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| Jan-28-06 |
| nizzechess: Leave the a-pawn, take blacks remaning pawn then use knight to block black bishop from taking the advancing h-pawn. :) |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| kolobok: now knight is trapped it cant move anywhere clear draw |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| Hoosier Daddy: White's king is tied to defending the a-pawn, his knight to blockading Black's f-pawn. There's no way to make progress. |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| Cheesemaster: <nizzechess> Thats what i tried to say |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| chessy636: some how i do not like a6. |
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Jan-28-06
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| percyblakeney: Draw confirmed. |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| 64 Squares: Draw 1/2-1/2 |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| thewolf: Its a draw now! |
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Jan-28-06
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| Gypsy: <Sneaky: And now I'm starting to wonder: was there ever a win?> For what it worth I never saw any; in my view, vW played the best try. |
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Jan-28-06
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| chessgames.com: Thanks to everybody for coming by today. The final round is tomorrow, and it <STARTS ONE HOUR EARLIER THAN NORMAL!> That means 6:30am EST (11:30 UTC). |
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Jan-28-06
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| tpstar: Great fighting draw, underscoring the importance of endgame technique. <chessgames.com> Thanks for the live broadcast. =) |
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Jan-28-06
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| WannaBe: No thanks, getting my Zzzzzzz tomorrow. =) |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| Cheesemaster: WOW to come this far and then NOT play Kc5 to make it interesting... what a let down vW |
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Jan-28-06
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| ianD: Draw that's official!
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| Jan-28-06 |
| WMD: Van Wely is all wet. |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| cuendillar: <Leave the a-pawn, take blacks remaning pawn then use knight to block black bishop from taking the advancing h-pawn. :)> Problem with this is that white has a rook pawn. As long as black gets his king over, it's a trivial draw after a minor piece exchange too. Trivial now meaning it's virtually impossible to lose for a 900+ |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| Fan of Leko: Only winner gata kamsky today |
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| Jan-28-06 |
| LoFarkas: The only question is how crafty could put out the line 48. ... g5 49. fxg5 f4 50. g6 f3 51. g7 f2 (eval 1.71; depth 17 ply; 150M nodes) ,missing the fact that 50. Nxf4 wins for white after 49 ... f4, which would be a blunder (as pointed out by saruman, I just ran Chessmaster and it confirmed his view) |
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Jan-28-06
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| Gypsy: <LoFarkas: The only question is how crafty could put out the line ...> Sun spots. |
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Jan-28-06
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| lostemperor: (corrected repost ) Got back from Wijk aan Zee. In the comentaryroom a long friend of mine (with initials G.M. but only an amateur:) has suggested 33. a5 as winning, what was awarded the suggestion prize, a glass chessset. GM Sosonko who did the comentary couldn't find no save for black after 33. a5 (I checked it with my friend and neither did we, just try it:). Now its also confirmed at the homepage to be a correct suggestion and also 33 Ke1 wins |
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Jan-29-06
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| MUG: vW had less then a minute on the clock at around move 33, so you can't blame him for going for the repetition of moves. From a practical point-of-view it was probably the correct decision. 33.a5 appears to be a sound idea (get your passed pawns moving!), but looks hideously complicated (to a patzer like me). We could ask Crafty, but it seems even it has trouble analysing this endgame correctly! |
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Feb-27-06
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| patzer2: According to http://www.coruschess.com/report.ph... <The critical moment came on move 33, when White should have played 33. Ke1 (and 33. a5 wins also), for example: 33…Rd4 34. a5 Bg1 35. Ne7+ Kf7 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Nc6 and curtains for Black. Instead a minor piece endgame arose, where White could not realize his pawn advantage.> So it looks like White missed the win with 33. a3! or 33. Ke1! Playing out 33. a3! with Fritz 8 yielded a  &  vs.  endgame which White wins after a bit of tricky maneuvering. |
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Feb-27-06
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| patzer2: OOps make that 33. a5! or 33. Ke1! wins. |
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| Feb-01-07 |
| Whitehat1963: I think it's time to look closely at this game considering where we are with Shulman. We seem to be heading in this direction. |
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| Jan-20-09 |
| WhiteRook48: If only the pieces were positioned so the game wouldn't be drawish. |
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