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Azoth

Feb 20, 2008

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Well here's its a game i played really recently against a just now friend of mine it was played all on the same day it took around 5 or 6 hrs. After finishing the game both of us had a long chat about the game and other stuffs, i personally enjoyed this game because it was full of spirit on whites part and in the end just when she decided to surrender i was clicking the offer draw button.

I included some comment's and variations plus highlighting some critical moments of the game, i hope you enjoy it to and please feel free to leave any (edited) constructive (edited) comment on it

Azoth

Feb 20, 2008

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#2

P.S: Check the move list to see all the variants

DavidL

Feb 20, 2008

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#3

Well, I think white can win, or at least has a draw. After 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rc6 Kg7 (if anything else Rc7+ K to back rank, a7.) then black can't stop white from queening. Correct me if I'm wrong (which I probably am), but white should draw after three-fold repitition.

Azoth

Feb 20, 2008

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@DavidL

Th main problem with rock endings its that they are very counter intuitive (which made the in my opinion the hardest kind of endings) let me show you just a little variation, also note that we can look over lots of possible variations on this type of ending. Also I'm not saying that in this position black its winning indeed i agree the position with perfect play from both sides its draw.

P.S: once again look at the move list.

DavidL

Feb 20, 2008

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#5

i agree that this game is drawn with perfect play, but this situation doesn't require one stupendous move to draw, there are plenty of different lines that will lead to a draw, thus resigning is probably not a good idea (even with limited knowledge) Frankly, neither you nor your opponent are capable of "perfect" play, no offense

Azoth

Feb 20, 2008

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#6

@DavidL

Well i did say any comments didn't i?

i can't complain then... next time i'll change it for constructive comments.

DavidL

Feb 21, 2008

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#7

I apologize if I offended you, I was just trying to say that resigning is not good in that position. Again, I apologize for my poor usage of words in my last post.

Artin76

Feb 21, 2008

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#8

What about pushing the a pawn and forcing black rook to leave 2nd row and the c2 pawn unprotected?

After falling of the c pawn, white king can return and block the king side pawns advance with the help of his rook.

Another line: when white rook comes to the c file according to the variation provided in the above diagram by the winner of the game, his king can go to block the advancing f pawn via e1 square. What's wrong with it?

Ajfonty

Feb 21, 2008

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#9

No offense intended, but you do not sacrifice a pawn for open lines with your bishop, then liquidate into a losing endgame.

But overall, a very good performance by black, Also, there were no major errors in this game, so the victory is all the more sweet.

Nicodemmus

Apr 30, 2008

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#10

benws wrote: nice game. i don't think that white should have resigned, because after all, rook endings are hard to convert. it's rook, not rock. is that what they call it where you live?

Hi benws.

Your question to Azoth is interesting. In Spanish we call the rook "torre" which translates directly to english as "tower".

However your question made me wonder what rook really means since is not really an english word. So I searched in wikipedia and I found my answer. Here is the link for any of you who may be interested (although maybe I am the only one who didn't know, I am very new to chess) :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_%28chess%29

In summary, "rook" is derived from the persian word "rokh" which means "charriot".

Now I wonder, why does it look like a tower?

Regards.