Author: Howard Exner
Date: 16:52:12 02/25/00
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On February 25, 2000 at 19:44:24, Howard Exner wrote: >On February 25, 2000 at 17:08:53, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On February 25, 2000 at 11:35:06, Terry Presgrove wrote: >> >>> It appears this line or Spraggett's gives white his best chance at equality. >>> All of my comps play Bn2 after Re3. Incredibly complicated position/game it >>> is no wonder Reti failed to find the correct defense. >>> >>> TP >> >>My computer found 1. ...Re3 2. Kh2!?, and then what can black do? I couldn't >>find a win, or even a winning position. > >Alekhine, while not mentioning the Bg2 possibility, did cover the Kh2 defense. >He suggested this line is good for black ... > >1... Re3 2. Kh2 Raa3 3. Ncb3 Qe5 4. bxc6 bxc6 5. fxe3 Qh5+ 6. Kg1 Qh3 > >He stopped here but the following could be one continuation: > >7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxc6 Qxg3+ 9. Kh1 Nxe3 10. Qe8+ Kh7 11. Qe4+ f5 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 > >Is there something better for white? > >The move he thought was best for white was Bf3, instead of Bg2 or Kh2. Spraggett >78 make that 68 years later >years later showed that Bf3 at least draws and could win for white if black >goes astray.
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