Author: Uri Blass
Date: 17:05:52 01/28/05
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On January 28, 2005 at 11:52:25, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >On January 28, 2005 at 06:17:49, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On January 28, 2005 at 04:37:59, Vasik Rajlich wrote: >> >>>On January 27, 2005 at 16:37:11, Richard Harrison wrote: >>> >>>>In the following position, Shredder 8 plays the blunder move 66. Qxf4?? This >>>>move loses quickly. [After 15 minutes of thinking, still likes Qxf4] >>>> >>>>S7.04 does not deviate from 66. Qb2 and recognizes the draw instantly. Ruffian >>>>1.05 also plays Qb2 (0.00) >>>> >>>>What does your Shredder 8 play? >>>> >>>>[D]8/8/8/2K5/1Q3pP1/4nP2/3pk3/8 w - - 0 66 >>> >>>White is clearly better after Qxf4. >>> >>>In the endgame just counting the material isn't so reliable any more. >>> >>>Vas >> >>I disagree. >>I think that black has better winning chances. >> >>winning a pawn and getting drawn KN vs KP is no problem for black after Qxf4 >>and black can also try other ideas. >> >>in human game I will try to win with black. >> >>The white pawns are not advanced enough to make me afraid of promotion in the >>near future and I feel sure that in the worst case I can draw by perpetual check >>and maybe I can win the queen of the opponent after a mistake preventing the >>opponent to force trading queens is easy. >> >>Uri > >Uri, > >let me tell you a little chess story. I play in the German league for >Hungen-Lich, a very small city. We have quite a few teams actually - some a bit >more discinplined than other - and one of them is called the "pub" team. Every >year, from each league, a few teams get moved up, and a few teams get kicked >down - and as you might guess in the last match last year our pub team was >fighting for their life to stay in the league. To stay, they had to draw their >last match. > >Now, you might think that anybody who calls themselves the pub team wouldn't >give a rat's ass about getting kicked - but in this case you would think wrong. >Let's face it - it might be fun to drink a little bit, but if you get kicked by >some chumps it's just not so funny anymore. So, the big match is underway - and >the pub team is behind, 4-3. It's down to the last game, they need a win to stay >in the league, and their guy has bishop and wrong-colored rook pawn, nothing >else. > >Can he pull it off? > >After a few swigs, the pub team guy moves up his pawn, and then brings the king >in for the final assault. The defending king is in the corner, with fewer and >fewer escape squares. The defender - sober, but under great pressure all game - >the tension and the danger of great humiliation working on his mind - the empty >bottles on the table clouding his vision - starts to panic - worries about >getting mated, and flees into the open space. The pawn promotes, the new queen >closes in, and the pub team keeps their spot. The guy who lost was ready to cry. > >SO what's the point here? > >If you join our pub team - and it's not clear that you have the credentials - >and if you have the balls to get drunk for the match that might kick you from >the league - then we can talk about how you'll win this with black. > >But wait - that's not the end. After the victorious match, the loser of this >game was furious. After mulling over his humiliation, he gathered himself up and >wrote a big letter to the German federation, and as it turns out it's illegal to >have alcohol at the match - although it had been going on all year and nobody >else was crying about it. So, the match was forfeited, and the pub team got >kicked after all and even had to pay a fine. > >So let me know if you want to file a pub team application ... > >Vas I do not see the connection. KBP vs K is an easy draw when the bishop is blind and it is eady to prove it mathematically. Here I am not sure that it is an easy draw and I suspect that there may happen a position when the side with the knight may give some checks and force mate or win the queen. Uri
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