Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:04:41 02/06/00
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On February 06, 2000 at 20:05:27, blass uri wrote: >On February 06, 2000 at 19:48:41, Dave Gomboc wrote: > >>On February 06, 2000 at 19:36:11, blass uri wrote: >> >>>[D]8/3k4/R7/P2p4/5K2/5P1P/r5P1/8 b - - 0 1 >>> >>>This is the position that ban resigned against crafty. >>> >>>I know from chess books that KRPP vs KR can sometimes be a draw if the pawns are >>>f,h or a,h so black has practical chances to draw after Rxg2 >>> >>>Uri >> >>Kf4 might seem a little sloppy, but it's actually an easy win, e.g. 1. Kf4 Rxg2 >>2. Rh6 Ra2 3. a6 d4 4. a7! d3 5. Ke3 d2 6. Ke2 +- >> >>Dave > >The question is not if this is an easy win but if there is a practical chance >that crafty is going to go wrong to a drawn KRPP vs KR. > >This line is not forced and you cannot be sure in a game that crafty is going to >find the right moves. > >It seems to me that crafty could win the game but I still think that the >decision to resign was too early > >It is too early to resign if there are doubts about the final result > >Uri I questioned the decision when it was done, but 'ban' didn't change his mind. My eval was almost +4 at the time, which is close to the resign threshold I usually play with (5) but not quite there...
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