Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:33:11 07/03/05
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On July 03, 2005 at 01:03:56, Telmo C. Escobar wrote:
>On July 02, 2005 at 22:57:29, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>
>>
>>In the game that you posted I am not sure if you did not miss a draw in the
>>endgame
>>
>>You played 36.axb4
>>
>>Fruit can see no progress in the evaluation after 36.cxb4(evaluation at high
>>depth is not better than evaluation at small depth)
>>
>
> After 36.cxb4 Black is able to double rooks along the "c" file. White would
>have no counterplay. Then Black's king slowly would travel to b5 and, after a
>swap of one rook, to c4 and b3. White pawns at b2 and a3 seem doomed.
>
> For a GM like Seirawan, 35...b4 may be a risk-free move. A veteran patzer like
>myself would prefer to make two or three moves with the king before sacrificing
>the "b" pawn.
>
> Telmo
Maybe black wins but
I do not think that it is so simple
Here are possible lines
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 1s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2005.07.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Father"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2994"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
1. d4 {1} Nf6 {7} 2. e3 {5} b6 {4} 3. c3 {2} Bb7 {7} 4. f4 {2} g6 {2} 5. Nf3 {1
} Bg7 {0} 6. Bd3 {1} O-O {0} 7. O-O {0} c5 {4} 8. g3 {1} cxd4 {4} 9. exd4 {1}
d6 {2} 10. Re1 {2} e6 {1} 11. Qe2 {2} Nc6 {2} 12. Ba6 {1} Bxa6 {5} 13. Qxa6 {0}
Qc8 {1} 14. Qxc8 {1} Rfxc8 {2} 15. Nbd2 {0} b5 {2} 16. a3 {3} a5 {2} 17. Nb3 {1
} a4 {3} 18. Nbd2 {1} Na5 {0} 19. Ne4 {3} Nxe4 {3} 20. Rxe4 {0} Nc4 {6} 21. Nd2
{6} d5 {3} 22. Re2 {4} Nd6 {2} 23. Nf3 {2} Re8 {2} 24. Be3 {1} f6 {2} 25. Rae1
{2} Kf7 {2} 26. Bc1 {3} h6 {2} 27. Kf2 {1} g5 {4} 28. Kg2 {11} g4 {4} 29. Nh4 {
6} f5 {1} 30. Kf1 {7} Bf6 {3} 31. Ng2 {6} h5 {1} 32. Be3 {1} Ne4 {4} 33. Bf2 {2
} Rh8 {9} 34. Nh4 {2} Bxh4 {2} 35. gxh4 {0} b4 {7} 36. axb4 {5} (36. cxb4 Rhc8
37. Be3 Rc4 38. Rc1 Rxc1+ (38... Rac8 39. Rxc4 Rxc4 (39... dxc4) 40. Ke1 Ke7
41. Kd1 Kd7 42. Rc2 Kc6) 39. Bxc1 Rc8 40. Be3 Ke7 41. Ke1 Kd6 42. Kd1 Rc4 43.
Rc2 Kc6 44. Bd2 Kb5 (44... Nf2+ 45. Kc1 Kb5 46. Rxc4 Kxc4 47. Kc2) 45. Bc3)
36... a3 {2} 37. Ra1 {2} axb2 {2} 38. Rxa8 {0} Rxa8 {2} 39. Rxb2 {0} Nxc3 {2}
40. b5 {2} Rb8 {4} 41. b6 {3} Na4 {2} 42. Rb4 {46} Nxb6 {3} 43. Be1 {1} Nd7 {1}
44. Ra4 {1} Rb7 {4} 45. Bb4 {1} Nf6 {2} 46. Bd6 {
Father resigns (Lag: Av=0.84s, max=3.1s) 2} 0-1
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