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Subject: Re: Endgame evaluation

Author: martin fierz

Date: 22:12:03 12/14/03

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On December 14, 2003 at 17:30:49, Richard Pijl wrote:

>On December 14, 2003 at 15:18:46, Richard Pijl wrote:
>
>>In a very recent game between Baron and Amateur (time control 45 10) on ICC, the
>>following position occurred:
>>
>>[D]7k/2B2pp1/2n1b3/P2p2Pp/2p4n/4NP2/5K2/5B2 w - - 0 55
>>
>>White is two pawns down, both passers. As compensation, White has a pair of
>>bishops. Understandably, Amateur showed a big plus score (+3.4), however The
>>Baron thought is was almost drawn (-0.34). What do your engines think about
>>this?
>
>Together with Dieter Bürßner we've tried to find a win for Black. We did not
>succeed, but ofcourse we could not examine all lines. Can someone else find a
>winning line?

it would help if you posted your analysis :-)
i don't see how white holds on after 1.a6 Nf5, eg. 2.Bb8 Nxe3 3.Kxe3 Bc8 4.a7
Bb7. what did you find there?

cheers
  martin

>
>>
>>The game ended in a draw after many more moves.
>
>Full game score:
>
>[Event "ICS rated standard match"]
>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>[Date "2002.12.14"]
>[Round "-"]
>[White "thebaron"]
>[Black "Amateur"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>[WhiteElo "2429"]
>[BlackElo "2520"]
>[TimeControl "2700+10"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8.
>c3 d6 9. a4 h6 10. d4 Bb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bc2
>Qa7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Na3 b4 17. Nab5 Qa8 18. cxb4 Nxe4 19. Re3 Re8 20. Bb1
>Bd5 21. b3 Qb7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Kh1 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxb4 25. Bc2 Bb7 26. Re1
>Ra8 27. Be3 Ra2 28. Bb1 Rb2 29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Nd5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Bg1
>Nf6 33. Bc2 Qa6 34. Qe1 Qa8 35. h3 Qa3 36. Nf5 Qb2 37. Ne3 Nc6 38. Qe2 Qe5
>39. Qc4 Qa5 40. Bf5 d5 41. Qa4 Qxa4 42. bxa4 Ne7 43. Bd3 c5 44. Bh2 c4 45.
>Bf1 Nc6 46. Kg1 Bc8 47. g4 Kh8 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. h4 Be6 50. Bc7 h5 51. g5 Ne8
>52. Bb6 Nd6 53. Bc7 Nf5 54. a5 Nxh4 { diagram position } 55. a6 Nf5 56. Bb6 Nxe3
>57. Kxe3 Bc8
>58. a7 Bb7 59. Kd2 Kh7 60. Bh3 Kg6 61. f4 Ne7 62. Bd7 Nf5 63. Kc3 h4 64.
>Bf2 Ba8 65. Kb4 Ng3 66. Be3 Nf5 67. Bg1 Ng3 68. Bg4 f5 69. gxf6 Kxf6 70.
>Bd4+ Kg6 71. Be5 Ne4 72. Bd7 Nf6 73. Bh3 Kf7 74. Kb5 Ke7 75. Bd4 Nh5 76.
>Bc5+ Ke8 77. Kb6 Kd8 78. Bf2 Ng3 79. Bd4 Ne4 80. Bxg7 c3 81. f5 c2 82. Bh6
>d4 83. f6 Nxf6 84. Bc1 Ne4 85. Bf1 Nc3 86. Kc5 Na2 87. Bg5+ Kc7 88. Kxd4
>Bc6 89. Ke5 Kb7 90. Bh3 Kxa7 91. Be3+ Kb7 92. Kf4 Nc3 93. Kg5 Nd1 94. Bd2
>Nf2 95. Kxh4 Nxh3 96. Kxh3 Kb6 97. Be3+ Kb5 98. Bd2 Kc4 99. Be3 Kd3 100.
>Bf4 Ke2 101. Kg4 Bg2 102. Kf5 Kd3 103. Ke6 Kc3 104. Be5+ Kb3 105. Bf4 Ka2
>106. Be3 Kb3 107. Ke5 Kb2 108. Bd4+ Kb1 109. Be3 Bf1 110. Kd5 Kb2 111. Bd4+
>Kb1 112. Be3 Be2 113. Ke5 Kb2 114. Bd4+ Kb1 115. Be3 Kb2 116. Bd4+ Ka2 117.
>Be3 Kb1 118. Kd6 Kb2 119. Ke6 Bc4+ 120. Ke5 Bd3 121. Bd4+ Kb1 122. Be3 Be2
>123. Kd6 Kb2 124. Ke6 Bc4+ 125. Ke5 Ba6 126. Bd4+ Ka2 127. Be3 Kb1 128. Kd5
>Bf1 129. Kd6 Kb2 130. Kc6 Be2 131. Kc7 Bf3 132. Bd4+ Kb1 133. Be3 Kb2 134.
>Kb8 Kb1 135. Kc7 Bg4 136. Kd6 Kb2 137. Bd4+ Kb3 138. Be3 Kc4 139. Ke5 Kd3
>140. Kf4 Bh5 141. Bc1 Ke2 142. Ke5 Kd1 143. Be3 Bf3 144. Ke6 Ke2 145. Bf4
>Kd3 146. Kf5
>{Game drawn by the 50 move rule} 1/2-1/2
>
>>Richard



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