Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 02:49:13 04/16/02
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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. Rebel (giving it 30-60 secs average) came up with this line... 1... hxg4 2. hxg4 f4 3. Ke2 Kd7 4. Bb4 Ne8 5. Bc3 Kxd6 6. Bb4+ Ke6 7. Ba5 Nd6 8. Bd8 Nf7 9. Ba5 Kd5 10. Kd3 Nd6 11. Bd8 Nb5 12. Ke2 Nd4+ 13. Kf2 Ne6 14. Bb6 Kc4 15. Ba5 Kc5 16. Bc3 Nd4 17. Ba5 Nc6 18. Bc3 Kc4 19. Ba1 Kb3 20. Ke2 Kc2 21. Kf2 Kd2 22. Bb2 Nb4 23. Ba3 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Ke3 25. Be7 Kxf3 26. Bxg5 e4 0-1 I am not sure if white has an escape after all, but it seems to be the classical struggle the knight being superior to the bishop. Ed
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