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Subject: Re: Endgame position

Author: Kim Roper Jensen

Date: 14:07:46 05/26/04

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On May 26, 2004 at 17:01:53, Bryan Hofmann wrote:

>On May 26, 2004 at 16:36:48, Kim Roper Jensen wrote:
>
>>
>>[D] 8/5p1k/3p1bpp/2pP4/2P5/5NP1/r4PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Uhlmann - Geller    Palma de Mallorca 1970
>>
>>From Positional Chess Handbook by Israel Gelfer, chapter regarding choosing a
>>endgame
>>
>>White to move - Best move g4!, to counter blacks h5 and g5 that gives a more
>>active position to black with plans of Kg6-f5
>>
>>Start the engines ! :)
>
>
>Tao57-3 Finds it but not with a positive score.
> 1   00:00 -0.82   Ne1
> 1   00:00 -0.81   Nh4
> 1   00:00 -0.51   Rb1
> 1   00:00 -0.45   Re1
> 2   00:00 -0.61   Re1 Kg7
> 3   00:00 -0.61   Re1 Kg7 Kf1
> 4   00:00 -0.62   Re1 Kg7 g4 Bc3
> 4+  00:00 -0.62   Rb1
> 4   00:00 -0.61   Rb1 Kg7 Re1 Bc3
> 5   00:00 -0.62   Rb1 Kg7 Rb6 Be7 Rb1
> 5+  00:00 -0.62   Re1
> 6   00:00 -0.64   Rb1 Kg7 Kf1 Rc2 Rb6 Be7
> 7   00:00 -0.60   Rb1 Kg7 Rb6 Be7 Rb1 Kf6 Re1
> 8   00:00 -0.64   Rb1 Kg7 Rb6 Be7 Rb1 f5 Re1 Bf6
> 8+  00:00 -0.64   Re1
> 8   00:00 -0.62   Re1 Kg7 Kf1 Bc3 Re3 Rc2 Kg1 Bf6
> 9   00:00 -0.58   Re1 Kg7 Kf1 Bc3 Re7 Kf6 Rd7 Ra1+ Ke2 Ra6
>10   00:00 -0.61   Re1 Kg7 Kf1 Rc2 Re4 Bc3 g4 Ra2 Re2 Ra1+ Ne1
>10+  00:00 -0.61   g4
>10   00:01 -0.51   g4 Kg7 g3 Rb2 Kg2 Re2 Re1 Rxe1 Nxe1 Bc3
>11   00:02 -0.47   g4 Re2 Re1 Rc2 Re4 Bd4 Nxd4 Rxc4 Rf4 Rxd4 Rxf7+ Kg8
>12   00:02 -0.55   g4 Re2 Re1 Rc2 Re4 Bd4 Nxd4 Rxc4 Rf4 Rxd4 Rxf7+ Kg8 Rf6 Rxd5
>Rxg6+ Kh7
>13   00:04 -0.55   g4 Re2 Re1 Rc2 Re4 Bd4 Nxd4 Rxc4 Rf4 Rxd4 Rxf7+ Kg8 Rf6 Rxd5
>Rxg6+ Kh7
>14   00:06 -0.55   g4 Re2 Re1 Rc2 Re4 Bd4 Nxd4 Rxc4 Rf4 Rxd4 Rxf7+ Kg8 Rf6 Rxd5
>Rxg6+ Kh7
>15   00:19 -0.55   g4 Re2 Re1 Rc2 Re4 Bd4 Nxd4 Rxc4 Rf4 Rxd4 Rxf7+ Kh8 Rf6 Rxd5
>Rxg6 Kh7
>15+  00:34 -0.55   Kf1
>16   01:00 -0.51   g4 Re2 g3 Re4 Nh2 Bd4 Kf1 Bb2 Rc2 Bf6 Kg2 Kg7 Kf3 Re1 Re2
>Rxe2 Kxe2
>17   02:51 -0.43   g4 Re2 g3 Re4 Nh2 Bd4 Kf1 Bb2 Rc2 Bf6 Kg2 Kg7 Kf3 Re1 Ra2 Bd4
>Ra6

The endgame is better for black, the thing is that if white doesnt play g4 it
will be much better for black. White have very good chances of drawing after g4.



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