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Subject: Re: Tactical test position (Nxf7)

Author: Tony Werten

Date: 07:30:59 05/08/03

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On May 08, 2003 at 08:21:19, Dennis Breuker wrote:

>In a game I played last Tuesday, the following position occurred:
>
>[D] r3k1nr/ppqnbpp1/2p1p2p/4Nb2/2BP4/2N5/PPPBQPPP/2KR3R w kq - bm Nxf7

XiniX plays Nxd7, expects black to recapture with the king, and is +1 happy.

Tony

>
>Solution:
>11.Nxf7 Kxf7 12.g4 Bh7 13.Qxe6+ Ke8 14.Rhe1 (other moves might work
>as well). White is winning here. Black only has passive pieces,
>and all White's pieces are developed.
>
>  In the game I played first
>11.g4,
>  but that is wrong, since Black can play 11..Nxe5.
>  Luckily, Black played
>11..Bh7?,
>  and after
>12.Nxf7
>  the variation above is reached.
>
>  My game continued
>12..Kxf7 13.Qxe6+ Ke8 14.Rhe1 Kd8 15.Qf7!
>  (15.d5 also good)
>15..Qd6
>  (on 15..g5 there follows 16.d5 cxd5
>    [16..Ne5 17.Rxe5! Qxe5 18.dxc6 Kc7 19.Nd5+ Kxc6 20.Bc3]
>  17.Bxd5)
>16.Re6 Qb4 17.Bb3! and Black resigned.
>  (On 17..Qb6 there follows 18.d5!)
>
>Does your engine find the move, and the right continuation?
>
>It looks like some engines want to take on f7, but after
>11..Kxf7 12.g4 Bh7 13.Qxe6+ Ke8 suddenly think it is not
>as good as the engine hoped for...
>
>It seems that Fritz(6) does not want to take on f7,
>but it definitely is the winning move!
>
>Regards,
>Dennis



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