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Subject: Re: fascinating queen sac

Author: Ralf Elvsén

Date: 05:30:48 05/21/00

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On May 21, 2000 at 06:27:09, Harald Faber wrote:

>[D]1r2kr2/p4p2/4pQ1p/2RpP1p1/3Pn2P/3N4/q4PP1/2R3K1 w - -
>
>(Sutovsky-Glek)
>
>This position appeared in a German GM-tournament where the game went on with:
>
>1.Rc7!? Nxf6 2.exf6 Qd2 3.Re7+ Kd8 4.Rcc7 Qxd3 1/2 because of perpetual check on
>the 7th row.
>
>Question is: Is this queen sac correct=can black play for a win after the 2nd
>white move or can black play for a win and play a better move than 2...Qd2?
>
>Juniors eval decreases from about +2.4 at d=17 down to +1.4 at d=21 for 2...Qa4
>3.Ne5 Kd8 in favour of black. But counting the material black should be up 4-5
>and not 1.4 so Junior sees some compensation... :-)

I think either of the lines


2... Qa3 3. Ne5 Qxc1 4. Rxc1 Kd8 5. Nc6 Kc7 6. Nxb8 Kxb8

2... Qa3 3. Ne5 Qd6 4. Rxa7 Qd8 5. Re7 Qxe7

gives black practical winning chanses, but maybe I missed something.

Ralf





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