Author: Amir Ban
Date: 08:53:23 01/27/98
Here's a new bunch. The problems are getting tougher and so are the dilemmas ... No. 313 (Nbd6): I get Ncd6. It's not a transposition but looks like it will do the job equally well. Recommend: Side solution Ncd6. No. 315 (Rd6): The idea of Rd6 seems to be 1.Rd6 Bxd6 2.Nf6+ Kh8 3.Rh4 h6 4.Rxh6+ gxh6 5.Qh5 but black has the resource 5...Bf4 6.exf4 Qc5+. Junior prefers an immediate Nf6+ with the idea of Bxf6 Be4 winning an exchange or a pawn. Recommend: Change key to Nf6+, or discard. No. 318 (Bd6): Bd6 has the right idea, but the correct execution is Bxc7! Then if Rb7 Bd6. An immediate Bd6 lets black off cheaply with Qxd5. Recommend: Change key to Bxc7. No. 321 (Rd5): I play here Nd5 instead, but don't see a plus score. Black mustn't take on d5, but after Rd5 Qc7 I don't see a continuation. Recommend: Discard. No. 327 (Rxd7): I don't find this. I think it works but I'm not sure. The idea seems to be Rxd7 Nxd7 Qh5. Recommend: No change (?). No. 330 (Rxf6): I find that the routine Re1 (+186) is more effective. Recommend: Change key to Re1. No. 336 (Rxd4): I find Bxe5! as a free gain of a pawn. I don't know what the point of Rxd4 is. Recommend: Change key to Bxe5. No. 338 (Ng3): Ng3 is simple and correct, but I find Qb6 which in a more subtle way achieves at least the same (+395). Recommend: Side solution Qb6. No. 345 (Nxf6): I find a different knight sacrifice Nxf7. I can't follow all the complications after both, but I consistently get better scores with Nxf7 (+189). Recommend: Side solution Nxf7. No. 349 (Rxd5): Maybe someone can find out the purpose of Rxd5: 1.Rxd5 Bxf2+ 2.Kh1 exd5 3.Qxf7+ Kh8 leads white nowhere ? Recommend: Discard. No. 354 (Qxf3): This one's unclear. 1...Qxf3 2.Nxf3 Rxh3+ 3.Kg1 Rxf3 is a nice position for black but I don't see a decisive line. This may be meant as a positional sacrifice. It doesn't look inferior to any other possibility, which may be a basis for accepting it. Recommend: Investigate. No. 366 (Rxd8): I think this one's wrong. 1.Rxd8 Qxd8 2.Qh4 Kg8 3.Rxf6 white gets two minor pieces for a rook, but will be sorry he did after 3...Qb6 which gives black a strong counterattack. Recommend: Discard. No. 367 (Rd5): I have no clue here. A black rook is en prise and Junior just takes it Bxf8 for a score of 266. Anything wrong with that ? Instead Rd5 places a white rook en prise for no obvious purpose. Recommend: Discard. No. 371 (Rxd5): I think this is based on faulty defense: 1.Rxd5 cxd5 2.c6 Bc8 3.Ba6 Ka8 and black is not in trouble. Recommend: Discard. No. 373 (Rh4): The assignment is to draw and my solution is prettier: Qg7! Recommend: Side solution Qg7. No. 377 (d6): Don't find what d6 does except lose a pawn. Recommend: Discard. No. 381 (e5): I choose fxe6 (Bxe6 Nd4 or fxe6 e5) which evaluates about the same as e5. Both options are not decisive in my opinion. Recommend: Discard. No. 390 (Qe5): 1...Qe5 2.Qa3 Qe1 but then 3.Qa8+ draws by perpetual, and if black is not careful he loses. Recommend: Discard. No. 395 (Rxe5): The key is full of good intentions but the right move is Bc4, which gets a record score of 1616. Recommend: Change key to 1616. No. 396 (Re6): I would call this one (if it's correct) positional, because I can see the logic of the move but can't find a decisive line. It's not obvious that white has no other possibilities, or that black is hopelessly lost. Recommend: Investigate. No. 397 (Rhg8): The key is spectacular, but pointless I think, since white can play a calm Rf2 leaving black with nothing. Recommend: Discard. Amir
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