Author: blass uri
Date: 09:56:18 05/29/98
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On May 29, 1998 at 05:01:53, Dennis Breuker wrote: >In http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/michael53.html Michael Greengard >gives some interesting analysis for the third game in the >Kramnik-Shirov match. > >This is the game in PGN: > >[Event "WCC Cand final"] >[Site "Cazorla ESP"] >[Date "1998.05.27"] >[Round "03"] >[White "Kramnik,V"] >[Black "Shirov,A"] >[Result "1/2-1/2"] >[ECO "D88"] >[WhiteElo "2790"] >[BlackElo "2710"] > >1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 >O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 >Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 >19. h3 Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 >Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. >g3 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Bf4 32. Kf2 Kc5 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 1/2-1/2 > >Here I quote the relevant part of what Michael Greengard wrote: > > >------------- <begin quote> >30.g3 looks like a blunder, tossing a pawn and allowing the bishop to >protect the weak e-pawn, but upon deeper inspection White has nothing >else. 30.Ng5 is the obvious move, winning a pawn and, coincidentally, >almost losing the game! You computer analysis addicts out there should >toss your Pentium 400 MHz and ChesSpank 6000 out the window on this one >as I'm sure they just LOVE 30.Ng5! I'm still looking at side lines, but >it's very hard for White to save the game as the queenside pawns are >very fast if the knight wanders that far away. (Good thing to remember >in your own games. Pawns are slow in the middlegame, but are devilishly >fast in endgames vs. knights!) > >While Black is in trouble if he tries to defend (Black loses after >30.Ng5? 30...h6 or 30...b5 and just barely draws (?) after 30...Ke7), he >can go on the offensive with 30...Kc5! and it takes some serious >acrobatics for White to even draw this position. > >[ANALYSIS LINE: 30.Ng5?] > >30...Kc5! 31.Nxh7 b5 32.g3 a5 > >(32...Bxg3? Slowing down the queenside pawns by a crucial tempo and >allowing the white king to gain several important tempi hitting the >bishop. 33.Nf8 a5 34.Kg2 Be1 35.Nxg6 Kd6 36.Kf1! Bc3 37.h4 b4 38.Ke2 >winning) > >33.Kg2 Bd4 fritz5 prefered 33...a4 with evaluation of equality after 7 minutes 34.Ng5 > >(This crazy line which appears to save White is probably better! Lots of >analysis needed here: 34.h4 b4 35.h5 gxh5 36.gxh5 a4 37.Nf6 Be3 38.d6 >Bg5 39.Ng4 now 39...Kxd6 wins for black Uri
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