Author: allan johnson
Date: 00:29:15 12/15/01
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On December 14, 2001 at 09:11:11, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On December 14, 2001 at 09:07:56, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >> 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 ? Jose: My Risc 1 machine finds Rd8 in 2.33minutes and it too plays 2... Qxb5 3Qd6 bxf2+ 4 KxB Qf5+. My Tiger does the same.Myself I would play 4...Re8 rather than Qf5+.After that it looks like a draw to me but I'll stand corrected if you can show me how white wins from there. Regards Al
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