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

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 00:44:47 01/24/03

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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 - -
>

The Baron doesn't sac the bishop (P3-500):

 ply       time     nodes  score  pv

  5( 8)&      0     15705     60  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7c6 d5d7
  5(11).      0     37693     60  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7c6 d5d7
  6(12)&      0     62687     41  f1e1 f8e8 f3e5 e7g5 b2d4 g8h8
  6(13)&      1    136851     57  f1c1 c7b7 c1d1 f8e8 f3e5 f7f6
  6(13).      2    192952     57  f1c1 c7b7 c1d1 f8e8 f3e5 f7f6
  7(15)&      4    336705     60  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7c6 d5d3 c6a4 f3d4
  7(17).      8    654781     60  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7c6 d5d3 c6a4 f3d4
  8(18)&     11    935063     53  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7b7 e2d3 e8d8 d5d8 c8d8 f3d4
f7f6
  8(19).     31   2478960     53  f1e1 f8e8 b2e5 c7b7 e2d3 e8d8 d5d8 c8d8 f3d4
f7f6
  9(21)&     61   4651128     64  f1e1 f8e8 d5e5 a5c6 e5e4 c8d8 e4g4
  9(21).    224  15963845     64  f1e1 f8e8 d5e5 a5c6 e5e4 c8d8 e4g4
 10(21)&    310  22156100     56  f1e1 f8e8 d5e5 a5c6 e5e4 c7d7 f3g5 d7f5 e2h5
 10(22)&    783  53174386     74  e2e4 f8e8 e4g4 e7f8 d5d7 c7c4 g4f5
 10(22)&   1146  78600055     78  f3h4 e7h4 e2g4 f7f6 d5d7 c7d7 g4d7 c8c2 b2d4
 10(22).   1167  80079532     78  f3h4 e7h4 e2g4 f7f6 d5d7 c7d7 g4d7 c8c2 b2d4

>
>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 - -

The Baron agrees that white is (much) better here:

 ply       time     nodes  score  pv

  3( 8).      0     11079     -2  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 e7a3
  4( 8)&      0     12743     27  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7b8 g4g8 f8g8 d7e7
  4(11).      0     37013     27  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7b8 g4g8 f8g8 d7e7
  5( 9)&      0     42180     23  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7b8 f1e1 e7a3
  5(14).      1     99039     23  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7b8 f1e1 e7a3
  6(14)+      1    116566     58  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7b8 f1e1 e7a3 d7a7
  6(16)&      2    155923     59  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c2 g4g8 f8g8 d7c7
  6(16).      5    351978     59  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c2 g4g8 f8g8 d7c7
  7(19)&      7    538990     56  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 c8d8 f1d1 e7a3
  7(19).     30   2147178     56  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 c8d8 f1d1 e7a3
  8(19)&     40   2846375     61  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 e7a3 f1d1
  8(21).     85   6170905     61  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 e7a3 f1d1
  9(22)&    113   8151823     48  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 e7a3 g4f4 c3g7 f4f5
c8e8 a7d7
  9(22).    386  27280939     48  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 e7a3 g4f4 c3g7 f4f5
 10(22)+    412  29139562     83  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c3 d7a7 e7a3 a7d7 c3c4 g4f5
 10(23)&    559  39130836    126  e5d7 d8d7 d5d7 c7c4 g4h5 c4h4 h5h4 e7h4 d7a7
a5c6 a7d7

>
>
>[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



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