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8th December 2008, 11:13pm
#1
by Humness
Bangkok Thailand
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 116

Does anyone think I could have continued, because the opponent was going to repeat moves to draw anyway so I accepted a draw.

Thanks in advance.

9th December 2008, 01:10am
#2
by Tiger-13
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 1277

maybe...XD

9th December 2008, 03:28pm
#3
by Spiffe
Orlando, FL United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 1938

There's nothing better for you, but you were lucky to get away with a draw from there!  From that final position, Re8 & Rh6 both look winning for black to me.

9th December 2008, 03:40pm
#4
by kid_of_chess
Ottawa,Ontario Canada
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 7426
Spiffe wrote:

There's nothing better for you, but you were lucky to get away with a draw from there!  From that final position, Re8 & Rh6 both look winning for black to me.


I think only a pawn White loses, 33...Re8! 34.d4! Bf6 35.Nf4 Rg5+! 36.Kf1 Bxd4

Or am i wrong?

9th December 2008, 04:03pm
#5
by nator109
United States
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 8

You are lucky draw is the best thing or you would of lost

9th December 2008, 04:15pm
#6
by BlueKnightShade
Denmark
Member Since: Aug 2007
Member Points: 409
aabbccdd wrote:
Spiffe wrote:

There's nothing better for you, but you were lucky to get away with a draw from there!  From that final position, Re8 & Rh6 both look winning for black to me.


I think only a pawn White loses, 33...Re8! 34.d4! Bf6 35.Nf4 Rg5+! 36.Kf1 Bxd4

Or am i wrong?


If white played 33. d4 black would not play 34... Bf6? but rather play 34... Rxe6 35 dxe5 Reh6

9th December 2008, 05:43pm
#7
by Spiffe
Orlando, FL United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 1938

Right, on Re8, d4 is insufficient.  Interesting position, looks like something out of Tactics Trainer!  In fact, out of curiosity, I plugged it into Crafty and confirmed -- it's scoring that position as -5.67 after Re8, easily winning for black.

 

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