Author: Mike S.
Date: 07:54:59 10/10/00
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On October 10, 2000 at 10:24:57, Jim Monaghan wrote: [D]4q1kr/p6p/1prQPppB/4n3/8/2P5/PP2B2P/R5K1 w - - 0 1 >(...) >1.Qxe5! (Black's king and rook are unfortunately placed inviting a neat queen >sac, which ties black up completely ... in spite of his huge material >advantage.) 1...fxe5 2.Rf1! (threatening 3.Bb5 and 4.Bxc6) 2...Rc8 [2...Rxe6 >3.Bc4 leads to mate] 3.Bd1! Rc4 [3...Qxe6 4.Bb3 Qxb3 5.axb3 and white's king >moves to the q-side] 4.Bb3 b5 5.Bxc4 bxc4 6.b3 (creating a passed pawn against >which black is helpless, as his queen is paralyzed by the threat of mate, 6 b4! >is still more precise) 6...a5 7.bxc4 Qe7 8.Kg2 Qa3 9.Rf2 Qe7 10.Rf1 g5? >[10...Qa3 11.Rf7 Qxa2+ 12.Kg3 Qa3 13.c5! Qxc3+ 14.Kg4 Qxc5 15.Rg7+ Kf8 >16.Rc7++-] 11.Rf5 g4 12.c5 Qd8 13.c6 Qe7 14.c7 (1-0) > >A beautiful positional sacrifice that is hard for engines to see ... the normal >evaluation of the pieces and position is exceptional. > >Can Gandolph solve this in 15 minutes? I think the correct name is Randolph... or Rudolph? Maybe he's already busy with training for Dec 24th. Btw., for a diagram display, you just have to put [D] in front of the EPD string (like above). Regards, M.Scheidl
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