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

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 21:41:44 04/17/00

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On April 17, 2000 at 20:07:39, Paulo Soares wrote:

>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

Might be but I am looking for a defense after 31.Nb6. I think there is none.



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