Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 08:04:01 02/05/03
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On February 05, 2003 at 08:20:04, David Rasmussen wrote: >On February 05, 2003 at 06:16:18, Sally Weltrop wrote: > >>[D] 2r2rk1/pp3pp1/4bb1p/q2p1P1Q/3P4/2N5/PP4PP/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 17 >> >>As you can see, both opponents were in a real fighting mood. After the "normal" >>17...Bd7 18.Qf3 the position remains double-edged. But here Lasker unleashes a >>beautiful, deeply calculated combination that any great player of today would be >>proud to have found. >> >>17) ... Rxc3!! >> > >What is the main line? > >/David I tried to find a forced winning line after 17...Rxc3 18.fxe6 Ra3. I only find a draw for black. I might continue to search for a forced win for black later. here is my main line: [Event "St Petersburg 9596"] [Site "St Petersburg"] [Date "1895.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"] [Black "Lasker, Emanuel"] [Result ""] [ECO "D50"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1895.12.??"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.01.31"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. f4 Rac8 17. f5 Rxc3 18. fxe6 Ra3 19. bxa3 Qb6+ 20. Kc2 Rc8+ 21. Kd2 Qxe6 (21... Qxd4+ 22. Ke1 Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Qc2+ 24. Rd2 Qe4+ 25. Kd1) 22. Qe2 (22. Be2 Bg5+ 23. Ke1 Rc3 $1) 22... Qf5 23. Ke1 Bd8 24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qb5 Qe4+ 26. Kf2 (26. Be2 Qxg2 27. Qb1+ Kg8 28. Rf1 Ba5+) 26... Bh4+ 27. g3 Qf4+ 28. Ke1 (28. Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kh3 Qf5+) 28... Bxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Kd2 *
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