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Subject: Re: It is a mistake of tiger and not a combination

Author: blass uri

Date: 08:35:02 08/06/00

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On August 06, 2000 at 10:00:43, pete wrote:

>>>Fritz started to be happy only after tiger's 51.Qxd6.
>>>I suspect that tiger touched the wrong piece and I believe that taking d6 with
>>>the rook was better.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>Chessmaster6000(ss=10)'s observations:
>>1)Qb8+ instead of Qxd6 was a draw.
>>2)The position after Rxd6 instead of Qxd6 is also a draw
>>3)52.Qb8+ is a mistake and 52.Kh1 is the right move for white when black has
>>about a pawn advantage for and not 11 pawns after more than one minute of
>>search.
>>
>>Uri
>
>Indeed 51. Rxd6 allows White to escape to eternal check in the last moment .
>
>I didn't see that when I followed the game .
>
>I don't agree that Qb8 + would have helped much as Black has Nf8 ; please
>provide a saving line .

chessmaster admit after 16 minutes and 45 seconds that Qb8+ is bad for
white(evaluation -0.37)
After 33:06 it finds Rxd6 with evaluation 0.00

It seems that Qb8 is not good but I did not analyze it enough to be sure that it
is losing.

>
>After 51. Qxd6 nothing seems to help saving the game although ptobably Kh1 or
>Nf4 would have put up a somehow longer resistance .
>
>Still with possible threats like a3 or Ng3,f5 in the initial position I think it
>is a very good idea to play ...Ne6 and my admiration remains :-)

It may be a good practical idea but I think there are other ways for equallity.

Uri



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