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Subject: Re: Where did Kramnik lose it?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 00:18:29 10/08/04

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On October 07, 2004 at 18:04:39, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On October 05, 2004 at 01:50:19, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>
>>On October 04, 2004 at 18:31:53, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>
>>>On October 03, 2004 at 09:02:49, GuyHaworth wrote:
>>>
>>>>LCC TWIC thinks:
>>>>
>>>>  -  64. Bh4 would not have saved the game
>>>
>>>Can you give a variation how to win after 64...Bh4?
>>>
>>> 8/6k1/2R3p1/4Kp1p/5P1b/5P1P/8/8 w - - 1 65
>>
>>What if White arranges to get his King on e6 and Rook on the eighth with Black
>>to move? At first blush, it looks like a zugzwang to me.
>
>Thanks Ricardo, I got it now. Also thanks to GCP for a concrete variation. Going
>from back to front, I get now after 62...Bg3:
>
>
>8/2R5/5kp1/3K1p1p/5P2/5PbP/8/8 w - -
>
>16/05  0:00   +4.55    63.Rc6+ Ke7 64.Ke5 Kf7 (486) 3
>
>16/33  0:07   +4.55    63.Rc6+ Ke7 64.Ke5 Kf7 (1.035.455) 142
>
>17/33  0:07   +4.55    63.Rc6+ Ke7 64.Ke5 Kf7 (1.035.456) 142
>
>
>and 62...Be1 is suggested instead of Bg3 with a "no progress line" in the PV.

Yes, 62...Be1 is a stone cold draw.

>
>Regards,
>Dieter



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