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Subject: Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack

Author: Chessfun

Date: 16:44:15 10/23/00

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On October 23, 2000 at 15:01:07, Jeremiah Penery wrote:

>[Event "?"]
>[Site "USA"]
>[Date "1989.??.??"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Deep Thought"]
>[Black "Valvo Michael J"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C31"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7.
>dxc6 Nbxc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. Bc4 0-0 10. a3 b5 11. Bb3 Na6 12. Nxb5 Qa5+
>13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ba6 15. b4 Qc7 16. bxc5 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qxc5 18. c4
>Nxd5 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. Nxd4 Bc5 21. Kd2 Ne3 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Bb2 Nxg2
>24. Raf1 Rcd8 25. Rhg1 Re3+ 26. Kd2 f3 27. Rxf3 Rxf3 28. Rxg2 Rh3
>29. Kc1 g6 30. a4 Bb7 31. Rf2 Ba8 32. Bb1 Rb8 33. Ba2 Rd3 34. Rf4
>Rd2 35. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 36. Nc2 Rxa2 37. Nc3 Rb2 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Rf1 f5
>40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. cxd5 Rb3 42. h4 Kf6 43. Re1 Rh3 44. Re6+ Kf7 45. a5
>Rxh4 46. Rc6 Bb4+ 47. Nxb4 Rxb4 48. Rc7+ Kf6
>0-1
>
>[D]r4rk1/p1q1nppp/b2b4/2nP4/1P3p2/P1N2N2/B1P3PP/R1BQK2R w - -
>
>This position is at white's 16th move.  bxc5 leads to nastiness for white, but
>is there a better move?  Perhaps 16. b5!?, preventing black's light-squared
>bishop from pointing at f1 temporarily.  Or perhaps an immediate Ne2 would be a
>little better, with the idea of castling to get the king to a safer place.
>I'm especially interested to know what Gambit-Tiger sees here - does it see the
>attack coming?
>
>Thanks,
>Jeremiah

Gambit 1.0 Cel 433 48 mb.
; 00:00:00.6  1.   Score: 4.06   depth: 7 bxc5 Bxc5 Ne4 Rae8 c4 Nc6 Nd2
; 00:00:00.3  1.   Score: 4.06   depth: 7 bxc5 Bxc5 Ne4 Rae8 d6 Qc6 Nxc5 Nd5+
Kd2 Qxc5
; 00:00:02.1  1.   Score: 3.70   depth: 8 bxc5 Rfe8 Ne4 Nf5 Ng5 Bxc5 Qg4 Qe5
; 00:00:08.1  1.   Score: 3.40   depth: 9 bxc5 Bxc5 Ne4 Nf5 c4 Rfe8 Qe2 Ne3 Nfg5
Bd4
; 00:00:25.9  1.   Score: 3.00   depth: 10 bxc5 Rfe8 Ne4 Nf5 Ng5 Bxc5 c4 Bd4 d6
Qxd6
; 00:00:44.2  1.   Score: 2.96   depth: 11 bxc5 Rfe8 Ne4 Nf5 Ng5 Bxc5 d6 Nxd6
Bd5 Nxe4 Bxe4
; 00:04:53.4  1.   Score: 1.64   depth: 12 bxc5 Rae8 Ne2 Nxd5 c4 Nc3 cxd6 Qc5 d7
Rxe2+ Qxe2 Nxe2 Kxe2 Bxc4+ Bxc4 Qxc4+
; 00:07:21.9  1.   Score: 1.64   depth: 13 bxc5 Rae8 Ne2 Nxd5 c4 Nc3 cxd6 Qc5 d7
Rxe2+ Qxe2 Nxe2 Kxe2 Bxc4+ Bxc4 Qxc4+
; 00:17:02.6  1.   Score: 1.42   depth: 14 bxc5 Rfe8 Ne2 Qxc5 c4 Nxd5 Qc2 Rac8
Rf1 Bxc4 Bxc4 Qxc4 Qxc4 Rxc4

; Analysis completed

Sarah.

• Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Jeremiah Penery 17:46:08 10/23/00
  • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Chessfun 19:06:13 10/23/00
    • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Howard Exner 21:53:05 10/23/00
      • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Robert Hyatt 06:07:56 10/25/00
        • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Howard Exner 08:24:17 10/25/00
          • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Robert Hyatt 12:29:44 10/25/00
          • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack David Eppstein 09:34:14 10/25/00
      • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack David Eppstein 22:18:25 10/24/00
        • Re: A Test Position - Sacrifice for an Attack Howard Exner 08:04:46 10/25/00

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