Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 07:12:40 05/09/03
[D] rnbqkb1r/pp1np1pp/4p3/2pp4/3P4/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq c6 0 5
What do your programs think about this well known position?
Shredder and Fritz 8 clearly favour white here. for example :
Analysis by Shredder 7.04:
6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7
± (0.91) Depth: 10/10 00:00:00 6kN
6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 Nf6 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Re1 e5 11.Bxc6+ Qd7
± (0.91) Depth: 11/11 00:00:00 16kN
6.Nf3 g6 7.Ng5 cxd4 8.Bb5 Nc6 9.Nxe6 Qa5 10.Nxf8 dxc3 11.Qxd5
± (0.83) Depth: 12/28 00:00:04 1435kN
6.dxc5
± (0.85) Depth: 12/28 00:00:05 1435kN
6.dxc5
± (0.85) Depth: 12/28 00:00:05 1503kN
6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nxd5 Nxd4 10.Bb5+
± (0.93) Depth: 13/30 00:00:24 8276kN
6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bxd7
± (0.90) Depth: 14/30 00:00:51 16690kN
6.dxc5 g6 7.Qd4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Nc6 9.Bb5 h6 10.Bf4 g5 11.Be5 Bg7 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qf4
± (0.88) Depth: 15/31 00:01:44 35928kN
Looks like there is a clear advantage for white. White is a pawn down and the
evaluation is almost +1.0.
However strong Chessplayers clearly seem to favour black here. Here are the
highest rated Chessplayers who played this position in the last 6 years. All
played with black pieces. All games ended 0-1:
[Event "Santos Mario Covas 1st"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2001.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Benares de sa Leitao, Ricardo"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "60"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6 fxe6 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. dxc5
Nc6 (7... e5 8. Bg5 e6 9. Qe2 Bxc5 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Bb5 Qc7 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 Nb6 15. Nh4 a6 16. Rd3 axb5 17. Rg3+ Kh8 18. Qh5 Rg8 19. Nxb5
Qe7 20. Ng6+ Rxg6 21. Rxg6 Bd7 22. Nc7 Rc8 23. Qh6 Rxc7 24. Rxf6 Qg7 25. Rxe6
Bxe6 26. Qxe6 Re7 {0-1 Guimaraes,W-Leitao,R/Rio de Janeiro 1998 (26)}) 8. Bg5
g6 9. Nh3 Bg7 10. Nf4 d4 11. Ne4 e5 12. Bxf6 exf6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Ne2 Qa5+ 15.
Qd2 Qxc5 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. O-O Kf7 18. a3 Rhe8 19. f3 Kg8 20. Ng3 f5 21. Rae1
Nd8 22. Qb4 Qxb4 23. axb4 Nc6 24. c3 dxc3 25. bxc3 e4 26. fxe4 Bxc3 27. Rd1 f4
28. Rxf4 Nxb4 29. Bb5 Be5 30. Rf3 Re7 31. Bd7 Rb8 32. Ba4 Kg7 33. Ne2 b5 34.
Bb3 a5 35. Nd4 a4 36. Ne6+ Kh8 37. Bd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Bd6 39. Rc1 Bb4 40. Rc6
Rd7 {0-1 Jacobs,R-Shabalov,A/Philadelphia 1997 (40)}) (6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 g6 8.
dxc5 Bg7 9. h4 Nxc5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. h5 Bd7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Qd2
a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. Qg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qf6 20. Qg4 Rb8
21. O-O-O Qf5 22. Rh1 Bf6 23. Re1 Qxg4 24. fxg4 Nd7 25. a3 Kf7 26. Rh1 Rf8 27.
Na2 a5 28. Nc3 e4 29. Ne2 g5 30. c3 c5 31. Rd1 e6 {
0-1 Balogh,C-Miroshnichenko,E/Budapest 1999 (31)}) 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 (7. Bb5 g6
8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qd4 e5 10. Qa4 Qc7 11. b4 Bg7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. O-O
Be6 15. Qb3 Bf7 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Qb2 f5 18. Rad1 d4 19. Nb1 a5 20. f4 axb4 21.
fxe5 Qxe5 {0-1 Abergel,T-Nogueiras,J/Cappelle la Grande 2000 (21)}) 7... g6 8.
h4 Bg7 9. h5 Nxc5 10. hxg6 hxg6 (10... d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Rxh7 Rxh7 13. gxh7 Bf5
14. Ng3 Bxh7 15. Ng5 Bg6 16. Be2 Qd6 17. Bh5 O-O-O 18. Qg4+ Kb8 19. Bxg6 Qxg6
20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Bf6 22. Nf7 Rf8 23. N7h6 e6 24. Nd6 Be7 25. Ndf7 e4 26.
Bf4+ e5 27. Bh2 Kc8 28. a3 d3 29. c3 Nb3 30. Rd1 Kd7 31. Nxe5+ Nxe5 32. Bxe5
Ke6 33. Bg7 Rd8 34. c4 Bg5 35. g4 Nd4 36. Nf5 Nxf5 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Kf1 Bf4
39. c5 a6 40. b4 e3 41. fxe3 Bxe3 {0-1 El Kher,H-Baburin,A/Copenhagen 1999 (41)
}) 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Bd3 Kd7 13. Bf4 (13. Bb5 a6 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5+ Kc7
16. Bxc6 Qd6 17. Be3 Qxc6 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxb2 20. Rd1 Be6 21. a3 Bc4
22. Nd2 Bc3 23. Bb4 Rh8 24. Bxc3 Rh1+ 25. Nf1 Rxf1+ 26. Kd2 Rxf2+ {
0-1 Guilbert,H-Komarov,D/Clichy 2001 (26)}) 13... Qf8 14. Bg3 Qh6 15. Bf1 Bxc3+
16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bh2 Qh8 18. Bd3 Qxc3+ 19. Kf1 Nd6 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qe2 Bb7 22.
Re1 Qf6 23. Ng5 Rh8 24. Nh3 Nf5 25. Bb5 Nfd4 26. Bxc6+ Bxc6 27. Qe3 Nxc2 28.
Qg3 Rc8 29. Rc1 Qb2 30. Qg5 Ne3+ 0-1
Michael
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