Author: martin fierz
Date: 15:23:45 03/17/04
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On March 17, 2004 at 10:41:00, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: [snip] >After Rxe6 it is very clear. White is dead won and the only question is whether >you win it eyes closed or whether you can also win it when asleep. [snip] >If i take some 1800 rated kids from my chessclub i'm sure that after Rxe6 gets >played, that they will win from me with white. If they have white and play Qh3 i >still win from them. > >Rxe6 leads to either mate, some big material win, or a dead won endgame. > >Even deep study i didn't find anything to delay a quick loss from black. i'll admit to this: i didn't study this position. i looked at the forced endgame position for 1 or 2 minutes. i see absolutely nothing clear here. white is looking good, but exchange one rook and you can be in trouble. you know not to do that, but 1800 kids? i don't think so! i'd bet anything that i'd beat 1800 kids in that endgame (specially since they are kids, they play endgames horribly...). perhaps this is winning for white, but i wouldn't judge it to be winning clearly and easily. perhaps if i look at this a bit longer it will be clear to me why this is so completely winning as you claim. perhaps not though :-) in any case, this is deeper than just saying: i look at this endgame position and it's clear to me that it's a win with my eyes closed/in my sleep. cheers martin
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