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Subject: Re: Now's the time for Amir to Talk...:-)

Author: blass uri

Date: 11:47:24 07/17/00

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On July 17, 2000 at 13:40:45, Robert Hyatt wrote:

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>>27. Rxb7 Rd7 28. Rxd7
>>
>>{White can play 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qd5 Qa1+ 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Bf4 and black looks
>>bad, although the result is still unclear.
>>
>>Leko offered here a draw. I chose to continue because after this move Junior's
>>eval switched sign to positive. After the game Leko said that a GM as black
>>would be looking for ways to draw, not to win}
>
>Your eval was positive here?  I looked at this a while and concluded black is
>probably losing.  I sicced crafty on it for a while and it failed low at every
>iteration.  After 13 it was -1.61...  at 14 it was -2.10, at 15 -2.25, etc...
>
>what did DJ see to produce a + eval?  I am searching the position after 28. Bxf7
>which is what Crafty had for the best move for white by far...

You are looking in the wrong position.

Leko offered a draw when he played 28.Rxd7 so you should look in the position
after 28.Rxd7

I think that 28.Bxf7 is winning.

Uri



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