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Subject: Re: interesting tactical game: PM-Arasan

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 21:50:47 11/16/00

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On November 16, 2000 at 23:49:37, Jon Dart wrote:

>I've been taking a close look at the following game, where
>Arasan went down in a sudden tactical defeat to Postmodernist.
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2000.11.14"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "PostModernist"]
>[Black "Arasan 6.0"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "C24"]
>[WhiteElo "2451"]
>[BlackElo "2505"]
>[TimeControl "1200+5"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 c6 7. d4
>exd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. O-O-O Nd5 10. e5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. Bb3 Bf5
>13. h4 Bg4 14. Qb4 Qc8 15. Qf4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a5 17. Qf4 b5 18. a4
>bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bxe5 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. h5 gxh5 22. g4 h4 23. Rh1 Rb8
>24. Rxh4 d4 25. Bh6 Nc5 26. Qc4 Nxb3+ 27. cxb3 Re8 28. Rh5 Bf6
>29. Bd2 Qxg4 30. Rxh7 Kxh7 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Rh1+ Bh4 33. Bf4 Re7
>34. Qxe7 Qxf4+ 35. Kb1 Qf5+ 36. Ka2 Rf8 37. Qxh4+ Kg8 38. Rg1+ Kf7
>39. Qxd4 Ke8 1-0
>
>It looks to me like Black should avoid 29 .. Qxg4. Analysis by
>Crafty agrees: Crafty eventually switches to Qe6, but it takes
>a *long* time. And after 30 minutes it still thinks both moves
>have a positive score, so it doesn't see a storm coming .. yet.

I think 29. ...Qxg4 30. Rxh7 Qe6! is Ok for black.  I couldn't find a winning
line for white in a short time, anyway.



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