Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:37:22 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. From your position, Chessmaster 9000 says (on a PIII-600): Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 2/3 -0.17 405 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 fxg4 0:00 2/3 -0.23 530 38...fxg4 39.hxg4 e4+ 40.fxe4 Nxg4 0:00 3/4 -0.88 1142 38...fxg4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Nxg4 41.Ke4 Kd7 0:00 4/5 -0.74 2671 38...fxg4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Nxg4 41.Ke4 Kd7 42.Bc5 0:00 5/6 -0.74 7910 38...fxg4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.fxg4 Nxg4 41.Ke4 Kd7 42.Bc5 0:00 6/7 -0.09 27305 38...fxg4 39.fxg4 hxg4 40.hxg4 Kd7 41.Bc1 e4+ 42.Ke2 Kxd6 43.Bxg5 Nxg4 0:01 6/7 -0.21 49440 38...e4+ 39.fxe4 fxg4 40.e5 gxh3 41.exf6 h2 42.f7 h1=Q 43.f8=Q Qh3+ 44.Ke4 Qxa3 0:01 6/7 -0.37 54362 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.Ke2 Ne8 42.fxe4 Nxd6 0:01 7/8 -0.39 79745 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ke2 Ne5 0:02 8/9 -0.63 175388 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Kd4 Ne3 43.Bd2 0:04 9/10 -0.75 407228 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ke2 Ne5 43.Kf1 Kd7 0:09 10/11 -0.89 993734 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ba3 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Bc5 g4 0:26 11/12 -1.02 2956949 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ba3 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Bc5 g4 46.Ke2 0:55 12/13 -0.92 6286797 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Ba3 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.Bc5 Ne5+ 44.Kd4 Ke6 45.Kc3 g4 2:00 13/14 -1.03 13744117 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Bc5 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.Kd4 f3 44.Kd3 Ne5+ 45.Ke3 g4 46.Kf4 After 38...hxg4 39.hxg4 f4, CM says: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 4/5 -0.09 5553 39...fxg4 40.fxg4 Kd7 41.Bc1 e4+ 42.Ke2 Kxd6 43.Bxg5 Nxg4 0:00 4/5 -0.37 6271 39...f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.Ke2 Ne8 42.fxe4 Nxd6 0:00 5/6 -0.36 10688 39...f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Kd4 Kd7 43.e5 0:00 6/7 -0.63 21614 39...f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Kd4 Ne3 43.Bd2 0:00 7/8 -0.75 57170 39...f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ke2 Ne5 43.Kf1 Kd7 0:01 8/9 -0.89 148774 39...f4 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ba3 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Bc5 g4 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 0:00 2/3 -0.55 349 40.Kc4 e4 41.fxe4 Nxe4 0:00 2/3 -0.23 636 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.Ke2 exf3+ 42.Kxf3 Kd7 0:00 3/4 -0.37 1365 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.Ke2 Ne8 42.fxe4 Nxd6 0:00 4/5 -0.36 4219 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Kd4 Kd7 43.e5 0:00 5/6 -0.63 9357 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Kd4 Ne3 43.Bd2 0:00 6/7 -0.75 21282 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ke2 Ne5 43.Kf1 Kd7 0:00 7/8 -0.89 50250 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ba3 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Bc5 g4 0:01 8/9 -1.02 126950 40.Bb4 e4+ 41.fxe4 Nxg4 42.Ba3 Ne5+ 43.Kd4 Nf3+ 44.Kd3 Kd7 45.Bc5 g4 46.Ke2 0:03 9/10 -0.92 363152 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Ba3 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.Bc5 Ne5+ 44.Kd4 Ke6 45.Kc3 g4 0:06 10/11 -1.03 726165 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Bc5 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.Kd4 f3 44.Kd3 Ne5+ 45.Ke3 g4 46.Kf4 0:15 11/12 -1.31 1634331 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Bc3 Kxd6 42.Kd2 Nd7 43.Ba5 e4 44.Bd8 exf3 45.Bxg5 Ke5 46.Ke1 0:22 11/12 -1.14 2427503 40.Ke2 Ne8 41.d7 Kxd7 42.Bf8 Ke6 43.Bh6 Kf6 44.Bf8 Kf7 45.Bh6 Kg6 46.Bf8 Nf6 0:30 12/13 -1.31 3378927 40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Bc5 Ne8 42.Kd3 Nxd6 43.Ba3 Ke6 44.Bb4 Kd5 45.Kc3 Nb5+ 46.Kd3 Nd4 0:58 13/14 -1.53 6491719 40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Kd3 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.e5 Nxe5+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Bb2 f3 46.Bd4 Nc6 47.Bf2 g4 2:29 14/15 -1.65 16248317 40.Ke2 Kd7 41.Bc5 Ne8 42.Bb4 Nxd6 43.Ba5 e4 44.fxe4 Nxe4 45.Kf3 Nc5 46.Bd2 Ne6 47.Bc3 Kd6 4:10 14/15 -1.54 26172423 40.Bb4 Kd7 41.Bc5 e4+ 42.fxe4 Nxg4 43.e5 Nxe5+ 44.Ke4 Ke6 45.Bg1 Nd7 46.Bd4 Nf6+ 47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Kg2 g4 But, Bob Hyatt's right -- there could be a draw hiding around there somewhere. jm jm
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