Hou yifan's game

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EroSennin
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Hou yifan's game

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8/8/8/2p2Pp1/2kb4/8/6B1/3K4 w - - 0 1
Ruan had a possibility to go to this position. Is this winning for black? I can not really see the whole truth. Somebody help.
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Re: Hou yifan's game

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EroSennin wrote:[D]8/8/8/2p2Pp1/2kb4/8/6B1/3K4 w - - 0 1
Ruan had a possibility to go to this position. Is this winning for black? I can not really see the whole truth. Somebody help.
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Re: Hou yifan's game

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Re: Hou yifan's game

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EroSennin wrote:[d]8/8/8/2p2Pp1/2kb4/8/6B1/3K4 w - - 0 1
Ruan had a possibility to go to this position. Is this winning for black? I can not really see the whole truth. Somebody help.
If i haven't missed anything extraordinary, this is draw.
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yanquis1972
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Re: Hou yifan's game

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houdini agrees --

[-0.60] d=39 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bh8 13.Ba4 Bg7 14.Bc2 Kb2 15.Bd1 Kb1 16.Bc2 Ka2 17.Bd1 Kb2 18.Ba4 Bf6 19.Bd1 Bh8 20.Ba4 Kb1 21.Bc2 Kc1 22.Ba4 (1:24:47) 57991191kN
[-0.60] d=38 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bd1 Kc1 11.Ba4 Bf6 12.Bb3 Bg7 13.Bc2 Be5 14.Bb3 Bf6 15.Bc2 g4 16.Bb3 g3 17.Ke3 g2 18.Kf2 g1B (0:53:56) 36870569kN
[-0.60] d=37 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bg7 13.Ba4 Kb2 14.Bd1 Ka3 15.Ke4 Bf6 16.Bc2 Kb2 17.Kd3 Be5 18.Ba4 Bg7 19.Bd1 (0:30:44) 20929403kN
[-0.60] d=36 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bg7 13.Ba4 Kb2 14.Bd1 g4 15.Ba4 Bf6 16.Ke3 Bg5 17.Ke4 Bh6 18.Bd1 c2 19.Bxc2 Kxc2 20.f6 Kc3 21.f7 Kc4 22.f8R Bxf8 23.Kf4 g3 24.Kxg3 (0:17:29) 11898905kN
[-0.60] d=35 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 g4 13.Ba4 Kb2 14.Ke3 Bg5 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Ka3 17.Bc2 Be7 18.Bd1 Bd6 19.Kf1 Kb2 20.Ke2 g3 21.Ba4 Kb1 22.Kf3 c2 23.Bxc2 Kxc2 24.f6 Kd3 25.f7 Kd4 26.f8Q (0:12:05) 8211522kN
[-0.60] d=34 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bh8 13.Ba4 Bg7 14.Bc2 g4 15.Ba4 Kb2 16.Bd1 Be5 17.Ba4 Ka3 18.Bc2 Bf6 19.Ke4 Bg5 20.Kd3 Bf6 21.Ke4 (0:07:13) 4892429kN
[-0.60] d=33 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bg7 13.Ba4 Kb2 14.Bd1 g4 15.Ba4 Bf6 16.Ke3 Bg5 17.Ke4 Ka3 18.Bd1 Bd2 19.f6 Bh6 20.Kd3 Kb2 21.Ba4 Bg5 22.Ke4 Ka3 23.Bd1 Bh6 24.Kd3 (0:04:22) 2957177kN
[-0.60] d=32 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Ke3 c3 6.Kd3 Bf6 7.Bf3 Kb3 8.Bd1 Kb2 9.Ba4 Be5 10.Bc2 Kc1 11.Bb3 Bf6 12.Bc2 Bg7 13.Ba4 Kb2 14.Bc2 Ka3 15.Bd1 Kb4 16.Bc2 Bf6 17.Ke2 Be7 18.Bd1 Ka3 19.Bc2 Bd8 20.Kd3 Bf6 21.Bd1 Kb2 22.Ba4 (0:03:02) 2053199kN
[-0.60] d=31 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Bd3 Be7 18.Bc2 g3 19.Bb1 Bh4 20.Bc2 Bf6 21.Bd1 Bh4 22.Bc2 Bf6 (0:02:14) 1525914kN
[-0.60] d=30 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Ke1 Bh4 16.Kf1 Be7 17.Kf2 Bh4 18.Kg2 Ke5 19.Bb1 Kf4 20.Bc2 Ke5 (0:01:04) 733657kN
[-0.60] d=29 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf1 Bh4 16.Kg2 Ke5 17.Bb1 Kf4 18.Bc2 Ke5 (0:00:45) 513465kN
[-0.60] d=28 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Ke5 17.Bb1 Kf4 18.Bc2 Ke5 (0:00:31) 353969kN
[-0.60] d=27 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Kf2 Bh8 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Kf2 (0:00:22) 260889kN
[-0.60] d=26 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Kf2 Bh8 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Kf2 (0:00:16) 188639kN
[-0.60] d=25 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Kf2 Bh8 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Kf2 (0:00:12) 143511kN
[-0.60] d=24 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Kf2 Bh8 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Kf2 (0:00:09) 106645kN
[-0.60] d=23 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.Be6 Bf6 6.Bd5 c3 7.Kd3 g4 8.Be4 Bg5 9.Ke2 Kc4 10.Bc2 Kd4 11.Bd1 Bh4 12.Bc2 Ke5 13.Ke3 Bg5 14.Ke2 Kf4 15.Kf2 Bh4 16.Kg2 Bf6 17.Kf2 Bh8 18.Kg2 Bf6 19.Kf2 (0:00:07) 84082kN
[-0.60] d=22 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.f6 Bxf6 6.Be6 Be7 7.Ke3 Bc5 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Ke2 Kc3 10.Kd1 Be7 11.Ke2 Kd4 12.Kd2 Bd6 13.Kd1 Kc3 14.Ke2 Ba3 15.Ke3 Bc5 16.Ke2 Bb6 17.Kd1 Bc5 18.Ke2 Bb6 (0:00:05) 55974kN
[-0.60] d=21 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.f6 Bxf6 6.Be6 Be7 7.Ke3 Bc5 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Ke2 Kc3 10.Kd1 Be7 11.Ke2 Kd4 12.Kd2 Bd6 13.Kd1 Kc3 14.Ke2 Bb4 15.Ke3 Bc5 16.Ke2 Bf8 17.Kd1 Bb4 18.Ke2 Bf8 19.Kd1 (0:00:03) 42186kN
[-0.60] d=20 1.Ke2 Bg7 2.Ke3 Kb3 3.Bd5 c4 4.Ke4 Kb4 5.f6 Bxf6 6.Be6 Be7 7.Ke3 Bc5 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Ke2 Kc3 10.Kd1 Be7 11.Ke2 Bb4 12.Ke3 Bc5 13.Kf3 Kd3 14.Bf5 Kd2 15.Kg4 Be7 (0:00:03) 33288kN
EroSennin
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Re: Hou yifan's game

Post by EroSennin »

It seems this indeed is a draw. I got hopeful when I beat houdini.