This is the position between the reigning US Champion GM Alex Onischuk and 6-time US Champion Walter Browne after 52…c3
Which side is better? What is your assessment?
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I like the power of the bishops to pick off pawns. They have great harrassment abilities. Slide the king over to the c-pawn, and it’s toast. After that, squeeze the g-pawn. Trade off the white g-pawn for the black h, and push the h-pawn.
I just checked out the game at MonRoi. Talk about frustrating! It was incredibly slooooooowwwww…. This CAN’T be the future of electronic transmission.
1. Ke2 c2
2. Kd2 (threat of Kxc2)
2. … c1=Q 3. Kxc1 +-
2. … Re4 3. Bd3 c1=Q 4. Kxc1 +-
2. … Re4 3. Bd3 g6 4. Bxe4 +-
2. … Rb2 3. Kc3 Ra2 4. Kb3 Ra1 5. Bd3+ +-
2. … Rb1 3. Bd3+ +-
The main idea for my approach is remove the c pawn without losing any of the bishop. If possible remove the rook for a bishop. Of course this is only first part. The next part is use this advantage to win the game. While doing this a lot of pitfall will arise (usually with h-pawn)
— P. Anandh
1. Bf1-d3 ch g6
2. Be3-f4 Rb4- a4
black cannot make progress with c3 pawn .
3. Bf4-e5 Ra4-a3
4. Kf3- e4 Ra3-a4 ch
5. Ke4- d5 only move with chances to win. other moves lead to no-win positions.
5…Ra4-a5 ch
6.Kd5-d4 winning,eventually, the
the c pawn.
So how do I assess the position now? Can white win this? I don’t see how
I thought
1. Bd3
And it seems to me this will lead to a draw.
well, even if white does win the c pawn which I think is likely to happen (due to the rook’s placement(the only real thing the rook does there is play for tricks with like Bf4 and then Ke2 Rf4 gf4 c2 stuff) but yea I think the rook would do much better on c8 or something..) it’s still a difficult game – the bishops give white’s king enough cover and certainly give the rook a run but I think ultimately it’s a draw.. either that or I’m missing some obvious 3 move tactic that wins a piece (high probability) -Kevin (1969 CFC)