Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:00:27 04/15/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 17:46:55, Roy Eassa 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
>
>
>Position after 38.g4:
>
>[d] 8/8/2kP1n2/4pppp/6P1/B2K1P1P/8/8 b - - 0 38
>
>Can somebody confirm (or disprove) that this simple line would have won fairly
>easily for Black? :
>
>38...hxg4 39.hxg4 (forced) f4+ 40.Kd3 (forced) Kd7
>
>Looks like a win for Black, but a stronger player's opinion is requested.
38...hxg4 39.hxg4
(39.fxg4? f4 followed by ...e4+ and wins]
(39.d7 Kxd7 40.hxg4 fxg4 41.fxg4 Nxg4 42.Bc1 Nf2+ 43.Ke3 Nh3 44.Kf3 Nf4
45.Kg4 Ne6 46.Kf5 Kd6 47.Bb2 Nd4+ 48.Kxg5 Kd5**)
39...f4 40.Ke2 Ne8 (40...Kd7 is similar) 41.d7 Kxd7**
The two positions marked with ** are among the key ones -- if Black is winning
in those positions then Smirin missed a fairly simple win. (And if either one
is a draw, wouldn't it still have been worthwhile for Smirin to try?)
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