Author: Kolss
Date: 02:22:37 04/16/02
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On April 15, 2002 at 18:44:10, Amir Ban wrote: >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 I think that after 38. ... hxg4 39. hxg4 f4 40. Bb4 e4+, 41. fxe4 draws: 41. ... Nxg4 42. e5! Nxe5 (42. ... Kd5 43. Bc3 Nh6 44. Ke2 g4 45. d7 =) 43. Ke4 =. Regards, Munjong.
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