Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:36:57 04/15/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 17:32:41, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 15, 2002 at 17:31:40, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On April 15, 2002 at 17:26:17, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On April 15, 2002 at 17:05:18, Otello Gnaramori wrote: >>> >>>>[Event "Internet match"] >>>>[Site "?"] >>>>[Date "2002.04.15"] >>>>[Round "?"] >>>>[White "Hiarcs 8"] >>>>[Black "Ilya Smirin"] >>>>[Result "1/2-1/2"] >>>>[ECO "E92"] >>>>[BlackElo "2702"] >>>>[PlyCount "79"] >>>> >>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. >>>>Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Bd7 >>>>15. Nd2 bxa4 16. Bxa4 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Nc4 Bb4+ >>>>21. Ke2 Rec8 22. b3 Rab8 23. Nxa5 Bxa5 24. Rxa5 Rxb3 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. d6 Rb7 27. >>>>Rc1 Rxc1 28. Ra8+ Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Bxc1 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Ba3 f5 33. g3 >>>>g5 34. h3 h5 35. Kc4 Kc6 36. Kd3 Nd7 37. f3 Nf6 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40. >>>>hxg4 1/2-1/2 >>>> >>>> >>>>w.b.r. >>>>Otello >>> >>>Well he's keeping the momentum, I would expect with a couple days off, and >>>returning with White, he'll look for a win, to get a clear lead. >>>Regardless, I think we're going to see a bit more action with Smirin than Gulko, >>>IMO. >>> >>>Terry >> >>smirin had an advnatage. >> >>my programs suggest 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 with a clear advantage for black. >>I do not know if this is enough to win. >> > > >Same here. I was expecting that line and was fairly stunned when he played >38...fxg4. Maybe it was extreme risk-aversion? I'm beginning to think Smirin had a clear win with the line Uri mentioned (which seemed like the best line even to me, a weak player). I really can't understand why Smirin would not at least try it -- I don't think it entailed much risk of losing.
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