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Subject: Re: Probably yes!

Author: Vasik Rajlich

Date: 01:16:15 04/29/04

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On April 28, 2004 at 09:36:32, Joachim Rang wrote:

>On April 28, 2004 at 09:20:46, Joachim Rang wrote:
>
>>On April 27, 2004 at 06:16:29, Vasik Rajlich wrote:
>>
>>>A friend of mine showed me the following very cool game.
>>>
>>>When will computers be able to hammer home an attack like this, sparing nothing
>>>- 16. a3, 19. c4, 20. Bf6, etc.
>>>
>>>r4rk1/1pp2ppp/1bnp4/p5B1/PPqp3N/7P/3Q1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 20
>>>
>>>[Event "Oberliga Ost-B 9899"]
>>>[Site "Germany"]
>>>[Date "1999.??.??"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "Euler, Gerd"]
>>>[Black "Galdunts, Sergey"]
>>>[Result "1-0"]
>>>[ECO "C47"]
>>>[WhiteElo "2385"]
>>>[BlackElo "2465"]
>>>[PlyCount "53"]
>>>[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
>>>[Source "ChessBase"]
>>>[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
>>>
>>>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nb4 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Bc4 Bc5
>>>8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bg5 Qg6 12. Qd2 d6 13. Nh4 Qh5 14. Be2 Bg4
>>>15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. h3 Qxe4 17. a4 a5 18. Rfe1 Qd5 19. c4 Qxc4 20. Bf6 Qd5 21.
>>>Ra3 Qh5 22. Rg3 g6 23. Re4 Rfe8 24. Rg5 Rxe4 25. Rxh5 Re6 26. Qg5 Ne5 27. Rxh7
>>>1-0
>>
>>Has white more than a perpetual after 20... gxf6?
>>
>>regards Joachim
>
>20... gxf6 21. Qh6 Qd5 22. Qxf6 Rfe8 23. Nf5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 axb4
>26. Qg5+
>
>white has the queen for knight, bishop and three pawns, but Shredder 8 gives
>still +1 for white.
>
>regards Joachim

I think the best black can hope for is a draw here.

Another interesting line is 21. Nf5. Here, 21. .. Qd5 loses by force, and the
tactics are way too deep for Rybka even with 15-ply searches.

However, 21. .. Qe6 is playable - though clearly not a refutation.

Vas



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