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Larry
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Post by Larry »

[fen]8/4k3/4P3/1p5p/p1p2K2/P1P5/1P6/8 w - - 2 56 [/fen]
Hi guys,
Sorry, did'nt realize it's my move.

55.Ke4 Kf8
56.Kf4 Ke7
if 57.Kf5 then 57.....h4

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Larry
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Post by ricard60 »

Hi everybody,

In this position palm hiarcs plays: 57.Kf5 h4 58.Kg4 Kxe6 59.Kh3 and it shows a score of - 11.87 palm hiarcs was set at 3 minutes per move.

Now that you know why you loose try to replay the game and write down the mistake and look for a better move or the best move. This homework will make you improve little by little. When you play in a tournament do not pay attention to your opponent concentrate on the board and if you are blocked or something take a little walk.Allways just think about the game nothing else, of course there are a lot of other things to do but these are some tips


Best
Ricardo

PS: Keep playing chess
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Post by Wardy »

No worries Larry,

Play continues

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5
Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re2 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Ne4 Be7
17.f3 Bg6 18.Nf2 Qd7 19.Nd3 Bd6 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Rad8 22.Qd4 Qe7 23.Qf2 c5 24.Be3
Nxe3 25.Rxe3 c4 26.Bc2 Bxc2 27.Qxc2 Rd5 28.Rae1 Rfd8 29.Qf2 R5d2 30.R3e2 Rxe2
31.Rxe2 Rd1+ 32.Re1 Qd7 33.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34.Kg2 a5 35.a3 a4 36.g4 g6 37.h4 h6 38.Kg3 Qc1
39.f4 Qd1 40.Qe3 h5 41.gxh5 gxh5 42.Qf3 Qb1 43.Qg2 Kh7 44.Qd2 Qg6+ 45.Kf2 Qg4 46.Ke3
Qxh4 47.Qc2+ Kh8 48.Qg2 Kh7 49.f5 Qe7 50.Qe4 Kg8 51.Kf3 Qd7 52.e6 fxe6 53.fxe6 Qd3+
54.Kf4 Qxe4+ 55.Kxe4 Kf8 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Kf5 h4 58.Kg4

[fen]8/4k3/4P3/1p6/p1p3Kp/P1P5/1P6/8 w - - 1 58 [/fen]

Fairly certain the BLP will play Kxe6 so I'm currently crunching the conditional reply to speed things up a little........hope you don't mind playing for a little longer? The current score it -3.8 so it shouldn't take much more to tip it to resignation.......

All is lost regards

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Post by Wardy »

OK conditional move

If Kxe6 then Kf4

Score is now only -2.71 :shock:

Having thought about it for an hour whilst the SD churns with the losing position I'm not sure if it's worth continuing further?! Surely the BLP can't muck up this won game from here?

Unless Larry or the Elders disagree I think the conditional should be

if Kxe6 then resign?!

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Paul
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Post by Steve B »

Wardy wrote:OK conditional move

If Kxe6 then Kf4

Score is now only -2.71 :shock:

Having thought about it for an hour whilst the SD churns with the losing position I'm not sure if it's worth continuing further?! Surely the BLP can't muck up this won game from here?

Unless Larry or the Elders disagree I think the conditional should be

if Kxe6 then resign?!

Deflated regards
Hi Paul
the decision to not play on.. or to continue is entirely up to you and Larry
the game was and still is highly interesting ..especially the comments offered by both you and Larry

On The Side Lines Regards
Steve
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Post by Wardy »

Thanks Steve, but after Kxe6 white cannot defend against the dual threats of queening the h pawn or the black king infiltrating the white queenside pawns and mopping them up. If we were dealing with dedicated machines of a lower level then it would be worth continuing but here with both machines well north of 2000 elo I fear that the chance of an error is very slight from the BLP point of view.

That said I'm happy to play on if Larry is but I didn't want to drag him through what is already a won game without his agreement.

The conditional resignation offer stands to Larry,

Queensbury rules regards

Paul
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Post by Larry »

Hi all, Yes it is certainly a lost cause for white here.
[fen]8/8/8/1p1k4/p1p2K1p/P1P5/1P6/8 w - - 1 58 [/fen]

57.Kf5 h4
58.Kg4 Kxe6
59.Kf4 Kd5
if 60.Ke3 then 60.....Ke5 score ~9.0 for white

This is not what I would have done. I'd have simply pushed the 'h'
pawn, made him chase it, and moved in on the q side pawns. The
outcome is the same.
Paul's resignation is accepted unless he wants a few more moves.
It's been a fun game. Thanks to all.
Waiting for the title deeds to Paul's football stadium

:lol:
handshake and a pint
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Post by Wardy »

Then we agree that white resigns :cry: well at least something has beaten my SD! :lol: Kd5 sends the eval to well over -5.3 in only 8 mins so at this point it's time to call it a day.

My thanks to Larry for being a sporting opponent and to everyone who has commented in the thread and those who have pushed the thread views to numbers I never believed possible!

We now hand the baton to Steve and the World Versus Resurrection II match.

Off for a lie down now regards

Paul
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Post by Wardy »

Out of morbid curiosity I continued the game myself....

After ..........Kd5 play only went as far as

Kf3, h3

Kg3 and the SD signalled it's resignation with this move so we were only two moves from the end anyway!

Just hope it's learning file picked something up out of this!

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Paul
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Post by Steve B »

Well Done Gentlemen!
a fine display of chess and sportsmanship

with nearly 4000 views the game was followed with great interest by all Hiarcs Members

Highest Regards
Steve
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Post by Chris »

Hi Paul & Larry,

Many thanks gents for playing out this entertaining game in public - good fun to follow and it must have taken quite a bit of your time to time to play and post also.

Thanks

Chris
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