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Victor Bologan vs Sergei Rublevsky
Karpov Poikovsky (2007), Poikovsky RUS, rd 3, Mar-17
Slav Defense: Quiet Variation (D11)  ·  1-0

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Mar-20-07
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  Mateo: Interesting Rook+Bishop vs Rook finish. 120...Rh5?? was a blunder. He should have played 120...Re7 to impede Rb7+.

After 121.Rb7+ Ka6 (only move) 122.Rg7!, it is zugswang. 1) If 122...Ka5, 123.Ra7 mate. 2) If the Rook moves on the h file,then 124.Bc4+ wins. 3) Like in the game, 122...Re5 123.Rg1 (threatens mate at a1) Ka7 124.Rg8! (threatens mate at a8). Beautiful.

Mar-21-07  ALwoodpusher: Couldn't black ask the tournament director to enforce the 30-moves draw rule starting at move 75?
Mar-22-07  niemzo: It's the 50 move rule, so no.
Mar-26-07  notyetagm: From the tournament page:

<cannibal: What a drama in Bologan-Rublevsky! On move 76 they reached a theoretically drawn endgame rook+bishop (for Bologan) vs rook. Rublevsky seemed to defend easily for a long time, but when the game already headed towards a 50-move-rule draw, he finally blundered. When he resigned (on move 124), white would have mated or won the rook on the next move, which would have been 49 moves after the last capture.>

One move short of the 50-move rule Rublevsky blunders and loses a theoretically drawn position!

In the immortal words of Homer Simpson, "DOH!".

Mar-26-07  notyetagm: <Mateo: Interesting Rook+Bishop vs Rook finish. 120...Rh5?? was a blunder.

He should have played 120...Re7 to impede Rb7+.
After 121.Rb7+ Ka6 (only move) 122.Rg7!, it is zugswang. 1) If 122...Ka5, 123.Ra7 mate. 2) If the Rook moves on the h file,then 124.Bc4+ wins. 3) Like in the game, 122...Re5 123.Rg1 (threatens mate at a1) Ka7 124.Rg8! (threatens mate at a8). Beautiful.>

Excellent concise analysis.

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