Author: Frederic Friedel
Date: 06:21:14 09/11/00
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On September 11, 2000 at 07:04:43, Amir Ban wrote:
>Isn't 30.Qd8 an unforced error ? Why not 30.Bd5 ? Looks like white wins.
>
I have found at least a draw for Black after 30.Bd5 (below). Some of the lines
are eerily beautiful. I must talk to the Vish when he's back and find out
exactly what he saw.
[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang CHN"]
[Date "2000.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gelfand, B."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Friedel,F"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15.
Rac1 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Ne4 Be5 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nc6
Bxc6 22. dxc6 bxc5 23. Rxd8 Rcxd8 24. Re1 Bd4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qb5 Kg7 27.
Qxa5 Re2 28. Qxc7 Rxf2 29. Kh1 Nd3 30. Qd8 (30. Bd5 Ne5 {Threat Ng4} 31. Qc8
Rf1+ 32. Kg2 Rf2+ 33. Kh3 (33. Kg1 Rf3+ $11) 33... h5 {Threat again Ng4} 34. c7
Ng4 35. Bg2 (35. Qxg4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 f5+ 37. Kh3 g5 38. Bf3 g4+ 39. Bxg4 fxg4+
40. Kxg4 Rf8) 35... Rxb2 {Threatens Nxf2 and mate} 36. Qxg4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Rxg2
38. c8=Q Rxh2 {and probably a draw.}) 30... Rc2 31. Bf1 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Ng4+ 33.
Kf3 Ne5+ 34. Ke4 Nxc6 35. Qc7 Nb4 36. g4 Rf2 37. Bb5 g5 38. a5 1/2-1/2
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