Comments on: The Fabulous 00s: Close but no Mohata http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/the-fabulous-00s-an-bizarre-ending-or-a-routine-ending-annotated-bizarrely/ Chess History, Opening Theory, and Anecdotes by Dr. Mark Ginsburg Thu, 07 Mar 2013 21:05:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Elizabeth Vicary http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/the-fabulous-00s-an-bizarre-ending-or-a-routine-ending-annotated-bizarrely/#comment-835 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:13:53 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-835 Nothing? nothing?

REALLY?

For starters, I know Todd. Also, he mentions me in this exact article for relaying Ivanchuk’s Moscow …d5 move. Also, I am also bad at endgames.

MG Note 7/13/08: Duly noted. I bumped the EVP (Elizabeth Vicary Percentage) from 0 to 3%.

]]> By: Scourge http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/the-fabulous-00s-an-bizarre-ending-or-a-routine-ending-annotated-bizarrely/#comment-830 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:55:49 +0000 http://nezhmet.wordpress.com/?p=911#comment-830 Okay. I played over the moves in the CLO article. Mohata lost this game by playing a poorly timed 43…f5 which was followed by 44.exf5+ gxf5 45.Be3 and now the unthinkable 45…fxg4? 46.hxg4.

With the passed Pawn, White had all the cards, despite his miserable king position.

I cannot find a clear draw here for White. Best strategy is to cower and count to 50 every time a pawn moves.

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