Computer Chess Club Archives


Search

Terms

Messages

Subject: Same posting with diagram

Author: Manfred Rosenboom

Date: 03:28:40 12/01/02

Go up one level in this thread


On December 01, 2002 at 04:07:57, ludicrous wrote:

>Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 1999
>1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Be3 Bg7?! (Seirawan recommends 4...c3!) 5 Qd2 c6 6
>f3 b5 7 Nge2?! (7 0-0-0 Nbd7 8 Bh6! Seirawan) 7...Nbd7 8 Bh6 Bxh6 9 Qxh6 Bb7 10
>a3 e5 11 0-0-0 Qe7 12 Kb1!? (12 g3 0-0-0 13 Bh3 Seirawan) 12...a6 13 Nc1 0-0-0
>14 Nb3 exd4 15 Rxd4 c5 16 Rd1 Nb6 17 g3 Kb8 18 Na5 Ba8 19 Bh3 d5! 20 Qf4+ Ka7 21
>Rhe1 d4 (White seems to be in trouble, but he has an amazing plan which seems to
>at least draw)
>
>22 Nd5 Nbxd5 23 exd5 Qd6

[D]b2r3r/k4p1p/p2q1np1/NppP4/3p1Q2/P4PPB/1PP4P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1

>24 Rxd4!! cxd4? (Understandable, but probably loses! 24... Kb6! draws, Kasparov)
>
>25 Re7+!! Kb6(A) 26 Qxd4+ Kxa5 27 b4+ Ka4 28 Qc3?!(B) (May win) 28...Qxd5 29 Ra7
>Bb7 (Other moves lose) 30 Rxb7 Qc4!?(C) 31 Qxf6 Kxa3? (Loses. 31...Rd1+ 32 Kb2
>Ra8 33 Qb6 Qd4+ 34 Qxd4 Rxd4 35 Rxf7, Black may survive, Kavalek & Seirawan) 32
>Qxa6+ Kxb4
>
>33 c3+!! Kxc3 (33...Kb3 loses, Seirawan) 34 Qa1+ Kd2 35 Qb2+ Kd1
>
>36 Bf1!! Rd2 (Other moves lose) [diagram #4 (below right)]
>
>37 Rd7!! Rxd7 38 Bxc4 bxc4 39 Qxh8 Rd3 40 Qa8 c3 41 Qa4+ Ke1 42 f4 f5 43 Kc1!
>Rd2 44 Qa7! 1-0



This page took 0 seconds to execute

Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700

Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.