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Subject: Re: Book - B78 line lost for white?

Author: Kurt Widmann

Date: 22:31:37 12/25/00

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On December 25, 2000 at 22:19:10, Alexander Kure wrote:

>Hi Kurt,
>
>[..]
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>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6
>>9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rc8 13.Bg5 Rc5 14.Kb1 b5 15.g4 a5 16.Bxf6
>>Bxf6 17.gxh5 a4 18.Bd5 e6 19.hxg6 exd5 20.h5 Bg5 21.f4 Nc4 22.Qg2 Ne3 23.Qxg5
>>Qxg5 24.fxg5 Nxd1 25.gxf7+ Rxf7 26.Rxd1 Bg4 27.Re1 dxe4 28.Ndxb5 d5 29.Nd6
>>
>>[29.h6 Rf5 30.Nd6
>>(30.Nd4 Rxg5 31.Rg1 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Kh7 33.Ne6 Rg8 34.Nc7 Be6 35.Rd1 Bf7 36.Rf1 Kg6
>>37.h7 Rh8 38.Rd1 Rxh7 39.Nxd5 Bxd5 40.Rxd5 e3 41.Kc1 Rh1+ 42.Rd1 Rh3 43.Rd4 a3
>>44.Kd1 Rh1+ 45.Ke2 Rh2+ 46.Kxe3 Rxc2 47.Rd2 Rxc3+ 48.Kd4 Rh3 49.Rd3 Rxd3+
>>50.Kxd3 Kf5 51.Kd4 Ke6 52.Kc5 Kd7 53.Kb4 Kc6;
>>30.Rg1 Rxg5 31.Nd4 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Kh7)
>>30...Rxg5 31.Rh1 Rc7 32.Kc1
>>(32.b4 Bf3 33.Ncb5 Bxh1 34.Nxc7 e3 35.Nce8 e2 36.Nf6+ Kf8 37.Nh7+ Ke7 38.Nxg5
>>e1Q+) 33.Rh3 e3 34.b3 a3]
>>
>>29...Rg7 30.Rg1
>>[30.h6 Rxg5 31.Rh1 (31.Ndxe4 dxe4 32.Nxe4 Rce5) 31...Rc7]
>>30...Bxh5 31.Nxa4 Rc6 32.Nf5 Rb7 33.a3 Bg6 34.Nh4 e3 35.Nxg6 Rxg6 36.Nc3 Rf7
>>37.Re1 Rf5 38.Nb5 Re5 39.Nd4 Re4 40.Nf3 d4 41.Ka2 Rc6
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>I can't see anything wrong after 33.Kc1 instead of the useless 33.a3?
>White seems to be ok, e.g. 33...d4 34.b3 (34.c3!? Rd7 35.b4 is also interesting)
>Rd7 (34...d3 35.c4) 35.Nb2 d3 with a very interesting unbalanced ending.
>But there is also 33.c3 first to prevent any d4 tricks and to fix black's d pawn
>to d5. This seems the be strongest move.
>Personally i do not see why white should be lost right after the opening.
>
>Greetings
>Alex

Yes you are correct. I overstated winning chances for black to get attention.
But, it seems white has to fight for a draw in this line.
I can,t find any improvement for white. It may be worth looking into
18.hg6 ab3 19.Nb3

Anyway 33.Kc1 keeps white alive

33.Kc1 Bg6 34.Nh4 e3 35.Nxg6 Rxg6 36.c3 [36.Nc3 d4 37.Ne2 Rd7 (37...Rb5 38.Nxd4
Rbxg5 39.Re1 Rg1 40.Kd1 Rxe1+ 41.Kxe1 Rg2 42.a4 Rd2 43.Nf5 Rxc2 44.Nxe3 Rxb2)
38.Nf4 Rc6 39.Kd1 Rdc7 40.Rg2 Rh7 41.Nd3 Rh1+ 42.Ne1 Kg7 43.Rg4 Rc4 44.Re4 Rh2
45.Re6 Rc5 46.Nf3 Rf2-+] 36...Ra7 37.b3 Rag7 38.Rg3 Rxg5 39.Rxe3 Rg2 40.a3 Rf2
41.Rd3 Ra2 42.Kb1 Rh2 43.Nb2 Rgg2 44.Nd1 Ra2 45.Rxd5 Rxa3 46.b4 Kf7 47.Ra5 Rb3+
48.Kc1 Ke6 49.b5 Kd5 50.Ra4 Kc5 51.Rd4 Rxb5 52.Rd2 [52.Ne3 Rbb2 53.Rc4+ Kb5
54.Rb4+ Rxb4 55.cxb4 Kxb4)] 52...Rh3 53.Nf2 Rh4 54.Kc2 Kc4 ½-½
thanks for your input,
kurt




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