Author: Howard Exner
Date: 21:00:20 01/30/00
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On January 30, 2000 at 07:19:24, Dan Andersson wrote: >h6 may be an only move but that says more about blacks position that anything >else. An as for only sacrificing the f7 pawn, its easy to sacrifice somone elses >pieces. The position is very bad for black but you found the only life in the >position by opening the a- file. h6 Rxf7 then what? Qe8 is followed by Rxf8 Bxf8 >Qxe8 Rxf8 Ra1! when white gets the a file and blacks bishop is wery bad. Winning >i would say. Else Rae8 when black (btw leaves his a- file) R1f3 with a horrible >initiativ for white plus a pawn up. This position contains slow tactics. > >1. ... h6 2. Rxf7 a) 2. ... Qe8 3. Rxf8+ Bxf8 4. Qxe8 Rxe8 5. Ra1 > b) 2. ... Rae8 3. R1f3 or almost any move. > >Regards Dan Andersson My thoughts resemble yours in this position. I think the game is unsalvagable after white's 20th. If black can hold this position to a draw my chess understanding, albeit limited, would be turned upside down.
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