Author: Peter Berger
Date: 10:51:58 02/04/03
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On February 04, 2003 at 03:31:11, Peter Berger wrote: >On February 03, 2003 at 21:44:55, Drexel,Michael wrote: > >>On February 03, 2003 at 19:39:53, Peter Berger wrote: >> >>>OK - at least some variation should be given here - 17...b5? (signed by Mueller) >>>18. cxb5 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Bd4 is discussed in the comments of GM Mueller >>>in the German comments on chessbase.de and said to be winning for white - that >>>is debatable, to say the very least .. >>> >>>But after Kasparov played 17. .. Rfe8 and Junior opted for 18. a3?! , ..b5!? is >>>definitely even more interesting . If now 19. cxb5 Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Rcx3 white >>>looks simply miserable IMHO, whatever prog evals give. >> >>you should look more careful at the position before making any suggestions >>to Kasparov. the question is how to evaluate 19.cxb5 Qxc3 20.bxa6 and this >>position is far from clear. white can play b4 before he trades on Qeens on c3. >> > >I don't think I did this - I second-guessed the analysis of GM Mueller. > >When it is about your line 20. bxa6 Ba8 21. b4 the next move will be the black >queen moving somewhere else. This might be OK for white but I doubt it. Out of curiosity I let Fritz 8 think for some time on this position. After about 6 hours at ply 19 it gave 21..Qxd2 22.Bxd2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 and eval is -0.19 . For my human eyes it looks that if someone wins this, it is not white.
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