Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 06:07:56 12/14/01
Kasparov-Ribli,1989 [position discussed by Kasparov,Botvinnik,Vaganian,and in rec.games.chess by CC world-champion Hans Berliner and Feng-Hsiung Hsu] [D]5rk1/5ppp/p1Q1p3/1R6/q7/4B1P1/P2RPP1P/6K1 w And here Kasparov played 1. fxe3 and a draw was agreed. GM Vaganian suggested 1. Rd8! then 1...Qxb5 2. Qb6! Bxf2+ 3. Kxf2 Qf5+ 4. Kg1 Qb1 5. Kg2 Qe4 6. Kh3 Qf5 7. g4 Qf1 8. Kg3 Qe1 9. Kf3 Qf1 10. Ke3 Qh3 11. Kd4 (if Kd2, then Qh6, K any g6 and the Queen guards the rook, with an unclear ending) e5 12. Kd5 Qg2 13. Kc5 Qg1 14. Kc6 Qh1 15. Kb6 Qb1 16. Ka7 Qg1 17. Ka6 and the checks stop. How today's chess programs judge this famous position ?
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