Author: Amir Ban
Date: 15:44:10 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. It may be a win, but nothing simple about it. I asked Smirin immediately after the game why not hxg4 instead, and he shrugged and said it's also a draw. Not enough pawns left. Hiarcs was showing something like -0.90, Junior something like -0.40. In the post game analysis he went deep into it with the line 38... hxg4 39. hxg4 f4 40. Bb4 e4 and then 41. Ke2 and 41. fxe4 were analyzed. Several times he ended with "and draw" which he took back after more thought, or after GM Avrukh suggested some move. In the end he did not have a definite conclusion. He said it's probably a draw but he should have tried it. Amir
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