Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 05:45:08 06/22/01
[D]r1bq1rk1/p3bpp1/2p2n1p/3p2B1/8/2NB1Q2/PPP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 13
This is from the game IM Berg 2474 - GM Sokolov 2659 in Siegman tournament,
Malmo 2001. In an old and wellknown line in Scottish strange things happened.
Except from some time saving checks, black's position was ripe for resign
7 moves later.
13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Qe3 Bd6 15.Qxh6 Rb8 16.Re3 Bg4 17.Rae1 Bh5 18.Qg5+ Kh8
19.Rh3 1-0 (I think I've seen some old recommendation, by Euwe, of
14.-d4 15.Qxh6 Qd6=)
Test: Any attacking programs out there that would play 13.Bxh6?
Phalanx? Crafty? Tiger? The whole game below.
[Event "Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2001"]
[Site "Malmö, Sweden"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Qe3
Bd6 15. Qxh6 Rb8 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh4+ Kg7 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Re3
Bg4 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Rae1 Bh5 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Rh3 1-0
Capablanca showed better judgment already in 1925:
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. Bxh6
gxh6 15. Qe3 Bd6 16. Qxh6 Rb4 1/2-1/2
Sune
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