Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 16:22:26 09/09/01
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On September 09, 2001 at 19:01:48, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>On September 09, 2001 at 18:30:17, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>On September 09, 2001 at 16:53:56, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On September 09, 2001 at 15:45:08, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>>>
>>>>34. Re2 doesn't look that great, but even in your line:
>>>>
>>>>>32.Bg5 Bg7 33.Bf4 c4 34.Re2 Bd7 35.Rd1 Bb5 36.Ree1 Bxa4 37.bxa4 Rb2
>>>>>38.Rd2 Rxa2 39.Bxf5
>>>>
>>>>39.Bxf5 Rxd2 40.Bxe6 Kf8 41.Bxd2 Rxa4 =/+
>>>>
>>>>White is down a pawn but has the bishop pair as compensation. This looks like a
>>>>draw with best play, so it's completely unconvincing as an attempt for an
>>>>advantage worthy of +2.xx.
>>>
>>>
>>>How about against 38... Kf8!, which I think is better for Black than ...Rxa2.
>>
>>Hmm... that move looks interesting.
>>
>>39. Rc1 Rxa2 40.Bd1 Rxd2 41.Bxd2 Nd3 42.Rb1 Be5 43.Bc2 Nc5 44.Rb4 d5
>>
>>This is starting to look like a pawn up for Black. Hmm. But would DT2 have
>>given a static evaluation >2 to this position? Seems unlikely to me... what do
>>you think?
>
>Black has better earlier on:
>
>Instead of 36. .. Bxa4 first 36. .. Nd3!
>
>37. Bxd3 cxd3 38. c4 Bxa4 39. bxa4 Bd4+! {not d5}
>40. Kh1 {forced} Rc7
>
>now white has several options
>
>41. Rxd3 Rxc4 42. Be5 Rb1
Did you miss a move in here? 42. Be5?? dxe5, and Rb1 isn't legal there.
>now black has two winners
>
>43. Rcxa4
>
>white is lost now, the checking sequence at the last
>rows only serves to improve blacks position and grabbing
>the h7 pawn doesn't help
>
>43. f4!
>
>Oh the irony. The bishop is trapped.
>
>I get scores around +1.5 in favor of black here on all
>variations, so it's perfectly possible DT would grade this
>as +2.
>
>--
>GCP
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