Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:29:21 10/25/00
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On October 25, 2000 at 05:53:49, Uri Blass wrote: >On October 25, 2000 at 05:12:42, martin fierz wrote: > >>On October 24, 2000 at 17:20:02, Robin Smith wrote: >> >>>On October 24, 2000 at 16:58:29, Uri Blass wrote: >>> >>>>I am also not sure in 100% that the black is losing in the position that >>>>kasparov resigned(I believe that black is losing but I think that the decision >>>>to resign was too early and it is better to resign only if you sure that you are >>>>losing and advantage of rook against a knight is not a good reason to resign >>>>when there are queens on the board). >>>> >>>>Uri >>> >>>In the final position Kasparov is dead lost. I think resigning showed a healthy >>>respect for Kramnik. >>> >>>Robin Smith >> >>robin is absolutely right here. having a rook against a knight is often not >>enough - in middle game positions where files are closed and the knight can >>occupy nice squares. in this position the knight is even condemned to stay >>around his king to avoid a mate. playing on in such a position is bad style. >> >>we were analysing the position before h5 on FICS and the conclusion was that >>a) black is lost, >>b) h6 is the best try - it drops a pawn, but the h5-line is even worse. >> >>cheers >> martin > >I analyzed this position independently with chess programs and I think that h6 >is losing more than a pawn. > >The main line begins with h6 Nxh6+ Kh7 Qh3 Re8 Nf5+ Kg8 Ne7+ Kf8 Qe6 > >Uri Chessmaster6000(ss=10) has a different idea instead of Qh3 in this main line. After h6 Nxh6+ Kh7 it wants to play Qf5+ when the main line begins with Kxh6 Qf4+(Kh8 Nf7+ Kg8 Ng5 is bad for black) This line also gives white rook for a knight but here the knight is not passive so the position is better than the position that kasparov resigned. I prefer the line of Qh3 Uri
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