Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:04:28 04/22/05
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On April 22, 2005 at 09:29:13, Andrey Popov wrote: >This is the last position of the last game of Kasparov-Karpov match. >If Karpov (Black) reaches a draw, he wins the match. >Of course, White has a huge advantage. >However, I do not see any way to win. >5n1k/5Q2/4p1p1/2q1P2p/7P/6P1/5PK1/3B4 b - - 0 64 >[D]5n1k/5Q2/4p1p1/2q1P2p/7P/6P1/5PK1/3B4 b - - 0 64 >Why did Karpov resigned? >Can anybody see a series of White's moves leading to win after Qc5-b4? >Engines quickly go to score about +3.00 and stick on it forever. I could probe clearly higher score than +3 by yace after Qc5-b4 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "New game"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "5n1k/5Q2/4p1p1/2q1P2p/7P/6P1/5PK1/3B4 b - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "16"] 1... Qb4 2. Bc2 Qc5 3. Kh3 Qxc2 (3... Qb4 4. f4) 4. Qxf8+ Kh7 5. Qf7+ Kh8 (5... Kh6 6. Qxe6 Qxf2 (6... Qb1 7. Kh2 Kg7 8. Qf6+) 7. Qf6 Qxf6 8. exf6) 6. Qxe6 Qxf2 (6... Qe4 7. Qf6+) 7. Qf6+ Qxf6 8. exf6 Kg8 9. g4 *
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