From: Matt Casters <Matt.Casters <at> ADVALVAS <dot> BE>
Date: 19 may 2003
Subject: Re: "Habu's Words"

Hi,

I remember this game. (...but didn't know it was commented by Habu)
After a horible opening, I tried to defend as good as possible.
I dropped bishop 7e and Reijer resigned because he felt that the attack
would be over after a slow move or another.
His resignation suprised me a bit because I couldn't see a mate yet.
However, I'm sure something like S2h would have been enough to secure the
win.
Credit goes to the better player (Reijer) for seeing that that would have
been enough.

Cheers,

Matt

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:SHOGI-L <at> TECHUNIX <dot> TECHNION <dot> AC <dot> IL]On Behalf Of Yury Shpilev
Sent: maandag 19 mei 2003 18:43
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Subject: Re: "Habu's Words"


--- David J Bush <twixt <at> CSTONE <dot> NET> wrote:
> |       White (Reijer Grimbergen)  N N L P P
> |
> |     9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
> |   +---------------------------+
> | a |wL bS  *  *  *  *  *  * wL | a
> | b | * bS  *  * wG  *  *  *  * | b
> | c | * wP bN wP  * wP  * wP  * | c
> | d |wP  *  * wK  *  *  *  * wP | d
> | e | * bG bB  *  *  *  *  *  * | e
> | f |bP bP wP bP  * bP bP bP bP | f
> | g | *  *  * bB bG  * bS bK  * | g
> | h | *  *  *  *  *  * bG  *  * | h
> | i |bL  *w+R  *  *  *  *  *w+R | i
> |   +---------------------------+
> |     9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1
> |
> |       Black (Matt Casters)       S N P P
> |
> |   Diagram 9. After 53.B'7e
> |
> | There white resigned (1-0). I see next variant (comment in book):
> | 53. ... K-5e 54.S'4e +R7i-2i 55.S-2h with win for black.
> |
> | I think that white must to win there. See next:
> | 55. ... +R1ix2h 56.Gx2h S'3h 57.K-3g +Rx2h 58.K-4h (if 58.Kx2h
> | than 58. ... G'2g 59.K-1i L'1h mat) +R-3i 59.K-5h (59.K-3g G'2g mat)
> | +R-4i 60.K-6h G'7g tsume
>
> | I don't have the book, but White does have a tsume after 54.S'4e?
> | However, perhaps Black could play 54.G-5f which gives his king the
> | escape square of 5g. For example 54.G-5f K-4d 55.N'4e ...
>
> | After 55.N'4e white win so:
> | 55. ... +R7i-2i 56.S-2h +R1ix2h 57.Gx2h S'3h 58.K-3g +Rx2h 59.K-4h
> | S-3i= (double check)
> | 60.K-5i G'6h 61.K-4i S-4h=(or S-4h+ or +R-4h as you want)
> | if 60.K-5g (or 60.K-4g) +R-4h tsume too
> |
> | Black must attack with permanent checks, but white king escape to
> | 5e-4d-3c-3b-4a. Black not have enough pieces in a hand.
>
> Okay, then how about 53. ... K-5e 54.G-5f K-4d 55.G-4e K-3c 56.B-3a+
> and now if 56. ... +R7i-2i 57.S-2h +R1ix2h 58.Gx2h S'3h 59.K-3g +Rx2h
> 60.K-4h S-3i= 61.K-5g how does white mate?

I see another mate this:
60.K-4h G'4g 61.K-5i S-4i+ 62.K-6i N'7c 63.K-7i N'8g mate.
if 62.Bx4i, then 62. ... +R-4h 63.K-6i N'7c 64.K-7i N'8g mate.

I like this final position.

>
> David
  Yury

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