Author: Jim Monaghan
Date: 19:39:38 10/01/02
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On October 01, 2002 at 21:41:34, John Merlino wrote: In the first position John, the Black rook sacrifice is non-forcing. White does not have to take it and can instead reply 54.Qb2!? to oppose queens and possibly take some wood off, and also to at least cover some dark squares which White is weak on. Black looks like he definitely has the initiative with the more comfortable position, but it's definitely another matter to prove that his "attack" will penetrate the White position to convert his edge to the full point. I played around with the resulting position with various engines and could find nothing conclusive. Black seems a bit better, but that's about it. This White queen move becomes important for the analyst, especially if Susan Polgar believes the position is a Black win after a White acceptance of the rook sac. [D] 8/p1p5/Pp1p2nk/1P1Bq1r1/2P1Pp1p/6r1/1Q3RPP/3R3K b - - 0 54 Cheers, Jim
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