Author: John Merlino
Date: 10:25:07 11/10/04
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On November 10, 2004 at 12:11:55, Albert Silver wrote: >The following position was played in absolutely brilliant fashion by GM >Averbakh. The endgame was showed by Yar (many thanks) and does provide a good >test position to boot. > >[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 > >I doubt very much an engine can reach the key position, though it's possible, >but the key position alone should provide a good endgame challenge for the >engines: > >[D]8/8/8/2p2Bp1/5p1p/2p1bPkP/6P1/5K2 b - - 0 57 > >And the winning move is 57...g4!! > >Albert CM9_R1 on an AMD 2500 does not find g4 in under 10 minutes. jm
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