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Subject: Re: Wasn't there an easy win?

Author: Paulo Soares

Date: 17:07:39 04/17/00

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On April 17, 2000 at 01:21:17, Harald Faber wrote:

>
>I think 31.Nb6! would win easily.
>E.g.:
>31...Kf7 32.Nd7 Ke6 33.Nb8 f5 34.f3 Kd5 35.Nxa6 e4 36.a4 Bh4 37.Nc7+ Ke5 38.Bd2
>exf3 39.gxf3 Bd8 40.a5! Bxc7 41.a6 Bb8 42.axb7 f4 43.Ka5 Ke6 44.Kb6 Kd7 45.Ba5
>g5 46.b4 +-
>
>32...a5+ 33.Kc4 with the weak a- and c-pawn where the blackking cannot go to d5
>looks also fine for white. MUCH better than in the game.
>33...a4 34.Nb6 a3 35.b4 +-
>33...Nd8 34.a4 combined with b2-b4 and making the white a-pawn a passed one is
>also won IMO.
>
>Any successful defense ideas?

I didn't get any good defense for blacks after 31. Nb6!, but I think that
29...Bd8 instead of 29 ...Be7, maintain the blacks' chances.
Ex: 29... Bd8 30. Nc4 Bc7

Paulo Soares, from Brazil



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