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Subject: Re: fascinating queen sac

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 05:55:44 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 have pretty much the same line here, but in a different order.  2. ...Kd8 3.
Ne5 Qa4, and I don't see how white can get a draw, since the perpetual doesn't
work.  I think black will be forced to trade his queen for a white rook soon,
but black is still winning after it.



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