
The London Chess Classic Thread
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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread
And people complained about all the draws in TCEC.


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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread
Grishuk-Anand
8/R7/8/1P5p/P2pk3/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 51
Wasn't 51. ...Kd3 a blunder?
Following the game I thought 51. ...d3 draws.
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8/R7/8/1P5p/P2pk3/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 51
Wasn't 51. ...Kd3 a blunder?
Following the game I thought 51. ...d3 draws.
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Re: The London Chess Classic Thread
I was watching this game as it was being played live and I noticed that both Komodo and Stockfish had it at 0.00BBauer wrote:Grishuk-Anand
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8/R7/8/1P5p/P2pk3/6P1/1r3PK1/8 b - - 0 51
Wasn't 51. ...Kd3 a blunder?
Following the game I thought 51. ...d3 draws.
Kind regards
Bernhard
Analysis by Komodo 9.3 64-bit:
51...d3 52.Rd7 Rb4 53.f3+ Ke3 54.Re7+ Kd2 55.Kf2 Rb2 56.Rc7 Kd1+ 57.Ke3 d2 58.Kf2 Rc2 59.b6 Kc1 60.Rxc2+ Kxc2 61.b7 d1Q 62.b8Q Qd2+ 63.Kf1 Qd1+ 64.Kg2 Qe2+ 65.Kh3 Qe6+ 66.Kh2 Qe2+ 67.Kg1 Qd1+ 68.Kh2 Qe2+
= (0.00) Depth: 39 00:02:54 809MN, tb=18516844
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