It's too early for an endgame study...
I just played the following 20 +20 game on FICS. The opponent was much stronger and I was playing against the Caro Kann, which I rarely see. We reached a pretty level rook and pawn endgame with white up one pawn. Because I am not awake enough to do an endgame study just now, and because I was pretty sure I would lose if I pressed a much stronger opponent, I offered a draw. He accepted and said he thought he could draw the position anyway.
What do you think?
Zweiblumen (1753) -- smallblackcat (1949)
FICS rated standard game (-) FICS, San Jose, California USA
2007.06.29 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.dxe5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.f4 f6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 exf4 13.O-O-O Kc7 14.Bh3 Rd8 15.Rxd7+ Rxd7 16.Bxd7 Kxd7 17.Rg1 g6 18.Rg4 g5 19.e5 h5 20.Rg1 Rh6 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rxg5 Ke6 24.Rxh5 Rf7 (D)
Can white win?
25.Kd2 a6 26.b4 Kf6
What do you think?
Zweiblumen (1753) -- smallblackcat (1949)
FICS rated standard game (-) FICS, San Jose, California USA
2007.06.29 1/2-1/2
1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Bg4 5.dxe5 Bxf3 6.gxf3 dxe5 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 8.f4 f6 9.Nc3 Bb4 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Bxc3 exf4 13.O-O-O Kc7 14.Bh3 Rd8 15.Rxd7+ Rxd7 16.Bxd7 Kxd7 17.Rg1 g6 18.Rg4 g5 19.e5 h5 20.Rg1 Rh6 21.exf6 Nxf6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Rxg5 Ke6 24.Rxh5 Rf7 (D)
Can white win?
25.Kd2 a6 26.b4 Kf6
- Game drawn by mutual agreement

1 Comments:
At 11:57 AM,
google said…
I'm certainly no endgame master, but I imagine that because your extra pawn is a rook pawn, Black does have good drawing chances here.
Steve
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