Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:53:35 01/07/02
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Stepping through with assistance from Fritz 6 on Athlon 1.2:
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bf5
9.Bxf5 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxf5 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Re1 e6 13.Qb3 Qb5
14.Rxe6+ !? fxe6 15.Qxe6+ Kd8 16.Bg5+
[16.Ng5 Qd5 =+]
16...Kc8?
[16...Kc7! 17.Bf4+ Kc8 18.Qd6 Qb6 19.Re1 Bf6 20.Re6 Bd8
21.Ne5! Qc7 22.Nf7 Rf8 23.Re7 Qxd6 24.Nxd6+ Kc7 25.Nf7+ Kc8 =]
17.Re1 Rf8?
[17...Qd5! 18.Qe7 Qg8 19.Qd6 Qd5=
(19...h6 20.Re7 Qd8 21.Rxg7 hxg5 22.Nxg5±)]
18.Qe7! Kc7
[18...Rg8 19.Re6! Qf5 20.Rd6! Kc7 21.Bf4 Kc8 22.g4! Bf6
(22...Qxf4 23.Rxd7 +-)
23.Qxh7 Qb1+ 24.Kg2 Rd8 25.Rxf6+-;
18...Bh8 19.Re6 Qf5 20.Rd6 Kc7 21.Bf4! +-]
19.Qxg7 Rxf3 20.Re5 Qxb2 21.gxf3 1-0
On January 06, 2002 at 21:26:19, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>Christiansen sacrificed a rook for two pawns here, with Rxe6!?
>
>[D]r3k2r/pp1n1pbp/2p1p1p1/1q6/3P4/1QP2N1P/PP3PP1/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 2 14
>
>He went on to win the game (see PGN below), but is this sac really sound?
>You'll probably want to skip ahead a few moves and start from this position:
>
>[D]r1k4r/pp1n2bp/2p1Q1p1/1q4B1/3P4/2P2N1P/PP3PP1/R5K1 w - - 2 17
>
>Christiansen played Re1 here, which Chess Tiger thinks is losing for White (-2
>pawns or so). Instead, Tiger prefers Qf7, and sees a lot of compensation for
>White, but not enough to justify the sacrifice. For example: 1. Qf7 Bf6 2. Bxf6
>Qf5 3. Ne5 Nxf6 4. g4 Nxg4 5. hxg4 Qxf7 6. Nxf7 Rf8 7. Re1 Kd7 8. Ne5+ Kd6 and
>White has a pawn for the exchange but is probably losing.
>
>Crunch this one for a while and tell me if you find differently.
>
>-Peter
>
>[Event "US Championships"]
>[Site "Seattle, Washington"]
>[Date "2002.01.06"]
>[Round "2"]
>[White "Christiansen(GM)"]
>[Black "Foygel(FM)"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2571"]
>[BlackElo "2474"]
>[Opening "Robatsch defense"]
>[ECO "B06"]
>[NIC "KF.05"]
>[Time "15:34:06"]
>[TimeControl "6000+30"]
>
>1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
>Bxe4 Bf5 9. Bxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Re1 e6 13. Qb3 Qb5 14.
>Rxe6+ fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc8 17. Re1 Rf8 18. Qe7 Kc7 19. Qxg7 Rxf3
>20. Re5 Qxb2 21. gxf3 {White wins} 1-0
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