Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 16:09:54 04/29/02
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On April 29, 2002 at 16:30:23, Roy Eassa wrote: >On April 29, 2002 at 16:18:21, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On April 29, 2002 at 11:39:11, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>On April 29, 2002 at 07:20:53, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>On April 29, 2002 at 05:57:58, Sune Fischer wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 29, 2002 at 05:12:22, Ed Schröder wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>[d]r4k2/1pQq3p/1p2bppP/rP2p3/Pb1pP3/3P1NP1/5PB1/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1 >>>>>> >>>>>>When replaying I noticed 26..Bc3 and didn't understand, I wonder if the simple >>>>>>26..Bc5 is not an easy win since white is forced to exchange queens, next the >>>>>>[a4] pawn will fall, thereafter white is left with 2 incredible weak pawns on >>>>>>[b5] and [h6]. >>>>> >>>>>My guess is he would have played Rxc5, with the check getting a pawn for the >>>>>exchange, and now able to defend the a-pawn. >>>>>Black has two misplaced rooks, that has got to count for something. >>>>>I never understood Rca8, giving up the c-file looked unnatural to me. >>>> >>>>After 26..Bc5 27.Rxc5 bxc5 28.Qxc5 Kg8 the [a4] pawn will fall anyway, note the >>>>direct threat of 29..Rxb5! >>>> >>> >>> >>>I am not a master (much less a GM) so I cannot give you the variations, but I >>>also assumed that Smirin would play Rxc5 on move 27 if Black had played ...Bc5. >>>However, I think Smirin would then (try to find another way to) attack the Black >>>king rather than worry about his a-pawn for too long. >> >>This was in the post-game commentary. I asked Smirin about Bc5. He didn't see it >>during the game and admitted it looks better than the move played. He said he >>would be forced to sac the exchange, but this time with no real compensation. >> >>Amir > > >Well, that's a major bit of news! > >What surprises me is that he says he didn't see it. During the game, on >PlayChess, at least two fellow patzers saw and recommended ...Bc5 after Smirin's >prior move but before ...Bc3 was played. Does he mean that he had not >considered it in advance, several moves earlier, when devising his clever >comeback? Surely he can't mean that even on that very move the possibility of >...Bc5 did not occur to him! I guess that shows that GMs are humans just like you an me! Sure, they play chess a bit better but they are by no means perfect.
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