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| Feb-24-10 | | Edmontonchessclub: Gelfand is actually threatening to win at the moment with 49...a2. Topalov must deal with this threat while trying to keep winning chances alive. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | kb2ct: <karnak64:
Personal preference time.
I like to cut off the white king, but there are other ways. :0)
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| Feb-24-10 | | bubuli55: 49.Rd4 Rxc3 50.Ra4 |
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Feb-24-10
 | | Eyal: Gelfand may have blew it with 49...a2? instead of Ke7... Topalov may win this yet. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | chancho: ...Rb2 and it's now jumped to +4.46 |
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| Feb-24-10 | | zanshin: Yup. I think Topa has pulled out another win. |
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| Feb-24-10 | | SamAtoms1980: My Rybka 2.2n2 was on the position after 53 ... Rb2 and just blew up at 21 ply. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | dalbertz: I don't know. It's a tablebase draw without white's second pawn. All black has to do is shuffle Rb2-Rc2. How can Topalov make that second pawn count? |
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Feb-24-10
 | | boz: "Tablebase mate in 47." (Mig) |
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Feb-24-10
 | | norami: They haven't finished the seven man tablebases, have they? I know they finished it for six men. |
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Feb-24-10
| | Eyal: ...Or he should have played 48...a2 a move earlier - 49.Rd7+ Ke6 50.Ra7 Rb2 and the black king is crucially better placed than in the game - 51.Kc7 Kd5; 48...Ke8 was an unnecessary concession. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | TechnoGuyRob: Kb6 now? |
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Feb-24-10
 | | scormus: <Eyal> I think your right. While Gelfand was thinking a few moves back I played several of his last 5 moves against Little Chess Partner, and was getting a very uneasy feeling that White was winning .... |
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Feb-24-10
| | Eyal: <dalbertz: I don't know. It's a tablebase draw without white's second pawn. All black has to do is shuffle Rb2-Rc2. How can Topalov make that second pawn count?> Here's an example: 55.c5 Rb2 56.Kc8 Rc2 57.c7 Rb2 58.Rxa2! Rxa2 59.Kb7 Rb2+ 60.Kc6 and the second pawn shields the white king from checks. |
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Feb-24-10
| | benveniste: We could be heading to a R+K vs. Q+K endgame. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | Peligroso Patzer: <TechnoGuyRob: [55.] Kb6 now?> Against that, 55. ... Kd6 should hold.
Toplaov needs to move his rook along the a-file. It is not clear which rank is best, but he will win if the game continues 56. ... Rxc4 57. Rxa2, so there is no need to defend the c4-pawn. |
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| Feb-24-10 | | euripides: A possible approach for White is to play Kc8, c7,and c5, then Rxa2 Rxa2 Kb7 and perhaps Black cannot stop the pawn e.g. Rb1+ Kc6. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | WinKing: <benveniste: We could be heading to a R+K vs. Q+K endgame.> Yep, good possibility. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | Check It Out: Hi all; what a great endgame, with lots of suspense! |
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Feb-24-10
| | Peligroso Patzer: 57. Ra5! should be winning. |
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Feb-24-10
 | | Chessmensch: Fritz 12 now says a sure win for white. +7.2. The longer it calculates, the higher the number. |
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Feb-24-10
| | WinKing: Aronian is trying to squeeze out a win in his game with Gashimov. Exciting finish to Linares. |
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Feb-24-10
| | Eyal: Topalov has to find 57.Ra5 (to counter Kd5 with Kd7); not very difficult, though. |
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Feb-24-10
| | chancho: Gelfand is resisting, but unless Topa finds a way to blow it, he has it (the full point) in the bag. |
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| Feb-24-10 | | bubuli55: euripes. the idea is good except to hold the pawn on c5 for white K to hide on c6 |
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