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Subject: Re: Chucky choked on this 1!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 21:10:46 03/04/02

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On March 04, 2002 at 22:25:28, Sally Weltrop wrote:

>On March 04, 2002 at 22:23:28, Sally Weltrop wrote:
>
>>[D]6k1/6pp/2qb4/8/2pQrNN1/1p3RPP/5P1K/r1B5 w - - 0 36
>>
>>of course 36)Qxa1 and Black resigns next move!
>
>
>this is taken from the 9th rd of Linares 2002
>
>Shirov,A (2715) - Ivanchuk,V (2717) [C88]
>Linares SuperGM Linares (9), 04.03.2002
>
>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3
>Re8 10.Nbd2 Bf8 11.c3 Na5 12.Ba2 c5 13.d4 d6 14.b4 exd4 15.bxa5 dxc3 16.Nf1 Nxe4
>17.axb5 axb5 18.a6 Bc6 19.Rxe4 Bxe4 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Nxe4 Qc8
>23.Nxc3 Rxa6 24.Rb1 b4 25.Nd5 Ra7 26.Rb3 Ra1 27.h3 Re5 28.Nf4 Qe8 29.Rf3 c4
>30.Kh2 b3 31.Qd2 d5 32.Ne3 Bd6 33.g3 Qc6 34.Ng4 d4 35.Qxd4 Re4 36.Qxa1 1-0

Two blunders in a row! (perhaps a victim of time pressure heading towards time
control?)

After 34.Ng4, Ivanchuk is clearly in the lead:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.86	1524		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra2 36.Ne6
0:00	1/4	-2.47	6025		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra2 36.Rd3 Rc2
0:00	2/5	-2.31	21581		34...Rf5 35.Bb2 Ra2 36.Ne3 Rxf4
					37.gxf4
0:00	2/6	-1.98	64702		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra7 36.Bb2 Bxf4
					37.Rxf4 Rxf4 38.gxf4
0:02	3/7	-1.90	217927		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra7 36.Ne6 Rxf3
					37.Qxf3 Bb4 38.Nd4 Qd6
0:08	3/8	-1.47	707718		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra7 36.Ne6 Rxf3
					37.Qxf3 h5 38.Nd4 Qc5
0:40	4/9	-1.49	3345172		34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra7 36.Ne3 Be5
					37.Qb4 Rff7 38.Nexd5 Bxf4 39.Nxf4
					Qxf3 40.Qb8+ Rf8 41.Qxa7
2:45	4/10	-1.51	14440411	34...Rf5 35.Qc3 Ra7 36.Ne6 Rxf3
					37.Qxf3 h5 38.Ne5 Bxe5 39.Qf8+
					Kh7 40.Qf5+ g6 41.Qxe5

But when the game is over....

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	3.38	3069		36...Re1 37.Nh5 Qb7 38.Ne3
0:00	1/4	3.50	10479		36...Re1 37.Nh5 Qb7 38.Qa5 Qxf3
					39.Qxe1
0:00	2/5	3.28	34108		36...Re1 37.Nh5 Qb7 38.Kg2 Bb4
					39.Qb2
0:01	2/6	5.73	116307		36...Re1 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Nh5+
					Kh8 39.Bb2+ c3 40.Bxc3+ Qxc3 41.Rxc3
					Re8 42.Rxb3 Re2
0:01	2/6	4.06	165811		36...Re7 37.Kg2 Re1 38.Nh5 Bf8
					39.Qc3 Qe6 40.Ne3
0:02	2/6	3.96	190722		36...Rxf4 37.Rxf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4
					c3 39.Ne5 Qc5 40.Qa8+ Qf8
0:04	3/7	4.00	355447		36...Rxf4 37.Rxf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4
					c3 39.Qd1 Qb7 40.Qd8+ Kf7 41.f3
0:07	3/8	4.87	709846		36...Rxf4 37.Rxf4 Bxf4 38.Bxf4
					c3 39.Qa7 h5 40.Be5 Qg6 41.Qb8+
					Kh7 42.Qxb3 hxg4 43.Qxc3 gxh3 44.Kxh3
					Qh5+ 45.Kg2
0:32	3/8	4.76	2874367		36...Qb7 37.Bb2 h5 38.Ne3 Bxf4
					39.Rxf4 Rxf4 40.gxf4 Qe4 41.Bxg7
					Qxf4+ 42.Kg1
0:54	3/8	4.71	4928413		36...Bxf4 37.Bxf4 Re6 38.Ne5 Qd5
					39.Kg2 Rb6 40.Qb2
1:41	4/9	5.06	9349513		36...Bxf4 37.Bxf4 Re6 38.Ne5 Qd5
					39.Kg2 Re7 40.Qc1 Rc7 41.Qb2

ouch.... I don't feel so bad now when I hang a pawn.... ;-)

jm



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