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    11 Oct '10 05:251 edit
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    11 Oct '10 06:35
    when is the last book move?
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    11 Oct '10 12:37
    61.Kf5 seems better imo. The final position is stalemate.
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    11 Oct '10 13:011 edit
    Originally posted by ketchuplover
    61.Kf5 seems better imo. The final position is stalemate.
    I thought so at the time. I was black, defending a bad position. I wonder if I had a forced draw at the end. I thought so and it ended in stalemate but did white have a way to force me out of my cubby hole and take my last pawn? I think this is the longest game I ever played at RHP.
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    11 Oct '10 14:18
    I think white had a won ending.Instead of 63.Bf6 I play 63.Be3.

    It goes something like this
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    toet.
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    11 Oct '10 14:59
    Originally posted by toeternitoe
    I think white had a won ending.Instead of 63.Bf6 I play 63.Be3.

    It goes something like this
    [pgn][Event "?"]
    [Site "?"]
    [Date "????.??.??"]
    [Round "?"]
    [White "Nieuwe partij invoeren"]
    [Black "?"]
    [Result "*"]
    [SetUp "1"]
    [FEN "b7/P6p/3K2kP/3p2P1/3B4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
    [PlyCount "31"]

    1. Be3 Kf5 2. Kc7 d4 3. Bd2 Bf3 4. Kb8 Bd5 5. a8=Q Bxa8 ...[text shortened]... Kg6 12. Ke4 Kf7 13. Kf5 Ke7 14. g6
    hxg6+ 15. Kxg6 Ke6 16. h7[/pgn]

    toet.
    So the key was saving that g pawn. What about later when I got that pawn, was it a draw still?
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    11 Oct '10 15:22
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    So the key was saving that g pawn. What about later when I got that pawn, was it a draw still?
    Yes,because the white king can't get through to the black h-pawn.

    toet.
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    11 Oct '10 15:23
    Originally posted by sonhouse
    So the key was saving that g pawn. What about later when I got that pawn, was it a draw still?
    I think once White played 63.Bf6 and allowed the d-pawn and g-pawn to be traded off, it was pretty much a draw.

    BTW, you missed a shot earlier in the game with White's overworked queen:
    15...Bb5 16.Qd2 (or Qc2 or Qd1) Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Rxc3 🙂
  9. MR
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    Also, I think 61.g6 would have been a much stronger move than 61.h6
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    11 Oct '10 16:01
    Originally posted by Mad Rook
    I think once White played 63.Bf6 and allowed the d-pawn and g-pawn to be traded off, it was pretty much a draw.

    BTW, you missed a shot earlier in the game with White's overworked queen:
    15...Bb5 16.Qd2 (or Qc2 or Qd1) Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Rxc3 🙂
    I saw the first part but thought he had saved things with the knight move. Too bad, eh.
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    16 Oct '10 20:20
    Originally posted by Mad Rook
    BTW, you missed a shot earlier in the game with White's overworked queen:
    15...Bb5 16.Qd2 (or Qc2 or Qd1) Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Rxc3 🙂
    Could 18.Nc5 have allowed White to trap the rook (Qd2, etc.)? After ...Rxf6 or ...Rxc5 material is roughly equal though Black is arguably better. I haven't tried this on a board: just a casual on-screen look. Not sure what the positional consequences are either way.
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    17 Oct '10 21:15
    yes.
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    17 Oct '10 23:58
    Originally posted by Schach Attack
    Could 18.Nc5 have allowed White to trap the rook (Qd2, etc.)? After ...Rxf6 or ...Rxc5 material is roughly equal though Black is arguably better. I haven't tried this on a board: just a casual on-screen look. Not sure what the positional consequences are either way.
    What about Black just playing bishop takes knight?
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    18 Oct '10 17:12
    Originally posted by Mad Rook
    What about Black just playing bishop takes knight?
    Doesn't recapture with a pawn close the file just as surely as the knight?
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