Author: Howard Exner
Date: 14:22:29 08/10/98
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On August 10, 1998 at 02:06:06, Thorsten Czub wrote: >[Event "summer-tounament"] >[Site "k6/200 40/120"] >[Date "1998.08.05"] >[Round "1"] >[White "Junior 4.6"] >[Black "Nimzo98 Paderborn"] >[Result "1-0"] >[WhiteElo "?"] >[BlackElo "?"] >[ECO "E19"] > >1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 >8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 d6 11. b3 Bf6 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. >dxc5 dxc5 15. Qf4 Na6 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 >Ne8 20. f4 f6 21. Bb2 Nd6 22. g4 a6 23. Rd3 Nf7 24. Rad1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 >Rd8 26. Kf3 Kf8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. h4 Nc6 29. g5 Kf7 5k2/6pp/ppn1pp2/2p3P1/2P2P1P/1P3K2/PB2P3/8 b - - id "Junior 4.6 - Nimzo98"; am Kf7; As black I'd be pushing the panic button around this time, given the bishop vs knight ending with pawns on both sides of the board. Putting pawns on the opposite color of the bishop suggests itself here so f6-f5 would effectively shut out the white king from advancing (instead of the move Kf7). Would most programs struggle with this position? Ernst, if you post that DarkThought plays the move f6-f5 I'm going to have to demand you package it up and sell it commercially :) >30. h5 e5 31. gxf6 >gxf6 32. fxe5 fxe5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. e3 Nb4 35. a4 Nc6 36. Bc3 a5 37. h6 >Ne7 38. Bxe5 Kd7 39. Bf6 Nc8 40. Ke5 Nd6 41. Bg5 Nf7+ 42. Kf6 Nxg5 43. >Kxg5 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. e4 1-0 I find the Junior victory here pleasing and instructive. It demonstates the effectiveness of bishops over knights in these kind of endings.
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