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Subject: Re: Drawn position?

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 15:47:12 02/04/00

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On February 04, 2000 at 18:36:30, James Robertson wrote:

>On February 04, 2000 at 18:26:04, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>In game 13 of their match, Nimzo (white) and Shredder reached this position.
>>Nimzo showed an eval of -2, while Shredder with +7 quit the game and counts it
>>as a win. I don't think that black can win this. Any opinions?
>>
>>Enrique
>>
>>[D]8/3k4/6R1/4r3/4nK2/2Pn4/1P6/8 w - - 0 1
>
>A quick glance tells me this is a win for black. If the white pawns come off,
>black has an easy win. I don't think white can hang onto his pawns, especially
>if they advance (in an effort to escape the knights) to near the black king.

I'm not so sure. If white trades the rooks it's a draw, unless it ends up being
one of these studies where black can mate with 2 knights. Else, black must win
the white rook first, and I don't know if it can. It seems to be a damn matter
of technique, and I don't have it. :(

If we assume that the pawns are gone, someone with 6 men tablebases could help.

Enrique

>James



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