Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 10:37:50 02/10/02
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On February 10, 2002 at 12:40:10, Roy Eassa wrote: >On February 09, 2002 at 19:42:17, Ed Schröder wrote: > >[d]2r2rk1/ppqn2pp/3b1np1/3Pp3/8/1P1P2P1/PB1NBP1P/R2Q1RK1 b - - bm Qc2; id Yona > >After 1...Qc2 2.Rb1, what does Black do? That's not the point, the point is to avoid the temping 15..Nxd5 that keeps the material balance but puts black in a very uncomfortable position. With 15..Qc2 black gets an excellent compensation for the pawn. The game is from Aegon 1997, a pity Rebel 9.0 blew it in the ending. Ed ======================================== [Event "AEGON Chess Tournament"] [Site "The Hague NED"] [Date "1997.04.22"] [Round "5"] [White "GM Yona Kosashvili"] [Black "Rebel 9.0"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [WhiteCountry "ISR"] 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. g3 e5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Rac8 15. exd5 Qc2 16. Rb1 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rc2 18. Bf3 Bc5 19. a3 Ne8 20. b4 Bb6 21. Kg2 Nd6 22. a4 a6 23. a5 Ba7 24. Ba1 b5 25. Rb2 Rfc8 26. Nb3 Bxf2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Be1 30. Bc3 Nf5 31. Kf1 Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Kf7 33. Bg5 h6 34. Bd8 Ne3+ 35. Ke2 Nc2 36. Kd2 Nxb4 37. Kc3 Na2+ 38. Kb3 Nc1+ 39. Kc2 Na2 40. Kb2 Nb4 41. Kc3 Na2+ 42. Kb3 Nc1+ 43. Kc2 Na2 44. Bc7 Ke7 45. d6+ Ke8 46. Bb6 Nb4+ 47. Kc3 Na2+ 48. Kb3 Nc1+ 49. Kc2 Na2 50. Be3 b4 51. Kb3 Nc3 52. Bc6 Kd8 53. Kxb4 Nb8 54. Bb6+ Kc8 55. d7+ Nxd7 56. Bxd7+ Kxd7 1-0
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