Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 16:18:25 02/04/00
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On February 04, 2000 at 19:08:53, Dann Corbit 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 >The score may look dominant, but if white can trade rooks, it's a draw. The >crafty eval is closer to Shredder, but look at the position after we trace the >pv a few moves: >[D]8/3k4/8/6n1/3K4/2P5/1n6/8 w - - >That is clearly a draw. Tsk, tsk, Dann. TBs are wonderful. The truth is made clear! White moves and gets mated in 62. 1. Kd5 Ne6 2. c4! Nd3! 3. c5! Nb4+! 4. Kc4! Nc6! 5. Kb5! Kc7! 6. Ka6! Ng5! 7. Kb5! Nf3! 8. Kc4! Nfd4! 9. Kd3 Kd7! 10. Ke3! Nb5 11. Kf4 Ke6! 12. Ke4! Nbd4! 13. Kf4 Kd5! 14. Ke3! Ke5! 15. Kd3! Kf4! 16. Kc3! Ke3! 17. Kc4! Ke4! 18. Kc3! Ne6! 19. Kd2! Nf4! 20. Kc3! Kd5! 21. Kc2! Kc4! 22. Kd2 Kd4! 23. Ke1! Ke3! 24. Kf1! Kf3! 25. Ke1! Nd3+ 26. Kd2 Nde5! 27. Ke1! Nc4! 28. Kf1 Nd2+! 29. Ke1! Ke3! 30. Kd1! Nf3! 31. Kc1! Kd4 32. Kc2! Kc4! 33. Kc1! Kc3! 34. Kd1! Kd3! 35. Kc1! Ne1 36. Kb1! Nc2 37. Kb2! Ne3! 38. Kb3! Kd4! 39. Kb2! Kc4! 40. Ka2! Kc3! 41. Ka3! Nc2+ 42. Ka4 N2d4! 43. Ka3! Kc2 44. Ka4! Kd2 45. Ka3! Kc3! 46. Ka4! Kc4! 47. Ka3! Ne2! 48. Kb2! Kd3! 49. Kb1! Kd2! 50. Ka1! Kc2! 51. Ka2! Nc1+ 52. Ka3! Kc3! 53. Ka4! Kc4! 54. Ka3! Nd3! 55. Ka4! Nb2+! 56. Ka3! Kc3! 57. Ka2! Nc4! 58. Kb1! Kd2! 59. Ka2 Kc2! 60. Ka1! Nb4! 61. c6! Nd2 62. c7! Nb3#! :)
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