Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 08:29:54 04/22/05
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On April 22, 2005 at 10:31:06, Andrey Popov wrote: >On April 22, 2005 at 10:18:38, Ricardo Gibert wrote: > >>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. >> >>With just a short look I see 1.Bc2 Qc5 2.Be4 Qb4 3.Bxg6 which appears hopeless >>to me. >It is drawish: >3...Nxg6 4.Qxg6 Qb7+ 5.Kf1 Qg2+ 6.Ke2 Qxf2+ 7.Kd3 Qd4+ 8.Kxd4 draw. LOL! Okay, I see a little preparation is in order ;-) There are several ways. Here is one which this time I checked using Ruffian: 1...Qb4 2.Bf3 Qc5 3.Be4 Qb4 4.Kh2 Qc5 5.Kh3 Qb4 6.f3 Qa3 7.f4 Qb4 8.Bxg6 Nxg6 9.Qxg6 Sorry about that.
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