Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 01:24:58 04/13/01
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On April 13, 2001 at 04:14:13, Bruce Moreland wrote: >This is from a post by Alex Szabo. > >#230 [Rb4 does not win. The main line is, 1... Rb4!? 2. cxb4 a4 > 3. b5+ Kxb5 4. Ba3 c3 5. Re2! Kc4 6. f4 Kxd4 7. f5 exf5 8. e6 Kd3 > 9. e7 Bd7 10. Kf3 d4 11. Rh2 Kc4 12. Rh8 b2 13. Rb8 d3 > 14. Bxb2 cxb2 15. Rxb2 a3 16. Rb7 Be8 17. Ra7 Kb3 18. Ke3 a2 > 19. Kxd3 Kb2 20. Rb7+ Kc1 21. Ra7 =] > > Ra7, Rb6, Rb5, Rd7, Rf7, Rg7, Rh7, Bd7, Kd7, Kb6, Kb5, a4, and Rc7 > are just as good as the book solution Rb4 -- they all hold the game. > >[D]2b5/1r6/2kBp1p1/p2pP1P1/2pP4/1pP3K1/1R3P2/8 b - - 0 1 > >I think this is worth thinking about. After 1. ... Rb4 2. cxb4 a5 3. b5+ Kxb5 >4. Ba3 c3 5. Re2 Kc4 6. f4, we get this: > >[D]2b5/8/4p1p1/3pP1P1/p1kP1P2/Bpp3K1/4R3/8 b - - 0 1 > >6. ... Bd7 is a possibility, but still seems like a draw. > >There is some fascinating stuff going on in the main line. > >WAC attributes this to Nimzovich, but doesn't give a game reference. > >I doubt that the position is solvable by a computer, and if anyone "finds" this, >they've got some lucky eval terms. Definitely one of the most interesting (and perhaps most important) questions in quite some time. Here is the game. [Event "It"] [Site "Bad Niendorf (Germany)"] [Date "1927.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kmoch, Hans"] [Black "Nimzowitsch, Aron I"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "KP"] [Variation "Nimzovich defence"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Ne2 d5 5. e5 h5 6. Nf4 g6 7. Be3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Na5 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nh3 c5 11. Bg5 c4 12. Be2 Nac6 13. Bf6 Rg8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Qd2 Nf5 16. Rfd1 Kd7 17. Ng5 Rf8 18. h3 Kc7 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nfe7 21. Kg2 Ng8 22. Bg7 Re8 23. Rh1 Bd7 24. Rh3 Nd8 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. Rh1 Qxa2 27. Rh7 Kb8 28. Nxf7 Nxf7 29. Rxf7 Bc6 30. Bf6 a5 31. Rh1 Qb2 32. Bg5 Rf8 33. Rfh7 Rc7 34. Rxc7 Kxc7 35. Qc1 Qxc3 36. Qa1 Qxa1 37. Rxa1 Ra8 38. Bd2 b6 39. Kg3 Ne7 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. Bb4 Nc6 42. Bd6+ Kb7 43. c3 b5 44. Rb1 b4 45. Ba4 b3 46. Bxc6+ Kxc6 47. g5 Ra7 48. Rb2 Rb7 49. Kf4 Bc8 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. cxb4 a4 52. b5+ Kxb5 53. Ba3 c3 54. Rb1 Kc4 55. f4 Kxd4 56. Kf2 Kc4 57. Ke1 d4 58. Ke2 Kd5 59. Kf3 Bb7 60. Re1 Kc4+ 61. Kf2 b2 62. f5 exf5 63. e6 Bc6 0-1
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