Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:41:27 02/26/02
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On February 26, 2002 at 12:24:43, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote: >On February 26, 2002 at 08:26:58, James T. Walker wrote: > >>On February 26, 2002 at 01:28:30, Jouni Uski wrote: >> >>>I didn't read any forums last week so here's question: in game 3 Rebel had >>>nice win, but if Wely had played Lf8! in move 30 instead of b4? Has white any >>>advantage yet? >>> >>>[D]4q2k/2n1br1p/4pp1B/1p1n4/3PN2Q/r4NR1/5PPP/2R3K1 b - - >>> >>>Jouni >> > >I must be blind but if the people see a "lost" endgame here as welll as crafty, >I don't. > >>From the Rebel site: >>"Desperation. Black has lost a pawn after 31...Bf8 32. Ne5! Re7 33. Nxf6! Nxf6 >>34. Qxe8 Ncxe8 (34...Rxe8 35. Nf7 mate) 35. Bxf8." > >This variation is not legal. Qxe8 is not possible. Are you guys sure >that you have/posted the right position? > >Bf8 sounds perfectly fine in this position and after a quick glance I do not >think it is in trouble. Since I am prone to hang a piece in front of >the screen I quickly checked with gaviota and it sees not tactical blow. >b4 looks extremely overconfident to me. V.Wely kills himself with confidence >in both games with black. > >Regards, >Miguel > > I think I was answering for the _wrong_ position. I was recalling the position where Crafty liked Bf8, and van Wely played Rxf3 instead. At that point, Bf8 was +2 (for white) and Rxf3 went to +5 instantly... In this position, crafty says white is better by roughly +.5, but nothing near to the scores for the position I thought was being discussed but which was wrong here... > > > > >>I think it was also said that van Wely said he did not like to enter a lost >>endgame after this line or something similiar. I have not analyzed it myself. >>Jim
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