Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 18:29:13 01/29/03
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On January 29, 2003 at 19:39:26, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On January 29, 2003 at 19:02:29, allan johnson wrote: > >>On January 29, 2003 at 17:33:02, Robert Hyatt wrote: >> >>>On January 29, 2003 at 13:25:41, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: >>> >>>>[D]2b2rk1/rp5p/3p1qpQ/2nPpp2/p1P5/R7/PPBN1PPP/4R1K1 w - - avoid 21.b4? >>>> >>>>According to Garry Kasparov 21.b4? was the desicive mistake of the game in >>>>whites play.See also: >>>>http://www.worldchessrating.com/521916158.html?448451195843518 >>>> >>>>So is there a program in the world that can handle this position right? >>>> >>>>Gentleman start your engines. >>>> >>>>TL >>>> >>>>PS: Don´t take the headline too serios. >>> >>> >>>Actually Kasparov has said that this entire line led to a forced draw... Which >>>means that white did make a mistake by entering the b4 line as white had a nice >>>position prior to that. >> If Kasparov knew all this why then did he groan when he played 25... Qa1 ch >>and not f4? >>Al >> > >If you saw his quotes, when he played Qf6 and the line was followed, after he >played Qa1+ he thought he had made a mistake when the game progressed a bit >further. However, he and his "group" studied it later and discovered that f4 >_also_ led to a draw as white could play h3. > > 26.h3 Qa1+ 27.Nf1 Qd1 28.Rd2 Qe1 29.Ra8 e3 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.fxe3 Ne4 32.Rb2 f3 33.Qf4 f2+ -+ I hope this is convincing. If there is no forced win for black after 26.h3 I will no longer waste time with chess (I shouldnt do that anyway) because h3 is not logical at all. > >>> >>>However, _most_ programs would also play b4 as it is a _very_ deep tactical >>>line that they simply don't understand for quite a while...
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