Author: Slater Wold
Date: 00:45:04 09/01/02
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On September 01, 2002 at 00:18:00, Steffen Jakob wrote: >Hi, > >usually programmers don't post positions of their own games (except Vincent ;) >for good reasons. Yesterday I played a bullet (!) game at ICC in which I saced a >knight which won that game. After the game I wanted to find out if this was >correct. Usually this isn't the case. Fritz didn't consider my move, but after a >post mortem analysis (also with the help of Alex Kure) I think that Ng5+ leads >to the most convincing winning line in this positions. > >Please start your engines/brains, gentlemen! > >[D]r1b2r2/pp1p1p1k/1qn2Ppp/5p2/3p4/3B1N2/PPPQ1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1 > >Here is the analysis: > >[Event "ICC 1 0"] >[Site "Internet Chess Club"] >[Date "2002.08.31"] >[White "Yobes"] >[Black "N.N."] >[Result "1-0"] >[ICCResult "Black checkmated"] >[WhiteElo "1603"] >[BlackElo "1503"] >[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defense"] >[SetUp "1"] >[FEN "r1b2r2/pp1p1p1k/1qn2Ppp/5p2/3p4/3B1N2/PPPQ1PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1"] >[Time "14:44:28"] >[TimeControl "60+0"] > >1. Ng5+ hxg5 (1... Kg8 2. Nxf7 Kxf7 (2... Rxf7 3. Qxh6 Qd8 4. Qxg6+ Kf8 5. Qh6+ >Kg8 6. Bc4 $18) 3. Qxh6 Rg8 4. Bc4+ $18) 2. Qxg5 Nb4 (2... Rh8 {This move was >played in the actual game.} 3. Qh4+ Kg8 4. >Re8#) (2... d5 3. Qh4+ Kg8 4. Qh6 $18) (2... Nd8 3. Bxf5 Ne6 4. Qh4+ Kg8 5. Qh6 >$18) (2... Qd8 3. Bxf5 Rh8 4. Re4 Kg8 5. Bxg6 $18) 3. Re5 { >The threat is Qh4+ Kg8 Rxf5.} Nxd3 (3... d5 4. Bxf5 Bxf5 5. Qh4+ Kg8 6. Rxf5 >$18) 4. Qh4+ Kg8 5. Rxf5 Nc5 6. Rh5 $18 1-0 > >Greetings, >Steffen. This is a pretty nice position. It's one where the computer will never even seem to look at Ng5+, but as soon as you play it, it fails low to a better score for white than it had previously. There are several positions like this.
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