Author: Rick Hagen
Date: 18:14:46 08/18/05
[D]r7/8/5R2/2k5/8/3R1K2/6P1/8 w - - 0 1 "In Cadaquès, Spain, there is a match going on between Deep Fritz and Deep Junior for the right to play Kramnik. In the fourth game of this match, Deep Junior - Deep Fritz, there was a strange case of chess blindness. In the diagrammed position, there followed: 70.Rc6+! White wants to get rid of his Rook, so he can read his tablebases, instead of think. 70...Kb5! Of course, Black doesn't want to let him; 'tablebase' is just as bad as 'mate'. 71.Rc5+?? Incredible - he misses a tablebase in two with 71.Rb3+ 71...Kb4! Setting a cunning trap. 72.Rb5+! Because after 72.Rb3+ Kxc5! there is no tablebase, hence: draw. 72...Kc4 73.Rd4+ Kc3 74.Rc5+ Kxd4? For some strange reason, Black suddenly acknowledges he's in a tablebasing net. He could have prolonged the struggle with Kb3. Now, there followed 75.Rf5 tablebase. Compare item 61 in this diary. It's like buying a can of beer, then taking the plane to Zimbabwe because you have a friend there who knows how to open them." © Tim Krabbé Tim Krabbé's CHESS CURIOSITIES http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/chess.html
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