Author: Amir Ban
Date: 23:20:15 11/05/97
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On November 05, 1997 at 15:08:08, Thorsten Czub wrote:
>Here is the game, a subvariation and some of my impressions in the most
>tensioned position...
>
>
>[Event "15th WMCC"]
>[Site "Paris"]
>[Date "1997.11.01"]
>[Round "10"]
>[White "Virtual Chess 2 / P2-300"]
>[Black "Chess System Tal / P2-300"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "B92"]
>[PlyCount "152"]
>[EventDate "1997.10.26"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
>Be7 8. O-O
>O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14.
>Qe1 Qc6 15.
>Bf3 h6 16. h3 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4
>21. Rd4
>Bf8 22. Qd2 Qe8 23. Qxf4 Qe6 24. Qd2 Rc7 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Rdc8 27.
>Qd3 Qe5
>28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Bd5 Nh5 30. g3 Nf6 31. Bc4 Qh5 32. Kg2 Qe5 33. Ra4 Qg5
>34. Nb5
>Rd7 35. f4 Qh5 36. b4 Qg6 37. Nc3 Nh5 38. Nd5 Be7 39. f5 Qg5 40. h4
>Qc1 41. b5
>Nxg3 42. Nxe7 Rxe7 43. Kxg3 Qg1+ 44. Kf3 Qh1+ 45. Ke3 d5 46. Rxd5 Qe1+
>47. Kf3 (47.Kd4 Rce8 48.Kc5 Rxe4 49.Rd4 Rxd4 50.Qxd4 Qe7+ 51.Kb6 Rc8
>52.Qf4 Qd8+ 53.Kxb7 Qd7+ 54.Ka6 Ra8+ 55.Kb6 Qa7+ 56.Kc6 Rc8+ 57.Kd5
>Rd8+ 58.Kc6 {and perpetual draw})
>
>Qh1+ 48. Ke3 Rce8 49. Rd4 Qxh4 50. Bd5 Rc7 51. Rdc4 Rd7 52. a6 bxa6
>53. Rxa6
>Qe1+ 54. Kf3 Qh1+ 55. Ke2 Kh7 56. b6 Re5 57. Qf3 Qb1 58. Ra5 Qxb6 59.
>Qc3 Ree7
>60. f6 gxf6 61. Rc6 Qb1 62. Kf2 Rb7 63. Ra2 Qh1 64. Qxf6 Qh2+ 65. Ke3
>Qg3+ 66.
>Kd4 Qg1+ 67. Rf2 Qa1+ 68. Kd3 Qxf6 69. Rcxf6 Rb1 70. Rh2 Rd1+ 71. Kc2
>Kg7 72.
>Rfxh6 Rg1 73. Rh7+ Kf8 74. Rf2 Rc7+ 75. Kd2 Rg7 76. Rh8+ Rg8 1-0
>
To change the subject slightly, is this final position really a win ?
The game continuation went (I think) 77. Rxg8+ Rxg8 78. Ke3 Kg7 79. Kd4
Re7 80. Rxf7+ winning. What if Black plays 79... g6 ? For example 80.
Rg2+ Kh6 81. Ke3 Re7 82. Kf4 Re5 and what next ? I don't see an obvious
way to win.
Amir
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