Author: Andreas St.
Date: 05:15:16 03/11/01
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On March 11, 2001 at 05:28:55, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]2r2rn1/p3q1bk/n2p2pp/1b1PPp2/1pp2P1N/1P2N1P1/P1QB2BP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1 > > Selinski-Sotorenko, corr 1974 > > > Somehow my mind went back to the old Evans Gambit. I was raised with > this gambit (and others), which provided the tense and fireworks needed > for my age. But the old love never dies and the skipper still smiles > from his heaven above. Anyway, tactics is the name of the game, and > here is a nice position from a Russian corr game. > > A lot of tension and options, as you can see. White has to keep an eye > on the e5-pawn, which is under attack, and moves like 1.-c3 or 1.-cxb3. > He found a nice way of forcing the black king into a land of danger and > death. Pushed further and further towards the guillotine. Strong, almost > magnetic forces are working here, which formes the name of this theme: > The Magnet. Or if you prefer it this way: "Hi there big fellow - care to > join me for a cup of coffee?" ;) > > > Test: White to move and win. Let's go for the king! Some clues further down. > White might have some other promising continuations here, but we > assume that Selinski's choice is the most straight forward. > > Sune > > > > > > > >Selinski - Sotorenko >Fernpartie, 1974 > >1.Nxg6! Kxg6 2.Nxf5! Rxf5 3.Qxf5+! Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 > >[5...Kxh3 6.Bf5+ Kxg3 7.Re3+ Kh4 8.Rh3#; > 5...Kh5 6.g4+ Kh4 7.Re3] > >6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6 Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Bxe5 9.Re4+ Kxh3 10.Bf5+ Kg3 11.Be1# 1-0 Hi Chessmaster 6555 (1.2 GHZ - 128 MB hash) plays in 1 sec 1.Nxg6 after 20 sec.: 1.N3xf5 [cxb3 2.Nxe7 Rxc2 3.N7xg6] Score +2.70 after manual 1.Nxg6 Kxg6 CM 6555 plays 2.Nxf5 after 0 sec. (+8), after 30 sec. a score about +11.01 [2. ...Kf7 3.Nxe7 Nxe7 4.exd6] Greets AS
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