Author: Slater Wold
Date: 20:30:48 08/18/02
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On August 18, 2002 at 23:17:20, John Merlino wrote: >For those of you who may need a reminder, several days ago Mustafa posted this >message: > >www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?245481 > >Specifically speaking, Junior played Nxe4 in this position: > >[D]r1bq1rk1/p1bnn1pp/2p5/2P2pP1/3pp3/Q1N4P/PP1BPPB1/2KR2NR w - - 0 15 > >Especially it should be noted that Mustafa said that he was using "my own >settings with some changes".... > >At the end of the above thread, Stuart Taylor asked "...what do the human >experts say?" > >Well, I asked 5-time US Chess Champion GM Larry Evans (who is a regular >contributor to Chessmaster, Chess Life, and a live commentator at many major >events), what HE thought. His answer was: > >There is no question that White's game stinks because of Black's active center >pawns. Most humans probably would play 15 Na4 and hope for the best. 15 Nxe5!? >might best be described as an act of desperation. I would agree with the >sentiment that was expressed by the person who said that Nxe5 could be called a >"regrettable necessity", and that White only won because of Black's later errors >(most significant being 38...Rc2 and 39...Rxf6). Black was winning handily until >then.... > >There you go! > >jm I wouldn't disagree. Nor would the Junior team, I am guessing. White's position here is not good. Junior here elects to sac a knight, perhaps for (what it thinks is) better mobility, a better position, whatever the case maybe. However, it scores the position almost 1.50 pawns for white after the sac.
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