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Subject: Re: Test position ==> Kasparov-Ribli,1989

Author: allan johnson

Date: 00:43:09 12/15/01

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On December 15, 2001 at 03:29:15, allan johnson wrote:

>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

 Oops.Sorry about that.I forgot about 5a4.
 Al



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