Author: Stephen Ham
Date: 18:11:20 08/02/03
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On August 02, 2003 at 19:06:25, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >On August 02, 2003 at 17:54:47, John Merlino wrote: > >>On August 02, 2003 at 16:59:02, Gerd Isenberg wrote: >> >>>[Event "Dortmund"] >>>[Site "?"] >>>[Date "2003.08.02"] >>>[Round "3"] >>>[White "Bologan, V."] >>>[Black "Anand, V."] >>>[Result "1-0"] >>>[WhiteElo "2650"] >>>[BlackElo "2774"] >>>[PlyCount "81"] >>>[EventDate "2003.08.02"] >>> >>>1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 >>>Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bf4 e6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Ne5 Rd8 >>>15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ng6 Rfe8 17. Nxe7+ Rxe7 18. Rd3 Ree8 19. Rhd1 Qd5 20. Rg1 b5 >>>21. Qd2 a5 22. Ne2 b4 23. g4 Ne4 24. Qe3 Ng5 25. Rc1 Nb6 26. b3 a4 27. Bc7 Qa5 >>>28. f4 Nh7 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rd7 31. Bxb6 Qxb6 32. Rg1 axb3 33. cxb3 Qa5 34. >>>g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Nf6 36. Rg5 Rd5 37. Re5 Ng4 38. Rxe6 Rf8 39. Qh3 Nh6 40. Rxc6 >>>Rdf5 41. d5 1-0 >>> >>>According to Bologan (live interview with commentator Dr. Pfleger), Anands >>>opening was bad due to 13...Qa5 and even 14...Rd8. >> >>There is one important game in which both of those moves were played by Black >>(Bent Larsen in this case), and the game ended in a draw. So, perhaps those >>moves aren't TOO bad. >> >>[Event "IBM"] >>[Site "Amsterdam NED"] >>[Date "1980.06.??"] >>[Round "5"] >>[White "Timman, Jan H"] >>[Black "Larsen, Bent"] >>[TimeControl "-"] >>[Result "1/2-1/2"] >>[ECO "B19"] >>[WhiteELO "2600"] >>[BlackELO "2590"] >>[WhiteTitle "IGM"] >>[BlackTitle "IGM"] >>[WhiteCountry "NED"] >>[BlackCountry "DEN"] >> >>1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 >>Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 e6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Be7 14.Ne5 Rd8 >>15.Nc4 Qb5 16.Bc7 Rc8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxd6 Qxd3 19.Rxd3 Nb6 20.Bc5 Kd7 >>21.Rh4 Kc7 22.Ne4 Nxe4 23.Rxe4 Nd7 24.Rg4 Rh7 25.Rdg3 Rg8 26.c4 b6 >>27.Be7 g5 28.hxg6ep Rxg6 29.Bh4 Nf8 30.Rxg6 Nxg6 31.Bf6 h5 32.Kc2 a6 >>33.Rh3 Nf8 34.Kd3 b5 35.c5 Nd7 36.Be5+ Kd8 37.Ke4 a5 38.Rg3 Nxe5 39.dxe5 >>h4 40.Rd3+ Kc7 41.Rh3 Rg7 42.Rxh4 1/2-1/2 >> > >so Bologan's novelty was 15.Qe2. >Bologan found the opening favourable for white, may be programs don't agree or >don't "understand". He explictely mentioned his Rh1-d1-g1-c1 maneuver. >Do programs avoid capturing the "Miles" pawn on h5? > >[D]3rr1k1/3n1pp1/2p1pn1p/pp1q3P/3P1B2/3R4/PPPQNPP1/1K4R1 b - - > >Gerd > >>>The losing move was probably 26...a4 in this position: >>> >>Yes, this is definitely a poor move, but according to some playing around with >>CM9000, Anand was able to come pretty close to equalizing after that -- until >>37...Ng4. After that, it was clearly over pretty quickly. >> >>jm Dear Gerd, Actually 15 Qe2 isn't new either. In fact its covered in Inf 31/186 and also page 53 of Beliavsky's Book, "Uncompromisng Chess." The new move, it seems to me, is 16 Ng6!, which gives White an advantage. So I agree with Bologan that 13...Qa5 is inferior and believe that the unclear 13...a5 is best, as covered in Fernschach 7/89. Tschuss! Stephen
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