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Subject: Is this a win or draw?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 11:54:03 06/21/04


White is two pawns up, but i'm not sure it's a win. Can Black hold on? How does
White make progress?

[D]8/6k1/1R4b1/3p1p1p/3P3P/4PPK1/4rBP1/8 w - - 0 1

Here is what Ruffian 2.1.0 says.....

   5	00:00	      10.968	365.600	+1.38	1.f4 Rc2 2.Kf3 Kf7 3.g3
   6	00:00	      14.602	365.050	+1.35	1.f4 Rc2 2.Kf3 Be8 3.g3 Bc6
   7	00:00	      22.817	190.141	+1.39	1.f4 Ra2 2.Kf3 Rc2 3.g3 Kf7 4.Rb1
   8	00:00	      39.944	266.293	+1.24	1.f4 Rc2 2.Kf3 Be8 3.g3 Bc6 4.Rb1 Kf6
   9	00:00	      65.609	328.045	+1.29	1.f4 Rc2 2.Rd6 Bf7 3.Kf3 Rb2 4.Rc6 Be8
5.Rc1
  10	00:00	     109.346	390.521	+1.32	1.f4 Rc2 2.Kf3 Be8 3.Be1 Bc6 4.Bb4 Kf7
5.Bc5 Bd7
  11	00:00	     258.132	487.041	+1.27	1.f4 Ra2 2.Kf3 Be8 3.g3 Ba4 4.Rb1 Kf6
5.Be1 Bc2 6.Rb6+ Ke7
  12	00:01	     530.758	547.173	+1.21	1.f4 Ra2 2.Rb8 Kf6 3.Kf3 Bf7 4.g3 Ra1
5.Rb6+ Be6 6.Rb7 Rc1 7.Ke2
  13	00:02	   1.550.307	587.237	+1.26	1.f4 Rc2 2.Rb8 Bf7 3.Kf3 Be6 4.Be1 Kf6
5.Bb4 Bd7 6.g3 Rc8 7.Rb6+ Be6
  14	00:05	   3.222.708	582.768	+1.29	1.f4 Be8 2.Rd6 Bf7 3.Kf3 Rc2 4.Rb6 Be8
5.g3 Kf7 6.Rd6 Ra2 7.Rb6 Ke7 8.Be1
  15	00:07	   4.257.138	592.916	+1.30	1.f4 Be8 2.Rd6 Bf7 3.Kf3 Rc2 4.Rb6 Be8
5.Be1 Ba4 6.Bb4 Ra2 7.Rd6 Bd1+ 8.Kg3 Bb3 9.Rc6
  16	00:11	   7.071.774	596.270	+1.20	1.f4 Be8 2.Rd6 Bf7 3.Kf3 Ra2 4.Rd8 Kf6
5.Rb8 Be6 6.g3 Ra1 7.Rf8+ Kg7 8.Re8 Kf6 9.Rb8 Bd7
  16	00:28	  17.525.381	606.414	+1.34	1.Rb8 Bf7 2.f4 Ra2 3.Kf3 Kf6 4.Be1 Be6
5.Bb4 Bd7 6.Rb6+ Kf7 7.Bc5 Ba4 8.Rb1 Bc2 9.Rb8
  17	00:35	  21.360.429	606.313	+1.32	1.Rb8 Bf7 2.f4 Rc2 3.Kf3 Rc1 4.Rb7 Kf6
5.Rb2 Be8 6.Ke2 Bc6 7.Kd2 Ra1 8.Bg3 Ke6 9.Kd3
  18	01:17	  46.661.843	605.997	+1.24	1.Rb8 Bf7 2.f4 Rc2 3.Kf3 Rc1 4.Rd8 Kf6
5.Ra8 Be6 6.Ra2 Bd7 7.Ke2 Bb5+ 8.Kd2 Bc4 9.Ra7 Rb1 10.Bg3
  19	03:17	 117.569.373	596.798	+1.24	1.Rb8 Bf7 2.f4 Rc2 3.Kf3 Rc1 4.Rb7 Kf6
5.Rb6+ Be6 6.Bg3 Ke7 7.Rb2 Bd7 8.Ke2 Ke6 9.Be1 Bc6 10.Ba5 Ba4

After 9 minutes, Ruffian switched to Bg1 with a score of +1.28, but Arena has a
bug and doesn't copy the last line of analysis to the clipboard. :-(

Regards
Dave



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