Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 13:35:12 03/08/05
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On March 08, 2005 at 15:26:06, Pallav Nawani wrote: >In the game V. Anand vs Vallejo Pons, the following position was reached: >[D]7R/7P/8/8/8/1p2p3/1k5r/3K4 b - - 0 66 > >Vallejo played Kb1? Here, allowing Anand a draw. Gms on ICC were sure that Rd2+ >was winning. Does that move win? Black had the advantage sure, but was he >winning? > >Pallav 1...Rd2+ 2.Ke1 Rd7 3.Ke2 Ra7 (also 3.Rc7 and 3.Re7 lead to wins) 4.Kxe3 Ka2 5.Rb8 Rxh7 6.Ra8+ Kb1 7.Kd2 b2-+ is the Lucena position. Blacks key maneuver now is Rd7+ followed by Rd5! building a bridge.
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