Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 00:26:42 10/17/99
In the game Zagorskis - Rebel Century (Lithuanian re-match) Rebel Century played the surprising 17..Ne5! Zagorskis played 18.Qxb7? taking the pawn Rebel offered him which IMO is a major mistake as it loses the initiative. As a result Zagorskis was faced with a strong king attack which he could not defend as Rebel did not let him escape. IMO after 18.Qxb7? white is lost. Rebel Century played this game using anti-GM and 17..Ne5! was the best move all the time. When I turn off anti-GM Rebel also has 17..Ne5 but then at iteration 11 changes to 17..Bc5 (also leaving the b7 pawn en-prise!) but on ply 12 Rebel goes back to 17..Ne5 again. In both cases (Ne5 and Bc5) Rebel did not expect Zagorskis to take the pawn on b7. After 17..Ne5 Rebel expected 18.b4 I wonder about these 2 moves. I wonder if 17..Bc5 is as good as Ne5, I also wonder what other programs play. 4r1k1/ppprqpp1/2nbp1p1/1Q6/4P3/2P3P1/PP3PBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - id Zagorskis,D - Rebel Century; bm c6e5; Ed Schroder
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