20/03

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On January 20, 2003 at 13:12:06, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 20, 2003 at 12:39:51, Richard Pijl wrote:
>
>>CCT5 was the first time that the Baron participated in an online tournament and
>>from the seeding I understood that it would be one of the large group of
>>outsiders. Nonetheless I was hoping for a nice result
>>
>>But opposition was tough. The first game against Movei was very equal until
>>Movei allowed the Baron's rooks (pigs according to IM Schroer) to reach the 7th
>>rank. The game was over soon after that.
>
>I believe that Movei got an advantage during the game and Movei could win by
>Kg3 instead of Kg1

I agree that Kg3 is better than Kg1. I'm not sure that Movei will win after that
though.
>
>I believe that Thebaron simply underestimated passed pawns when it did not agree
>with that opinion.

The Baron was quite optimistic on his own chances, I agree. But still, I don't
think it is a clear cut win.
>
>I am not sure if Kg1 is losing because the passed pawns are still dangerous.
>
>Movei's last chance for a swindle was 54.g6 that set the following trap:
>
>[D]k7/1p6/p2pp3/P3p1P1/1P2Pn1P/3P2B1/r1r5/5Q1K w - - 0 54
>
>54.g6 Nh5 55.Qg1 Nxg3+?(Kb8 is winning) 56.Qxg3 and the white pawns give white a
>draw or a win dependent on the decisions of the opponent.
>
>I think that the position after Qg1 is a good test position
>
>[D]k7/1p6/p2pp1P1/P3p2n/1P2P2P/3P2B1/r1r5/6QK b - - 0 55 am Nxg3+
>

It takes Baron just 3 seconds with a clean hashtable to find Kb8.

Richard.



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