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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