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Subject: Re: Did Junior miss a Possible win with 22.Nf3 instead of b4?!

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 03:31:15 01/29/03

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On January 28, 2003 at 23:59:55, robert flesher wrote:

>Shredder7 finds this move after some thought and tends to give a clear advantage
>to white. The idea is that white now has threats on both sides of the board and
>by playing nf.....3 b4 now gains strength.
>
>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.c4 Nc6 8.0-0 d6 9.Nc3
>Nge7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Be3 e5 12.Nd5 a5 13.Rc1 a4 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.Nd2 Nd4 16.Qh5 Ne6
>17.Rc3 Nc5 18.Bc2 Nxd5 19.exd5 g6 20.Qh6 f5 21.Ra3 Qf6 22.b4?! instead nf3!
>looks to be much better. If anyone can find a defense tell me and ill try to
>refute if. Remember i said a possible win, and this variation looks strong!.
>Cheers~

22.Nf3 was clearly better but no win. Kasparov would have sacrificed the
exchange in this case too with compensation.

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