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Subject: Re: For the endgame specialists

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 12:56:50 09/15/03

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On September 15, 2003 at 03:35:57, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:

>On September 14, 2003 at 14:05:13, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>> [D]8/2r3kp/6p1/4Kp2/8/7P/5P2/R7 w - - 0 1
>>
>> This position happened today in NM, Århus between
>> FM Naes and GM Gausel. Is it dead lost for white?
>>
>
>Baburin have this endgame in todays ChessToday. I added some of his suggestions
>below.
>
>
>> This is how it all ended:
>>
>>
>>[Event "NM"]
>>[Site "Århus"]
>>[Date "2003.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Naes, Flovin Tor"]
>>[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "8/2r3kp/6p1/4Kp2/8/7P/5P2/R7 w - - 0 1"]
>>[PlyCount "32"]
>>[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
>>[SourceDate "2001.01.01"]
>>
>>1. Kf4 Kh6 2. Ra3 Kh5 3. Kg3 g5 4. Rb3
>
>4.f4!? h6 5.fxg5 hxg5 6.Ra8 and a theoretical draw.
>
>> 4...f4+ 5. Kg2 Kh4 6. Ra3 Rc2 7. Rb3
>
>7.Ra7! h5 8.Rf7 is easier.
>
>>7...h5 8. Rf3
>
>8.Rb4!
>
>>8...Rb2 9. Kh2 Rb4 10. Ra3 g4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Ra1
>
>He gives 12.Ra1?? and suggest (only mainline here)
>12.Ra8 Rb2 13.Rh8+ Kg5 14.Rg8+ Kf5 15.Kg1 f3 16.Rf8+ Ke4 17.Rg8=
>
>>12...Rb2 13. Kg1 Kh3 14. Rc1 f3
>>15. Ra1 g3 16. Rf1 Ra2 0-1
>>
>>
>>/S
>
>All his comments ( and corrections if I have made some error) can be read in
>CT-1042
>
>Odd Gunnar


 Many thanks for your post! In my teens I learned that f-g-h vs g-h is drawn,
 while f-g-h vs f-h presents the defending side a lot of problems. But from that
 to an easy win, as displayed by Gausel, hmmmm...

 Sune



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