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Subject: Re: Ivanchuk beat Anand: two positions to test your favorite engine with

Author: Otello Gnaramori

Date: 00:55:53 12/14/01

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On December 13, 2001 at 23:18:22, martin fierz wrote:

>and in this position, otello wrote that fritz thinks white is slightly
>better after Kh2-g1 instead of Rxf5, as played by anand. i'm convinced
>that this position is great for black anyway - queen+knight vs queen+bishop
>against the exposed white king is an advantage anyway, and in addition, the
>black pawn majority h+g vs h-pawn is mobile, whereas white's majority is
>not.
>
>[D] 5q1k/1p4p1/1p1p2np/2pPpr2/P1P5/3PP2P/1P1B3K/3Q1R2 w - - 0 34
>

You are right,the position is anyway inferior for the white.
But for Fritz, Kg1 is promising at least a draw...instead of Rxf5 that further
compromise the already delicate situation of white.

Otello



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