Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:43:34 10/02/02
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On October 01, 2002 at 22:39:38, Jim Monaghan wrote: >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 You are, of course, correct. Although CM never considered NOT taking the rook during the game. I will run the position on the P4 overnight and see what it comes up with. jm
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