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Subject: Re: Did Rebel Escape a Loss here?

Author: odell hall

Date: 08:57:59 08/28/99

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On August 28, 1999 at 11:50:09, odell hall wrote:

>On August 28, 1999 at 10:14:51, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>On August 28, 1999 at 08:03:19, odell hall wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>> This game was played at Santa Domingo last year, Time control was 40/2.
>>>At move 36. Rebel played Bxe4? Accordinging to all my programs this move should
>>>lose. Not being real great at endgames I cannot be so sure. Maybe someone with
>>>the crafty endgame tablebases can say for sure. Did the fide Master go astray or
>>>did Rebel simply produce an endgame brilliancy? Here is the epd for the Crucial
>>>position, as well as the complete game.`
>>
>>I have this game in my collection also but it has the player's colors
>>reversed. So actually Rebel is the player of the black pieces and won
>>this game according to the info in my database. In playing over
>>the game this looks like how Rebel plays as black. Also my Rebel 10 does not
>>consider the move Bxe4. It looks more like a move a human would play in time
>>trouble.
>>>
>>>8/K5pp/8/2pk4/4p3/2P4n/PPB2P2/8 w - - id REBEL 10 400MHZ 128 - NM JUAN ML.
>>>JAQUEZ; bm c2e4;
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>[Event "4ta. COPA SAMANEL"]
>>>[Site "?"]
>>>[Date "1998.12.20"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "REBEL 10 400MHZ 128"]
>>>[Black "NM JUAN ML. JAQUEZ"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2555"]
>>>[BlackElo "2205"]
>>>[ECO "B01"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Bf5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O
>>>e6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rd8 12. Rad1 Bb4 13. Ne4
>>>Nxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. c3 Rfd8 19.
>>>Rfe1 b6 20. Qe5 c5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rd1 Rxd1+
>>>25. Bxd1 Kf8 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ke2 e5 28. Kd3 Nd5 29. g3 f5 30. Kc4 Kd6 31.
>>>Kb5 e4 32. Ka6 f4 33. gxf4 Nxf4 34. Bc2 Kd5 35. Kxa7 Nxh3 36. Bxe4+ Kxe4
>>>37. b4 cxb4 38. cxb4 Nxf2 39. b5 Kd5 40. b6 Nd3 41. b7 Ne5 42. Kb6 Nd7+
>>>43. Kc7 Nc5 44. b8=N h5 45. Nc6 h4 46. Ne7+ Ke4 47. Kc6 Nd3 1-0
>
>
>
>You are mistaken howard, I did not alter the pgn file it is exactly like I got
>it off the rebel home page.  Rebel loss no games at this tournament, schoeder
>can verify this.



My apologies Howard, after reviewing the game , I believe it is I who am
mistaken. It is strange though, must be a defect in the pgn, the game is exactly
how I downloaded it from rebel homepage. IT has white winning, but looking at
the game it's clear that black won.



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