Author: Terry Presgrove
Date: 14:29:03 02/24/00
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On February 24, 2000 at 15:38:11, Ernst Walet wrote: >On February 24, 2000 at 15:09:19, Howard Exner wrote: > >>[D]r3r1k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/6P1/3RPP2/2R3KB b - - id "Reti - Alekhine"; >>bm Re3; >> >>The above is from Reti - Alekhine fromm Baden-Baden, 1925. In his book, "My >>Best Games of Chess 1908 - 1937", he writes, >> >>"I consider this and the game against Bogoljubov at Hastings, 1922, the most >>brilliant tournament games of my chess career. And by a peculiar coincidence >>they both remained undistinguished as there were no brilliancy prizes awarded in >>either of these contest!" >> >>The Hastings game is the one Terry has posted. I set up the above position from >>the book diagram. If someone has this in their database it would be worth the >>post to see the entire game. I recall GM Kevin Spraggett writing at length on >>this position of all the possible best continuations that he and other GM's >>considered. > > >Here is the entire game and the analysis of Fritz6a on a P3-450, 80MB hash. > > > >Reti,R - Alekhine,A [A00] >Baden Baden Baden Baden (8), 1925 > >1.g3 e5 2.Nf3 e4 3.Nd4 d5 4.d3 exd3 5.Qxd3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Nxd2 0-0 >9.c4 Na6 10.cxd5 Nb4 11.Qc4 Nbxd5 12.N2b3 c6 13.0-0 Re8 14.Rfd1 Bg4 15.Rd2 Qc8 >16.Nc5 Bh3 17.Bf3 Bg4 18.Bg2 Bh3 19.Bf3 Bg4 20.Bh1 h5 21.b4 a6 22.Rc1 h4 23.a4 >hxg3 24.hxg3 Qc7 25.b5 axb5 26.axb5 Re3 27.Nf3 cxb5 28.Qxb5 Nc3 29.Qxb7 Qxb7 >30.Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31.Kh2 Ne4 32.Rc4 Nxf2 33.Bg2 Be6 34.Rcc2 Ng4+ 35.Kh3 Ne5+ 36.Kh2 >Rxf3 37.Rxe2 Ng4+ 38.Kh3 Ne3+ 39.Kh2 Nxc2 40.Bxf3 Nd4 41.Rf2 Nxf3+ 42.Rxf3 Bd5 >0-1 > >Reti,R - Alekhine,A >r3r1k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/6P1/3RPP2/2R3KB b - - 0 1 > >Analysis by Fritz 6: > >26...Qxg3+ > +- (4.62) Depth: 1/3 00:00:00 >26...Qxg3+ 27.fxg3 > +- (8.19) Depth: 1/6 00:00:00 >26...Rxe2 > +- (6.84) Depth: 1/6 00:00:00 >26...Rxe2 27.Nxe2 > +- (4.16) Depth: 1/8 00:00:00 >26...Bxe2 > +- (3.37) Depth: 1/8 00:00:00 >26...Bxe2 27.Rxe2 > +- (2.53) Depth: 1/8 00:00:00 >26...cxb5 > +- (2.09) Depth: 1/8 00:00:00 >26...cxb5 27.Qxb5 > ² (0.66) Depth: 1/8 00:00:00 >26...Red8 > ² (0.44) Depth: 1/11 00:00:00 >26...Red8 27.e3 > ² (0.53) Depth: 2/10 00:00:00 >26...Qb6 > ² (0.47) Depth: 2/12 00:00:00 >26...Qb6 27.bxc6 > ² (0.41) Depth: 2/12 00:00:00 >26...Qb6 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Rcd1 > ² (0.56) Depth: 3/16 00:00:00 3kN >26...Red8 > ² (0.53) Depth: 3/19 00:00:00 4kN >26...Ne3 > ² (0.50) Depth: 3/19 00:00:00 6kN >26...Ne3 27.Qd3 b6 28.Bxc6 bxc5 29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.Qxe3 cxd4 31.Rxc7 > ² (0.44) Depth: 3/19 00:00:00 7kN >26...Ne3 27.Qd3 b6 28.Bxc6 bxc5 29.Bxa8 Rxa8 30.Qxe3 cxd4 31.Rxc7 > ² (0.44) Depth: 4/14 00:00:00 10kN >26...Ne3-- > ± (0.75) Depth: 5/18 00:00:00 23kN >26...Ne3 27.Qd3 Ned5 28.e4 Nb6 > ± (0.78) Depth: 5/24 00:00:00 57kN >26...Rec8! > ± (0.75) Depth: 5/24 00:00:00 74kN >26...Rec8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Ncb3 Bd7 29.Nc5 > ² (0.66) Depth: 5/24 00:00:00 80kN >26...Rec8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nxc6 Bxe2 29.Rxe2 Qxc6 30.Qh4 > ² (0.66) Depth: 6/21 00:00:00 214kN >26...Ra3! > ² (0.62) Depth: 6/22 00:00:01 338kN >26...Qb6! > ² (0.59) Depth: 6/22 00:00:01 480kN >26...Qb6 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Nd3 Qa5 29.Qc2 Bd7 30.Rcd1 > ² (0.62) Depth: 7/25 00:00:02 872kN >26...Qb6 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.e3 Rec8 29.Nxc6 Rxc6 30.Bxd5 Nxd5 31.Qxd5 > ± (0.91) Depth: 8/27 00:00:06 2041kN >26...Ra3 > ± (0.87) Depth: 8/27 00:00:07 2456kN >26...Ra3 27.e3 Nxe3 28.Qb4 Ra7 29.b6 Ned5 30.bxc7 > ± (0.75) Depth: 8/27 00:00:09 3035kN >26...Rec8 > ± (0.72) Depth: 8/27 00:00:09 3272kN >26...Rec8 27.bxc6 bxc6 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Qa5 30.Rcd1 Nb6 31.Qc2 > ± (0.94) Depth: 9/26 00:00:19 6567kN >26...Ra3 > ± (0.91) Depth: 9/26 00:00:21 7549kN >26...Ra3 27.e4 Nb6 28.Qb4 Raa8 29.Rb1 Reb8 30.bxc6 bxc6 > ² (0.59) Depth: 9/29 00:00:33 11678kN >26...Ra3 27.Ncb3 Qd6 28.bxc6 bxc6 29.e3 Nxe3 30.Qxc6 Qb8 31.fxe3 > ± (0.78) Depth: 10/30 00:00:58 20917kN >26...Re3 > ± (0.75) Depth: 10/31 00:01:21 29098kN >26...Re3 27.Bg2 Rxg3 28.e3 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Nxb7 > ² (0.69) Depth: 10/33 00:01:51 40331kN >26...Re3 27.Bg2 Rxg3 28.e3 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Nxb7 > ² (0.66) Depth: 11/32 00:03:46 84184kN >26...Re3 27.Bg2 Rxg3 28.e3 cxb5 29.Qxb5 Bd7 30.Qxb7 Qxb7 31.Nxb7 > ² (0.66) Depth: 12/33 00:07:21 165752kN > > >Ernst. Hello, The position does raise an interesting question as to whether 27. Bg2 saves the game for white? I spent more than an hour looking at the position with Fritz6, Rebel-tiger and LG2000V2 and could not find a win for black. TP
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