Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 06:16:01 12/19/02
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On December 18, 2002 at 15:01:46, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>On December 18, 2002 at 14:58:17, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>> Peter Leko vs Ghaem Maghami, Erevan 2001
>> [D]1n2kb1r/1bqr1ppp/p3pP2/6N1/Pp2N3/4Q3/4B1PP/1R3RK1 w
>> And here GM Leko played 20. Rxb4!! and won in a few moves.
>> Please see ==> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1202500
>> ===================================================================
>>In Yearbook 59 Hungarian IM Tibor Karolyi wrote a lengthy and incredibly
>>thorough survey on the Polugaevsky Variation called 'Questions About 10.exf6'.
>>But it took somebody of the stature of Peter Leko to come up with this fantastic
>>novelty 20.Rxb4!! from his game against Ghaem Maghami, Erevan World Team
>>Championship 2001. I would say there is still hope for mankind!
>>Rene Olthof Interview 2002/10/25 <== http://chess-sector.odessa.ua/olthof.htm
Analysis, using Fritz:
1.Rxb4
[or 1.fxg7 Bxg7 2.Rxb4 Nc6 3.Rc4 ±]
1...Bxe4
[1...Nc6 2.Rc4 ± may be Black's best choice]
[1...Bxb4? 2.fxg7 Rg8 3.Nf6+ Kd8 4.Nxg8 Bc5 5.Nxe6+ fxe6 6.Rf8+ Bxf8
7.gxf8R#]
2.Nxe4
[or 2.fxg7 Bxg7 3.Qxe4 Nc6 4.Nxf7 Nxb4 5.Nxh8 Qb6+ 6.Kh1 Bxh8 7.a5! Qxa5
8.Qxe6+ Kd8 9.Qg8+ Kc7 10.Qxh8 +-]
2...Bxb4 3.fxg7 Bc3 4.gxh8Q+ Bxh8 5.Qh6 Qe5 6.Qxh7 f5 7.Qg8+ Ke7 8.Bh5 Qxe4
9.Qe8+ Kf6 10.Qxh8+ Kg5 11.Qxb8 Qd4+ 12.Kh1 Kxh5 13.Qe8+ Kh6 14.Qxe6+ +-
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