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Subject: Interesting sacrifice from correspondence game

Author: Shep

Date: 07:11:50 03/02/00



This is from a correspondence game I played last year.
14...Nxf2 is the amazing novelty my opponent found.
This position is going to be part of my upcoming Shep 2000 test suite
to be released next month.

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Bc2 Ng4 13. Bf4 Nde5 14. Nd2 (14.
Nd2 b5 15. h3 Nf6 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Bb3 b4 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Nxd6 Nh5 20. Bxe5
Bxe5 21. N2c4 Ba6 22. Qf3 {1-0 Cabrilo,G-Kovacevic,V/Vrnjacka Banja 1988 (33)})
(14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 (15. Rac1 b6 16. b3 Rd8 17. Bb1 Rb8 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Na4
Nd7 20. b4 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Nc3 {
1-0 Schaefer,M-Bluhm,G/BL2-W 8889 1989/BL2 (38)}) 15... b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f3
Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qf2 h6 21. Be3 Nxc4 22. Na4 {
1-0 Hawelko,M-Hulak,K/Berlijn open 1988 (39)}) 14... Nxf2 $3 $146 {  Junior 6.
0: 0:55, +0,35  Deep Junior 6.0a: 0:59, +0,32  Nimzo 7.32: 6:00, +0,40  Hiarcs
7.32: 8:19, +0,06  Fritz 6.0a: >10:00  } 15. Qxf2 (15. Kxf2 Qb6+ 16. c5 Qxb2
17. Nb3 (17. cxd6 Qxc3 18. Nb3 Bd7 {transposition}) 17... Qxc3 18. cxd6 Bd7 $19
) 15... Ng4 16. Qe2 Qb6+ 17. Kf1 (17. c5 Qxb2 18. Rac1 Qxc3 19. Nb3 (19. cxd6
e5 $19) (19. Bxd6 $4 Bd4+ $19) 19... dxc5 $17) 17... Qxb2 18. Bxd6 Qxc3 (18...
Rd8 19. e5 Qxc2 20. Qxg4 Qxc3 $17) 19. Qxg4 {White resigns} 0-1

Critical position:
[D]r1b2rk1/1pq2pbp/p2pp1p1/4n3/2P1PBn1/2N5/PPBNQPPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 14; bm Nxf2;
id Shep 2000.01

14...Nxf2!!

The results from the programs I tested (PIII-550):

Junior 6.0:       0:55, +0,35
Deep Junior 6.0a: 0:59, +0,32
Nimzo 7.32:       6:00, +0,40
Hiarcs 7.32:      8:19, +0,06
Fritz 6.0a:     >10:00

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Shep



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