Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 03:21:19 11/10/04
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On November 09, 2004 at 18:12:46, chandler yergin wrote: >On November 09, 2004 at 17:03:22, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>Completely correct. I didn't know it and must admit that I found it astonishing. >> >> Albert >> >>[D]8/2p5/5p1p/5Bp1/3k4/2p2PbP/4K1P1/8 b - - 0 45 >> >>[Event "URS-ch sf"] >>[Site ""] >>[Date "1973"] >>[Round ""] >>[White "Makarichev Sergey"] >>[Black "Averbakh Yuri L"] >>[Result "0-1"] >>[Eco "C44"] >>[Annotator ""] >>[Source "EXT 2001"] >>[SetUp "1"] >>[FEN "8/2p5/5p1p/5Bp1/3k4/2p2PbP/4K1P1/8 b - - 0 45"] >> >>45...Ke5 46.Bc2 Kf4 47.Bb1 Bh2 48.Kf2 Bg1+ 49.Ke2 Kg3 50.Kf1 >>Bf2 51.Bc2 f5 52.Bb1 f4 53.Bg6 Be3 54.Bc2 h5 55.Bf5 c5 56.Bg6 >>h4 57.Bf5 g4 58.hxg4 h3 59.gxh3 Kxf3 60.g5 Kg3 61.g6 Bd4 62.h4 >>f3 63.h5 Bg7 64.Ke1 f2+ 0-1 >> >>From good old Albert Silver. >> >>anthony > >You're showing me how the game went! >My contention still is: "With Best Play, Black c-a-n-n-o-t force a Win! >It's a Draw! >I defy you or any Chess Program to force a Win to mate in this position! >I have eaten Crow before.. I like it with Cream & Sugar. >I also maintain, this is a position where Analysis Modules suck! >CY Wow! The important thing to understand is that two pawns vs zero pawns with opposite colored bishops is winning if the pawns have at least two files between them. Here, black is able to make the second passed pawn on the kingside by first putting all his pawns there on dark squares - f4, g5 & h4. The bishop sacrifices are cool - but maybe not necessary. Vas
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