Author: blass uri
Date: 12:56:29 05/12/98
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On May 12, 1998 at 05:16:49, Amir Ban wrote:
>On May 11, 1998 at 08:12:48, Amir Ban wrote:
>
>>
>>Junior will play in the Dov Porat Memorial starting this evening 19:00
>>(Monday). This is a 7-round swiss, 2nd round tomorrow (Tuesday), and
>>subsequent rounds on Mondays. The organizers say they have 10
>>grandmasters confirmed. The top rank will be Smirin.
>>
>
>The tournament has 40 players with 12 grandmasters. The 10th rank is
>rated 2500. The time control is 120/40+60/game. There are also several
>killer-kids in the pack. One of them beat GM Gofshtein. Another, 11 year
>old Eli Wabsha lost to GM Y.Greenfeld, but in the process got what I
>think is the most crushing position ever reached by anyone who had to
>resign 15 minutes later. I must get the game score to see what happened
>there.
>
>Junior (P2/333 80mb) won first round against an unknown Len Genrik (ELO
>2230). This was not an impressive game for Junior. It had a middlegame
>initiative, but was unable to do anything with it. White had an isolated
>passed d-pawn, which seemed indestructible and later turned into a real
>nuisance. However, the white king was a bit exposed, and when white
>slipped, he got murdered. The winning move 39...Nh5 should make a nice
>test-suite position.
39...Nh5 does not win
40.Qf2 Qe5+
41.g3 Nxg3
42.Rd5 Nf1+
43.Kg1 Qe6
44.d7 Qg6+
45.Kh1 Ng3+
46.Kh2 and black has to do draw by Nf1+ (Ithink the computer
did not see that Rh1+ 47.Kg2 Ne4+ 48.Kxh1 Nxf2+ Kh2
win for white)
Fritz5 also does not see in reasonable time Nh5 does not win
>
>
>[Event "Dov Porat Memorial"]
>[Site "Givataim, Israel"]
>[Date "11-May-98"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Len Genrik"]
>[Black "Junior 4.9"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "?"]
>
>1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6
>7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Rfd1 {Black out of
>book} Bg4
>12. Be2 O-O 13. Qc2 Rad8 14. Be1 Rfe8 15. e4 e5 {From now on Junior
>thinks it
>has a small advantage, ranging 0.2-0.4} 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 cxd5
>18. exd5 e4 19. Nd4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 e3 21. Bd4 exf2+ 22. Bxf2 Qd6 23. Nc3
>Ng4
>24. Bg3 Qb4 25. Re1 Ndf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {Over the next few moves Black's
>advantage evaporates. Junior tries hard not to trade the knight for the
>bishop}
>27. Qd2 Qc5+ 28. Bf2 Qd6 29. Bg3 Qb6+ 30. Bf2 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Qb3 32. d6
>Nd7
>33. Rd1 Re5 34. h3 h6 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. Rd4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Qf4 Nf6
>39. Qg3 {Losing} Nh5 {Score +2} 40. d7 Nxg3 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Kxg3 Qe3+
>{Mate in 12} 43. Kh4 Qf2+ 44. g3 g5+ 45. Kh5 Qf3+ 46. Rg4 Qf5 0-1
>
>Amir
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