Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 09:56:59 07/15/01
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On July 15, 2001 at 12:24:25, Peter Berger wrote:
>On July 15, 2001 at 07:28:46, Andrew Williams wrote:
>
>>>Fascinating blitz game and good comeback by PM out of a bad position . 32.
>>>...Qc8 looks bad and should have been avoided . I checked and Tiger plays that,
>>>too at low depths.
>>>
>4kr2/1b2rp2/2qp3Q/4p2B/Np1bP3/1P3RP1/2PR3P/2K5 b - - am Qc8
>>
>>
>>Yes. PM only briefly likes it at depth 9, but as luck would have it,
>>that's what it came up with in the time available. While watching, I
>>was suspicious of this move, because it seems to be at odds to what
>>PM was doing in the previous moves. A long think gives 32...Ba6, with a
>>score somewhere around -0.6:
>>
>>12= -52 287 38588438 1... Ba6 2. Kd1 Bb5 3. Qf6 Kd7 4. Qg7 Ke8
>> 5. Bg6 Rc7 6. Ke1 d5
>>
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Andrew
>
>I don't like your line very much ; I think 1. ...Bc8 would be a better move but
>this is a matter of opinion or would require deeper analysis .
>
>More interesting is what Searcher missed to finish off PM after the Qc8 mistake,
>namely a nice shot at move 36 :
>
>[D]2q1kr2/3brp2/3R3Q/4p3/Np1b4/1P4P1/2PRB2P/2K5 w - - 0 1
>
>Here 36. R2xd4 ed 37. Nb6 + - is a pretty and logical finisher .
>
>This one _should_ be solvable for some of the better engines even at Blitz time
>controls and looks like a good tactical test.
>
>Cheers.
>
>pete
A nice tactical test. This is a bit difficult for PM; for a while it likes
the idea of Nb6 first then R2xd4 to follow. It switches to playing R2xd4
first at 97 seconds:
11> 135 12 1877553 1. Rxd7 Rxd7 2. Bb5 Ke7 3. Bxd7 Qxd7 4. Nb6 Qe6
5.Qg5 f6 6. Qg7
11b 140 39 5535822 1. Nb6 Qc3 2. R2xd4 Qa1 3. Kd2 Qc3 4. Kd1 Qa1
5. Qc1 Qxc1 6. Kxc1 exd4 7. Nxd7 Rxd7 8. Bb5
11= 232 58 9055274 1. Nb6 Qc3 2. R2xd4 Qa1 3. Kd2 exd4 4. Nd5 Rxe2
5. Kxe2 Bg4 6. Kf2 Qd1 7. Nxb4
12> 232 69 10613747 1. Nb6 Qc3 2. R2xd4 Qa1 3. Kd2 exd4 4. Nd5 Rxe2
5. Kxe2 Bg4 6. Kf2 Qd1 7. Rd8 Kxd8
12b 287 97 14933096 1. R2xd4 exd4 2. Nb6 d3 3. Nxc8 dxe2 4. Rxd7 Rxd7
5. Qe3 Kd8 6. Qxe2 Kxc8 7. Qc4
12= 287 102 15835125 1. R2xd4 exd4 2. Nb6 d3 3. Nxc8 dxe2 4. Rxd7 Rxd7
5. Qe3 Kd8 6. Qxe2 Kxc8 7. Qc4
Cheers
Andrew
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