Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:34:09 12/01/02
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On December 01, 2002 at 18:24:30, Roy Eassa wrote:
>On December 01, 2002 at 17:52:15, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>
>>Inspired by the Kasparov-Topalov position I wanted to repost this one:
>>
>>Kramnik - Kasparov
>>
>>[D]1r4k1/p3QNpp/1p3n2/8/8/5P2/Pq3P1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Qe6!!
>>
>>--
>>GCP
>
>
>Why is that better than, say, Nd8 (which may be winning)?
OK, I think I see now. A brief analysis:
1.Qe6!
[1.Nd8 h6 2.Ne6 Ne8 3.Qf8+ Kh7 4.Qf4 Qc3 5.Rc1 Qb2 6.Kg2 Nf6 7.Qxb8 Qxc1
8.Qxa7 Nh5 9.Qf7 Qc8 10.Qf5+ Kh8 11.Nxg7 Qxf5 12.Nxf5 Nf4+ 13.Kg3 Ne2+
14.Kg4 Nc3 15.Nxh6 b5 +-]
1...h5 2.Ng5+ Kh8 3.Qf5! Qxa2
[3...Kg8 4.Re7 Qb4
(4...h4 5.Kg2 Qc1 6.h3 Qc5 7.Rxg7+ Kxg7 8.Ne6+ +-)
5.Rxa7 Qe1+ 6.Kg2 Qe8 7.Ne6 Nd7 8.Qd5 +-]
4.Re7 Qa3 5.Rf7 Kg8 6.h4! Rf8
[6...Qc5 7.Qg6 +-]
7.Rxf6 Rxf6 8.Qh7+ Kf8 9.Qh8+ Ke7 10.Qxg7+ +-
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