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Subject: Re: Was Junior's loss due to opening book error?!

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 13:45:14 07/08/02

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On July 08, 2002 at 16:18:31, Omid David wrote:

>It seems to me that Junior lost the game to Shredder due to an opening book
>error, since I doubt if Junior would wander its king on d2 deliberatly...

According to my database, the standard move is 12.Kd1 with good results for
white, though it seems to be a rare variation. I suspect white was out of book
earlier. Maybe after 9...Ng4 by Shredder.

Shirov,A (2500) - Pira,D (2345) [E20]
Paris-ch Paris FRA, 1990

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 dxe4 7.fxe4 e5 8.d5 Ng4 9.Nf3
0-0 10.Bd3 Bc5 11.Qe2 Bf2+ 12.Kd1 Bd4 13.Kc2 Nf2 14.Nxd4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 exd4
16.Nb5 c6 17.Nxd4 b5 18.Bf4 bxc4 19.Qg3 Bd7 20.Rhf1 f6 21.Bc7 Qe8 22.e5 cxd5
23.exf6 Qg6+ 24.Qxg6 hxg6 25.fxg7 Ba4+ 26.Kc3 Re8 27.Rae1 Na6 28.Bd6 Rxe1
29.Rxe1 Re8 30.Rxe8+ Bxe8 31.Ne6 Bf7 32.Ng5 Kxg7 33.Kd4 Bg8 34.h4 Kf6 35.g4 Be6
36.Be5+ Ke7 37.Nxe6 Kxe6 38.h5 gxh5 39.gxh5 1-0

Regards,
Mogens



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