Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 05:10:35 03/04/05
This endgame from the Kasparov-Leko game in Linares was very interesting. At move 20 or so it looks near-winning for white. After 24. Rxf5 Rf8 white could force a king ending: 25. g4 Nh6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Bxf6 Nxg4 28. Bg5 Kd7 29. Kg2 Ke6 30. Kg3 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Kh4. At first glance, it looks winning for white. Of course computers are clueless and evaluate as =, but annoyingly they are right! Black draws this endgame because the white king can never to to e8 or f8 - as soon as he does, black counterattacks with Ke6-f6-g5-f4. It's pretty certain that Kasparov saw this, and that's why he rejected 25. g4. So, let's fix this problem by moving white's pawn from c2 to d2. 8/pp6/3p1k2/2p1p3/2P1P2K/8/PP1P4/8 b - - Can any program understand that white wins here? Shredder 9 does not - at least not after 30 plies and 15 minutes. Vas
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