Author: Laurence Chen
Date: 15:48:39 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 14:29:06, Torstein Hall wrote: >On December 01, 2000 at 12:57:57, Franck ZIBI wrote: > >> >>In the round 2.2 of the World Championship in India (1st Dec.), >>Anand faced IGM Bologan with white, and reached the following position : >> >>[D] 2b1rb1k/2r2ppp/n2p4/3P2PN/3NPQ2/2p3RP/1q3PK1/1B1R4 w - - >> >>Bologan has just played 36. ... c3 with (what looks like) >>a very good position for black (the c3 pawn is a monster). >> >>But Anand played here an impressive move that forced his opponent to >>resign 5 moves later: >> >>Nf6!! >> >>The idea is that after >>37. Nf6 gxf6 >>38. gxf6 Re5 >>39. Nf5! is winning for white >> >>and after: >>37. Nf6 gxf6 >>38. gxf6 h6 >>39. Kh1 (with the idea Rdg1) is very strong for white. >> >>Is any program able to find Nf6 at tournament time control ? >> >>Regards. > >Extremly impressive play by Anand! >I do not think any program will find this one, at least noth within reasonable >tournament time. (I feel this one require planning as well as calculation.) >Kramnik sayed that he felt programs to be weak in tactics. Perhaps this long >range combinations, was what he was refering to? Or perhaps Anand had it all >worked out at home? > >Torstein Perhaps Anand knew of a classic game played by Tarrasch, I remember seen a similar game in which White allowed Black to create a passed pawn, only to be mated in the kingside. The problem is that I don't recall this game played by Tarrasch, nor if he was playing White or Black in this game. Or it's possible that it was not Tarrasch, but I'm sure that there similar games in chess literature played by old GM's which demonstrated similar technique. Regards, Laurence
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