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Subject: Re: Karpov Missed a Win?

Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba

Date: 10:08:39 07/12/99

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On July 11, 1999 at 17:38:14, Mark Young wrote:

>5b2/1b2k1p1/2q2pQp/p2p1B1P/3P1N2/1P4P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 57
>
>57. Qh7 Bc8 58. Bxc8 Qxc8 59. Nxd5+ Kd8 60. Nf4 Qb7 61. Qg8 Ke8 62. Qe6+ Qe7 63.
>Kg2 Qxe6 64. Nxe6 Kf7 65. Nxf8 Kxf8

	57. Qh7 is certainly better than 57. Be6, as it leads to a pawn ending with an
extra pawn, an easy win. But Be6 is also good, leading to a knight versus bishop
ending a pawn up, which should not be difficult to win either.
	Most likely Karpov was short on time, otherwise his failure to win this endgame
is difficult to explain. I will analyze it later to see where else (besides move
57) Karpov's play can be improved.
José.



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