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Subject: Re: Kasparov sacrifices bishop to gain position, 1983

Author: Joshua Haglund

Date: 22:35:33 01/23/03

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On January 23, 2003 at 23:16:28, K. Burcham wrote:

>
>In this position Kasparov played 21.Bxg7 with a loss of material.
>Kasparov thought this was a positional gain losing the bishop.
>First question:  will the programs agree with Kasparov and sac the bishop?
> [D] 2r2rk1/p1q1bpp1/1p6/n2R4/8/P4N2/1B2QPPP/5RK1 w - -

>
>I assume Kasparov could see this line, and the position after this line is
>played.
>You can see that Kasparov is down in material with the bishop loss.
>Second question:  do the programs agree after this line that the position is
>better for Kasparov with the loss of material?
>position after  this line  21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Qg4+ Kf8
> [D] 2rr1k2/p1q1bp2/1p6/n2RN3/6Q1/P7/5PPP/5RK1 w - -
>
>
>[Date "1983"]
>[White "Kasparov, G"]
>[Black "Portisch, L"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "E12"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3
>d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+
>c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2
>O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 cxd4 16. exd4 Na5 17. d5
>exd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rxd5 Kg8 21. Bxg7
>Kxg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7+
>Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 Rc7 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Rd3
>Nc4 30. Rfd1 Ne5 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32. Qg8+ Kf5 33. g4+
>Kf4 34. Rd4+ Kf3 35. Qb3+ 1-0
>
>kburcham

I didn't check if a program would find that but I'm sure one would. I see this
sacrafice right away. I came up with a king-side attack with a French Defence
very similar to this, but with a knight sac.

Good game,

Joshua
toneewa@yahoo.com
estimated elo 2200



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