Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 08:04:37 10/05/02
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On October 04, 2002 at 20:23:58, Eduard Nemeth wrote: >[D]3k4/2p5/1p2p1p1/p1p1P1Pp/P1P4b/1P6/5P2/2B3K1 b - - 0 26 > >GM Karsten Mueller write on Chessbase.de: > >"25...hxg4! [ Waere Deep Fritz ein Mensch, so wuerde man sagen, dass er auf >25...Lxh4?? hoffte, doch die Falle war ein wenig zu plump fuer Kramnik: 26.g5 >nebst Le3 und der Lh4 sieht das Tageslicht nie wieder.] " > >Yes the Bishop is now lost, but can You me say, what white after 26...Bf2+ ! >now plays to win? > >I see no win. > >Eduard Good catch! During the game, when the computer played h4, the trap of the bishop was trivially obvious even to me, but I had a feeling (I did not analyze; it was just a passing feeling) that Black could probably survive even if he allowed his bishop to be trapped. It would have been like saying, "OK, computer, I am falling into your 'trap' -- go ahead, try to win!"
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