Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 22:45:45 01/14/04
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On January 15, 2004 at 00:19:10, Chesster Fritz wrote: >On January 14, 2004 at 22:57:32, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>[d]8/1B6/3k3p/pK4p1/P1P3P1/7P/5b2/8 b - - 0 49 >> >>Svidler resigns!!! >> >>Looks like a draw to me and other engines that I have used. > >Yes it appears to be drawn, but I'm not so sure about that. >Computers will be of little help solving this ending imo. > >White, even though there are Bishops of opposite colour, has an advanced passed >pawn, and though it can't Queen, may be Black's undoing, caution at every turn >must be used not to lose on the King-Side. With a very deep analysis, it may be >a complex win for White. I wouldn't resign so quickly, but I'd be very troubled >by this position if I were Black. > >Maybe this will turn up as a brilliant endgame study in the future. >I'm interested on what both Kramnik and Svidler have to say about this game. White's advantage is purely optical in nature. It's a stone cold draw. > >It's late here, but I may take a stab at it myself, albiet I doubt I'll come up >with a definitive answer. > >This ending takes the highest level of technique, and I'm not Capablanca or >Svidler!;-) > >Most likely we'll see some good analysis from these Grandmasters, (Not >Capablanca) unhappily deceased;-), but from Kramnik, Svidler, and other GMs. > >Fritz
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