Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 12:24:56 04/05/02
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On April 05, 2002 at 14:49:47, Uri Blass wrote:
>On April 05, 2002 at 13:55:43, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>The second game was a Petroff. Actually the first time Emanuel faced this
>>opening in a tournament level game. (Except for one game played in a small
>>tournament several years ago, when E chose 3.Nc3). Making it into one of
>>the side lines, E sacrificed a pawn - actually played once by Arakhamia Grant
>>in 1994. Fritz saw nothing better than returning the pawn, resulting in an
>>ending RRB vs RRN. Black slowly got worse and drifted into an almost zugzwang
>>position. Emanuel probably missed the win somewhere, maybe in move 46 and the
>>result was a draw.
>>
>>During this game we had some syncronizing problems, due to having some coffee
>>and not hearing the moves played by Fritz...;-) But we followed the ordinary
>>clock beside the board. Here's the game which surely will inspire E to
>>prepare something for the Petroff...
>>
>>
>>[Event "Emanuel 120'"]
>>[Site "Kil"]
>>[Date "2002.04.05"]
>>[Round "2"]
>>[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
>>[Black "Fritz 7"]
>>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>>[ECO "C42"]
>>[WhiteElo "2500"]
>>[PlyCount "131"]
>>[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
>>
>>{256MB, Fritz7.ctg, PIII 800} 1. e4 {0} 1... e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {21} 2... Nf6 {
>>0 First time Petroff for Emanuel...} 3. Nxe5 {85} 3... d6 {0} 4. Nf3 {14} 4...
>>Nxe4 {0} 5. d4 {13} 5... d5 {0} 6. Bd3 {22} 6... Be7 {0} 7. O-O {34} 7... Nc6 {
>>0} 8. c4 {(Te1) 42} 8... Nb4 {0} 9. Be2 {15} 9... O-O {0} 10. Nc3 {119} 10...
>>Be6 {0} 11. Bf4 {(Le3) 224} 11... c5 {0} 12. dxc5 {171} 12... Bxc5 {0} 13. Na4
>>$5 {(Sxc3) 416 A pawn sacrifice - actually played before by Arakhamia Grant vs
>>Polgar 1/2-1/2 1994.} 13... dxc4 {-0.31/13 285 Polgar played 13.-Be7} 14. Nxc5
>>{33} 14... Qxd1 {-0.47/13 47} 15. Rfxd1 {39} 15... Nxc5 {-0.31/14 78} 16. Bd6 {
>>79} 16... Rfc8 {-0.31/14 74} 17. Nd4 {601} 17... Nbd3 {
>>-0.16/15 0 Black finds nothing better than to return the pawn} 18. Nxe6 {
>>(b3) 127 18.b3 was an alternative} 18... Nxe6 {-0.28/15 105} 19. Bxd3 {106}
>>19... cxd3 {-0.25/16 0} 20. Rxd3 {12} 20... Rc2 {-0.16/16 369} 21. Be5 {(b4) 86
>>} 21... f6 {-0.38/15 256 Fritz thinks he's better here, but Emanuel was
>>optimistic and saw some options with bishop vs knight and pawns on both flanks.
>>First white has to solve some minor problems though.} 22. Bc3 {44} 22... Rc8 {
>>-0.28/15 249} 23. Rad1 {(Kf1) 168} 23... Nc5 {-0.22/14 200} 24. Rd4 {(Td2) 461}
>>24... b5 {-0.19/15 264} 25. h4 $1 {(h3) 814} 25... a6 {-0.16/14 173} 26. Bb4 {
>>(T1d2) 902} 26... Ne6 {-0.19/14 272} 27. Re4 {(Td6) 170} 27... Rc1 $1 {
>>-0.47/14 122}
>
>Is there something wrong with 27...Rxb2?
>
>Uri
Fritz obviously found some drawbacks with 27.-Rxb2. Emanuel was looking
for rooks to the 7th and I gave 27.-Rc1 an ! merely because E felt it was
a strong move which deprived him from his attacking ideas.
Sune
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