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Subject: Re: Did Rebel Escape a Loss here?

Author: Mark Rawlings

Date: 19:59:46 08/28/99

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On August 28, 1999 at 20:12:36, Howard Exner wrote:

>On August 28, 1999 at 11:57:59, odell hall wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>I remember this game as originally being posted as you say,with Rebel as
>white and Jaquez as black but the organizer of this tournament posted
>the corrected pgn shortly after the tournament was concluded. I forget
>his name but be posts here in CCC from time to time.
>
>Check out Mark Rawlings recent post. He finds a draw for Jaquez on later
>in the game with 44. a4 ! So the initial move Bxe4 looks like it
>would have salvaged a draw in the end for the wily human player.

With best play, 36. Bxe4+ is still a loser for white, though.  (In the game,
black didn't necessarily play the best moves in all cases...)

Mark

Mark



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