Author: Howard Exner
Date: 11:07:06 10/14/00
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On October 14, 2000 at 14:01:27, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >On October 14, 2000 at 12:53:49, Volker Kniest wrote: > >Hi all, > >Just returned home from Leiden, where I am operating Tiger. The game vs. Nimzo >was truly amazing. In sort notice the following happened: > >1. The opening went clearly better for Tiger Gambit, leading to a big advantage. >2. The move 26 Nc5 looked very attractive, but then the attack somehow couldn't >be continued. >3. Suddenly Tiger Gambit came up with the amazing exchange sac 43 Rc6!!? [D]1k1r4/p2r4/1p6/nP2p1q1/P3Qp1p/2R2P1P/2R3P1/6BK w - - id Tiger - Nimzo 8 Are computers supposed to make these kind of moves? Tal was asked on many occasions, Why did you make that move? Did you know it was winning? His reply, "no I didn't know I was winning, but I knew I wasn't losing either"(paraphrase) >Nimzo >took it, evaluating +1, Tiger didn't expect Blacj to take and scored +2,5 after >44 bxc6. >4. To me it was absolutely not clear how Tiger was going to force through the >attack. The more: c6 seemed to be weak, so I was getting quite nervouss... >5. For some ten moves the scores remained the same: Tiger showed +1,5 to +2,5, >while Nimzo believed Black was better by +0,50 to +1. >6. In the course of the game Tiger proved absolutely right: It improved its >position, Nimzo couldn't move anything, without losing. >7. In the end it was a massacre, with the Black king hunted over the board, >losing a piece and the game. > >A truly AMAZING game by Tiger!! > >Jeroen > > > >>[Event "Open Dutch CC 2000"] >>[Site "Leiden NED"] >>[Date "2000.10.14"] >>[Round "02"] >>[White "Tiger"] >>[Black "Nimzo 8"] >>[Result "1-0"] >>[ECO "D20"] >> >>1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Bf5 >>8.Nbc3 e6 9.a3 Qd7 10.O-O Be7 11.Be3 O-O-O 12.Rc1 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 >>14.Na4 Nd5 15.Bc4 Na5 16.Ba2 Bg4 17.Nac3 Nxc3 18.Rxc3 Kb8 19.f3 Bh5 >>20.b4 Nc6 21.b5 Na5 22.Qa4 b6 23.Nf4 Bf7 24.Rfc1 Bd6 25.Nd3 Rhg8 >>26.Nc5 Bxc5 27.dxc5 e5 28.Bxf7 Qxf7 29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Qc2 Qg6 31.Qa2 f5 >>32.Kh1 f4 33.Bg1 h5 34.Qe2 Qf6 35.a4 h4 36.h3 Qg5 37.R1c2 Rd7 >>38.Qe1 Rdg7 39.Qe4 Rd7 40.Qe2 Rgd8 41.Qe1 Qe7 42.Qe4 Qg5 43.Rc6 Nxc6 >>44.bxc6 Rc7 45.a5 bxa5 46.Qe2 a4 47.Qb5+ Ka8 48.Qxa4 Qf6 49.Qa5 Qe7 >>50.Re2 Rdc8 51.Rxe5 Qg7 52.Qe1 a6 53.Qe2 Rxc6 54.Re7 Qc3 55.Kh2 Qb4 >>56.Ra7+ Kb8 57.Qe5+ R8c7 58.Qh8+ Rc8 59.Qxh4 Rc1 60.Bf2 R1c6 >>61.Qg5 R8c7 62.Qg8+ Rc8 63.Qg7 R8c7 64.Qh8+ Rc8 65.Qe5+ R8c7 66.h4 Rc2 >>67.Bd4 R2c4 68.Qe8+ Rc8 69.Qe4 R8c6 70.Rd7 a5 71.Be5+ Ka8 72.Rd8+ Ka7 >>73.Qh7+ Ka6 74.Rb8 Rb6 75.Ra8+ Kb5 76.Qd7+ Rcc6 77.Bc7 Qe1 78.Re8 Qxh4+ >>79.Kg1 Qf6 80.Re5+ Kc4 81.Bxb6 Qxe5 82.Qxc6+ Kb3 83.Qe4 Qa1+ >>84.Kf2 Qb2+ 85.Qe2 Qxe2+ 86.Kxe2 a4 87.Kd2 a3 88.Ba5 a2 1-0 >> >> >>Volker.
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