Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:31:00 03/08/02
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On March 07, 2002 at 23:35:13, Uri Blass wrote:
>On March 07, 2002 at 16:30:38, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>>I think that Bxb3 is a wrong move in that line and 7...Rxf5 can prolong the
>>>struggle.
>>
>>Did you consider 8.Be3?
>>
>
>Yes maybe I did not analyze it enough but I still think that Rxf5 can prolong
>the struggle
>
>8.Be3 Qd7 9.Qh8+ Ke7 10.Bg5+ Rxg5 11.Rh7+ Kd6 12.Rxd7+ Kxd7 13.Bxe6+ Kxe6
>14.Qc8+ seems to be the best line here.
Yes, white wins the black bishop and the material balance ends up being queen +
pawn against rook and knight after 14.Qc8+ Kd5 15.Qg8+ Kc5 16.Qf8+ Kb6 17.Qxa3.
Black's pieces are poorly coordinated as the knight can't easily control both
wings, and white should not have much trouble creating another passed pawn on
the kingside to win it. I see very little trouble here and no hope for black.
Again, a few sample moves could go 17...Rg4 18.Qd6 a5 19.Qe6 followed by g4 and
h4. At least with Bc1 the pieces remain on the board so black can still hope
white will lack technique, but the truth is, even after Bc1 white will get a
free pawn AND have a much superior position.
Albert
>
>I am not sure if Bc1 is better based on Crafty's evaluation but I did not give
>it a long time.
>
>Uri
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