Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 21:18:55 01/26/03
I played a couple of 15 10 standard games against Crafty on ICC from the
Searcher-Crafty CCT5 rook ending position, which had ended in a draw. The object
was to see if the ending was really an easy win for Black i.e. if *I* can win
it, anyone can ;)
I played both 61...b5 and 61...Re8. The first game with 61...b5 got a little
trickier than expected and the second was very simple, so I guess it could be
said the position is "marginally easy." For those who are curious, here is the
PGN for both games:
[Event "ICC w20 15 10 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "slo-mo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2977"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Time "22:24:13"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1R2pk/5p2/7P/7P/5Kn1/4r3/8 b KQkq - 0 1"]
1... b5 2. Kxg3 Kh6 3. Rb7 Rb2 4. Kg4 Rb4+ 5. Kg3 Rb1 6. Kg4 b4 7. Rb8 Kh7
8. Kf5 b3 9. Ke6 b2 10. Kf7 f5 11. h6 g6 12. Kf6 f4 13. h5 g5 14. Rb7+ Kxh6
15. Rb8 Kxh5 16. Kf5 Kh4 {White resigns} 0-1
[Event "ICC w20 15 10 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "-"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "slo-mo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2977"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Time "22:41:57"]
[TimeControl "900+10"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1R2pk/5p2/7P/7P/5Kn1/4r3/8 b KQkq - 0 1"]
1... Re8 2. Kxg3 Rb8 3. Rd4 b5 4. Rb4 Kh6 5. Kg4 Rb6 6. Kh3 Kxh5 7. Kg3 g6
8. Kf3 f5 9. Kf4 Re6 10. Rxb5 Re4+ 11. Kf3 Rxh4 12. Rb8 Kg5 13. Rb6 Rh3+ 14.
Kg2 Rc3 15. Kf2 f4 16. Ra6 Kf5 17. Ra2 Kg4 18. Rd2 g5 19. Rd7 Rc2+ 20. Ke1
Kg3 {White resigns} 0-1
A thank you to RH for helping resolve any issues connected with the position.
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