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Subject: Re: an oldy but goody....

Author: Roy Brunjes

Date: 23:43:51 08/03/03

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On August 03, 2003 at 21:44:26, Mike Byrne wrote:

>an absolutly outstanding game
>
>[Event "Sochi"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1958.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
>[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashit"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "A53"]
>[PlyCount "66"]
>[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
>[SourceDate "1997.12.31"]
>
>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
>O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge5 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15.
>Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+
>22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 Rxf4 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7 27. a4 c5+ 28.
>dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+
>0-1
>
>
>what directed me to lookup this game was the commentary at the website below
>
>http://www.chesscafe.com/text/sunil07.txt
>
>[d]r1b2rk1/ppp2pbp/2np2p1/8/2P1P1nq/1PNB4/PB1QNPPP/R3K2R w KQ - 0 11
>
>
>You will not find many games with 10...Qh4 quite simply because 10. Nge2 is
>understandbly not played very much (I only found two games out of 3,000,000).
>
>[d]r1b2rk1/ppp2pbp/2np2p1/4n3/2P1P2q/1PNB2N1/PB1Q1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 11
>
>How's that for castling into the storm.  GM Polugaevsky was essentialy saying
>"show me".  I guess he was shown, from this point on GM  Polugaevsky never
>played 3.e4 again - always playing 3.Nc3.  This was the only game he ever played
>3.e4 in my database.
>
>[d]r1b2rk1/ppp4p/2np3b/3Nn1p1/2P1Pp1q/1P1B1P2/PB2N1PP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 15
>
>The position here is equal in many program eyes.
>
>[d]r1b2rk1/ppp4p/2np3b/3Nn3/2P1PPp1/1P1B2Pq/PB2N3/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 18
>
>Most programs like white here.
>
>[d]r5k1/ppp2r1p/3p3b/3Pn3/1n2PPp1/1P2K1P1/PBB1N2q/R2Q3R b - - 0 23
>
>Rh1 Was not that hot -- many programs jump at the queen sac with Rxf4.
>
>[d]r5k1/ppp4p/3p3b/3Pn3/1n1KP1p1/1P3rP1/PBB1N2R/R2Q4 b - - 0 25
>
>26. ...Bg7 gets the !! in the above story(link). I suspect 26....c5 does
>actually lead to the win and Bg7 merely draws.
>
>What do you think?

Analysis by CM9000 (Junior personality) on slow Athlon 700 MHz system:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:05	1/6	-2.00	716041		26...c5+ 27.dxc6ep b5 28.Bd3 Nexc6+
					29.Kc3 Bg7+ 30.Kd2 Rxd3+ 31.Ke1
					Rxd1+ 32.Rxd1 Bxb2 33.Rxd6 Ne5
0:18	1/7	-1.97	2427668		26...c5+ 27.dxc6ep b5 28.Bd3 Nexc6+
					29.Kc3 Bg7+ 30.Kd2 Rxd3+ 31.Ke1
					Bxb2 32.Nf4 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Bc3+
					34.Kf1 Re8
1:01	1/8	-2.07	7993313		26...c5+ 27.dxc6ep b5 28.Bd3 Nexc6+
					29.Kc3 Bg7+ 30.Kd2 Rxd3+ 31.Ke1
					Bxb2 32.Nf4 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Be5 34.Kf1
					Rf8
3:13	1/9	-2.01	25627286	26...c5+ 27.dxc6ep b5 28.Bd3 Nexc6+
					29.Kc3 Bg7+ 30.Kd2 Rxd3+ 31.Ke1
					Bxb2 32.Nf4 Rxd1+ 33.Rxd1 Bc3+
					34.Kf1 Re8 35.a3

It appears that 26... c5+ is indeed a winning move.

After forcing 26... Bg7, the following analysis ...

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:28	1/8	0.00	3500329		27.Ng1 c5+ 28.dxc6ep Ned3+ 29.e5
					Bxe5+ 30.Kc4 b5+ 31.Kxb5 Rb8+ 32.Ka4
					Nxb2+ 33.Ka3 Nc4+ 34.Ka4 Nb2+
1:39	1/9	-0.68	12110164	27.Ng1 Rxg3 28.Ne2 Rf3 29.Ng1 c5+
					30.dxc6ep Ned3+ 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.Kxb5
					Rb8+ 33.Ka4 Nxb2+ 34.Ka3 Nxd1 35.Rxd1

6:58	1/10	-0.68	51818694	27.Ng1 Rxg3 28.Ne2 Rf3 29.Ng1 c5+
					30.dxc6ep Ned3+ 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.Kxb5
					Rb8+ 33.Ka4 Nxb2+ 34.Ka3 Nxd1 35.Rxd1

15:41	1/11	-0.75	117443487	27.Ng1 Rxg3 28.Ne2 Rf3 29.Ng1 c5+
					30.dxc6ep Ned3+ 31.Kc4 b5+ 32.Kxb5
					Rb8+ 33.Ka4 Nxb2+ 34.Ka3 Nxd1 35.Bxd1
					Bxa1 36.c7 Bb2+ 37.Kxb2

Even if this is not a draw (I'm too tired to analyze it myself tonight), it is
not as convincing as 26 ... c5+ is.

Mike -- I think you have spotted something here!

Roy



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