Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:07:50 07/12/03
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On July 11, 2003 at 19:30:58, John Merlino wrote: >On July 11, 2003 at 19:07:24, Ingo Lindam wrote: > >[D]rn1q1b1r/p2n1k2/1p2pp2/1Bpp2pp/3PPBb1/2P2N2/PPQN1P1P/R3K1R1 w Q g6 0 1 >> >>Anybody here can prove or refute with or without help of a computer programm >>correctness of bishop sacrifice by 13.O-O-O played in this position? >> >>Internette Gruesse, >>Ingo > >With the help of Chessmaster 9000, it appears that if Black accepts the >sacrifice then White can force a potentially winning position. Here's one line: > >1.O-O-O gxf4 2.exd5! exd5 3.Rxg4! hxg4 4.Qf5 gxf3 5.Qxd5+ Ke8 6.Qe4+ Qe7 >7.Qxa8 Qd8 8.Qe4+ Qe7 9.Qb7 Qd8 10.Nxf3 a6 11.Bd3 > >and CM9000 scores the resulting position as about 0.8 for White. > >However, if Black ignores the sacrifice and plays 1...a6!, then he should be >able to hold. At least, that's what about 15 minutes of poking around has showed >anyway.... > >jm Just for amusement's sake, I analyzed the position with a different personality (this time CM_SKR), and it prefers a different line for White if Black accepts the sacrifice: 1.O-O-O gxf4 2.exd5 exd5 3.h3 cxd4 4.hxg4 dxc3 5.Nc4! cxb2+ 6.Kb1! Bc5 7.Rxd5 Kf8 8.Bxd7 Nxd7 9.Qf5 and a completely won game for White, which CM_SKR scores as almost +7.0 for White. This personality also feels that 1...a6 holds fine for Black. jm
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