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Monday, August 25, 2008

Alex Davies - Hee Seid, BC Closed 2001

Replay Game Alex Davies - Hee Seid, BC Closed 2001

Alex Davies - Hee Seid

BC Closed/Vancouver (3.2) 2001











81. Rh6 In this position White is desperately looking for his last chance of counterplay and attacked the b6 pawn. Black recorded the move 81.Rg3 and having announced "check" played 81... Rg2 of course, the intended 81... Rg3+ would have given Black great winning chances, with one of the reasons being the fact that White had less than 2 minutes on the clock (SD), and Black - 1.5 hour. 82. Ke2 (82. Kd2 Be3+) (82. Ke4 Kc3 83. Bd1 Re3+ 84. Kd5 Kd2 (84... Rd3) 85. Rh1) 82... Kc3 83. Bd1 ( or 83. Bf5 Rg2+ 84. Kf3 Rf2+ 85. Kg4 Kxb3 86. Rxb6+ Kxc4) 83... Re3+ 84. Kf1 Kd2 82. Rxb6+ Ka3










83. Rb5? 83. Bd1 83... Kb2? yet another 'moment of truth' in this tragicomic endgame 83... e4+! 84. Kxe4 Rxc2 85. Kd5 Rc3 86. Rxa5+ Kxb3 87. Rb5+ Kc2 and Black is easily winning 84. Bd1 Rg3+ 85. Ke4 Re3+ 86. Kd5 Rd3 87. Be2 Rd2 88. Bf3 Rd3 89. Be4 Rd2 90. Bf3 Bc3+ 91. Kxc5 Bb4+ 92. Rxb4! axb4










93. Kxb4 Now despite his horrible time pressure White heroically manages to save this ending 93... Rd3 93... Rd4!? preventing c4-c5 and preparing e5-e4, was interesting 94. Bg4 Rxb3+ 95. Kc5 Rd3 96. Kb5 Kc3 97. c5 Rd4 98. Be2 Rb4+ 99. Kc6 Kd4 100. Kd6 Rb2 101. Bh5 Rh2 102. Bg4 e4 103. c6 Rc2 104. c7 1/2-1/2 [Roman Jiganchine]

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