Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:38:21 07/26/01
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On July 26, 2001 at 09:30:33, Oliver Roese wrote:
>On July 26, 2001 at 07:07:50, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>
>>[D]4r2k/1p4p1/p1bQ3p/8/2P2P2/1P3P1P/P5K1/3Rq1N1 b - - 0 36
>>
>>Hi Antonio,
>>
>>This is a very interesting position indeed.
>>I assume I would play 36?Re2+ here, and end up nowhere.
>>
>You wouldnt, since it is a forced mate after
>36...Re2 37.Nxe2 Qxe2 38.Kg1 Qe3+
but not after 38.Kg3
Albert
>
>Oliver
>
>
>>The sequence after Bxf3: 37. Kxf3 Re3+ 38. Kg4 Qg3+ 39. Kf5 Kh7 is forced, I
>>think.
>>The basic problem is that the white queen can't move, as it has to prevent mate
>>on g6. If you want to hold on to that extra knight, the only way to do is
>>shuffle your pawns at the white queenside as the rest of the pieces have to sit
>>as quiet as possible. But that *always* leads to the manoeuvre ...Qg2 and ..Qc2+
>>
>>I think Noonian works the same and tried to hold on to this advantage by playing
>>40.c5, but as far as I can see the only way to prevent this manoeuvering of the
>>queen is giving up the knight and shielding the king with the rook: 40.Rd5 and
>>41. Re5, and the king has an extra field to hide (e6!) when black would play Qg2
>>and Qc2+. (In that case white has an extra knigth and of course is winning).
>>So in this case I think **40.c5?** is the culprit.
>>
>>After 40.Rd5 black should take back the knight with 40...Qxg1 and 41.Re5 and
>>black has advantage, although I don't know if it's enough to win.
>>
>>[D]8/1p4pk/p2Q3p/4RK2/2P2P2/1P2r2P/P7/6q1 b - - 0 40
>>
>>J.
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