Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 05:59:38 07/26/98
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On July 26, 1998 at 07:33:31, Mark Young wrote: >On July 26, 1998 at 06:37:57, Amir Ban wrote: > >> >>Did Anand have a good alternative to the critical 16...Bd6 ? Maybe not: >> >>16... f6 17. Qh5+ is losing >> >>16... Be7 17. Bg5 Rf8 is horrible >> >>16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Be7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nxf7 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Kxf7 21. 0-0 is >>clearly in white's favor. >> >>16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Qc2 is the only reasonable alternative. The continuations >>are unclear & complicated, but look more in white's favour: >> >> 18. Be3 f5 19. Qh5+ g6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Qxh8 and black can continue Qc3+ >>or Qxe4. >> >> or >> >> 18. d5 Bxa3 19. 0-0 (or even Rxa3) >> >> or >> >> 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Be7 >> >> >>Most people assume that Anand spent 18 minutes to work out that Bd6 works >>perfectly. He may have spent those 18 minutes to consider just how bad those >>alternatives are, then crossed his fingers and played Bd6. >> >>Amir > >If true then Anand was lucky to win the second game. Is there a solid line of >play to win against Bd6 that Rebel 10 missed? And how would you rate rebel 10 in >the two games with GM Anand? If it is inappropriate to ask about the strength of >a competing program I withdraw that question. One critical choice was Qh5+ of course, which is a move that hardly any other program will play. It might be best, but it doesn't appear so to me. I have searched around this position for a long time (using both my head and Crafty) and only like g3 or Qh3. Possibly O-O but I'm not sure that doesn't lead to less of an advantage, although a safer (for white) position. Crafty would play g3 given at least one second, and After a couple of hours, and a very deep search it has never wavered. And based on node counts, Qh3 is the number 2 move in the position...
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