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| Posted by ogedei goclub.org 2/10/2008 13:44:11 Play online chess |  Subject: Endgame AnalysisMessage:  game against wildpops1000 I managed to simplify to what I thought was a won king and pawn endgame (with 31...Nf3), only to suspect later that I'd allowed a draw.
The position I have in mind is after 46.f7 (above). It seems to me that, due to the unfortunate position of the Black pawn on h6, there is no way for Black to win the pawn on f7. Therefore, the lines where Black allows the f-pawn to queen while taking the remaining White pawns on h5 and b6 seemed the best route to a win. However, during my analysis I was unable to find a method of escaping the checks or forcing a trade of queens. (I therefore delayed entering this endgame by playing 46...Qd4 with the hopes of my opponent blundering with 47.Kh6-+). It seemed that this queen and two pawns vs queen endgame was also a draw (a suspicion that was confirmed after the game by the six piece tablebases). That leads me back to trying to win the f7 pawn after 46.f7. Rybka seems to love this position (she gets stuck on -4.81 up to depth 27), but I'm not so sure. My question is this: is there a way to win this pawn, or is this position drawn?? | ||
| Posted by marinvukusic goclub.org 2/10/2008 14:26:19 Play online chess | Looks like a draw Message: I would try 1.Qg4 to tempt White into 2.Kh6? | ||
| Posted by ogedei goclub.org 2/10/2008 17:31:42 Play online chess | Yup... Message: Thanks for the reply, Marin. Good luck in your games! ——— With Another Draw, Chess Championship Match Remains Tied — Game 10 of the world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, and Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, ended in a relatively uneventful draw on Friday. With only two games remaining in the best-of-12 series, the players are tied with 5 points apiece. If the match should remain tied after the last two games — which is a real possibility at the moment — it would go to a tie-breaker of four rapid games (each player starts with 25 minutes and has 10 seconds added to his time after each move). Such a tie-breaker was used in the 2006 world chess championship match between Topalov and Vladimir Kramnik of Russia. After each player won a game, and one ended ... Posted by ionadowman | goclub.org 2/10/2008 22:35:49 Play online chess It seems...Message: 46...Qg4+ 47.Kh8 Qf5 48.Kg8 Kxb6 49.f8=Q Qxf8 50.Kxf8 Kc5 51.Kg7 b5 52.Kxh6 b4 53.Kg7 b3 54.h6 b2 55.h7 b1=Q 56.h8=Q (=). ——— Title Match Remains Tied After Champion Misses Win — With the world chess championship match having entered a critical stage, Viswanathan Anand of India, the titleholder, switched openings in Game 9, hoping to recapture momentum and the lead that he relinquished with a loss in Game 8. He almost did. But, with victory in sight, Anand faltered and missed a couple of winning continuations, which allowed Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria, the challenger, to salvage the game and keep the best-of-12 match tied. In each of the previous games he had White, Anand had steered the opening into the Catalan system, which is solid, but not too dynamic. In Game 9, he played 3 Nc3 instead of 3 Nf3 for the first time. That gave Topalov ... |