Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 13:07:54 10/10/03
For Christophe: [950 MHz!!!]
I was curious about this fairly rapid loss, and did some analysis of an SSDF
game:
[Event "SSDF"]
[Site ""]
[Date "2002.07.27"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Hiarcs 8 A1200"]
[Black "Gandalf 5.1 A1200"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Variation "English: Four Knights, 4.e3 Bb4"]
[Annotator "Hedlund,Tony"]
1.c4 e5 2.e3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.Qc4 d6 12.Bd2 Bd7 13.O-O-O a5 14.Qc2 h6
15.Rhg1 b5 16.Bh7+ Kh8 17.g4 a4 18.Bf5 b4 19.Qd3
{
Analysis below starts here...
}
.. c4 20.Qe4 a3 21.Bxb4
axb2+ 22.Kb1 Bxf5 23.gxf5 Bf6 24.Qxc4 Qd7 25.a3 Rfc8 26.Qd3 Rab8 27.Rg4
Qc7 28.Qd2 Rb5 29.Rd4 Bxd4 30.exd4 Qc4 31.Qxb2 Rcb8 32.f6 Rxb4 33.fxg7+
Kxg7 34.axb4 Rxb4 35.Rd2 Rb3 0-1
Does your engines see the dire situation right away?
[D]r2q1r1k/3bbpp1/3p3p/3P1B2/ppp3P1/3QP3/PP1B1P1P/2KR2R1 w - - ce -230; acd 16;
acs 3600; pv Qe4 Rb8 a3 c3 bxc3 bxa3 Kc2 Rb2+ Kd3 Bf6 Bxd7 Qxd7 Ke2 Bxc3 Qd3 Rc8
Kf1;|Qd3e4
[D]r2q1r1k/3bbpp1/3p3p/3P1B2/ppp1Q1P1/4P3/PP1B1P1P/2KR2R1 b - - ce 234; acd 16;
acs 3600; pv Rb8 Rdf1 Bf6 Kd1 b3 axb3 cxb3 g5 Bxb2 gxh6 gxh6 Bxd7 Qxd7 Ke2 a3
Rg4 Bg7;|Ra8b8
[D]r2q1r1k/3bbpp1/3p3p/3P1B2/1pp1Q1P1/p3P3/PP1B1P1P/2KR2R1 w - - ce -142; acd
16; acs 3600; pv Bxb4 axb2+ Kb1 Ba4 Qxc4 Bxd1 Rxd1 Rb8 Bd3 Bf6 Qe4 g6 Qf4 Be5
Qxh6+ Kg8 a3;|Bd2b4
[D]r2q1r1k/3bbpp1/3p3p/3P1B2/1Bp1Q1P1/p3P3/PP3P1P/2KR2R1 b - - ce 182; acd 15;
acs 1; pv axb2+ Kb1 Bb5 Qf4 Ra6 Bc2 Bf6 h4 Be5 Qe4 f5 gxf5 c3 f4 Bf6;|ab2
Questions arose about these recently. CT 14 gives them a very mild score:
[D]r4k1r/4bpp1/p6p/5n1n/PpBp1B2/1N1P1P2/1PP2K1P/4R1R1 w - - ce 36; acd 18; acs
3600; pv Rxe7 Kxe7 Re1+ Kf8 Bd2 Nf6 Bxb4+ Kg8 Rc1 Rb8 Ba5 Ra8 Bb6 Nd7 Bxd4 Nxd4
Nxd4 Ne5;|Re1e7
[D]r4k1r/4Rpp1/p6p/5n1n/PpBp1B2/1N1P1P2/1PP2K1P/6R1 b - - ce -34; acd 18; acs
3600; pv Kxe7 Re1+ Ne3 Bxe3 dxe3+ Rxe3+ Kf6 Nc5 Rhe8 Bxa6 Nf4 b3 Nh3+ Ke2 Nf4+
Kd2 Rxe3;|Kf8e7
These are two recent positions for analysis:
[D]8/3n1r2/p1p1pN1k/1p2Pq2/1P1P1p1p/5Q2/5PP1/4R2K w - - ce 154; acd 17; acs
3600; pv Re4 Nxf6 Rxf4 Qh5 Rxf6+ Rxf6 Qxf6+ Qg6 Qxh4+;|Re1e4
[D]r1b1k2r/3q2bp/p1ppp1p1/4n3/3NP3/NP5Q/PBP3PP/3R1RK1 w kq - ce 204; acd 18; acs
3600; pv Nxc6 Nxc6 Nc4 Qa7+ Rf2 Bxb2 Nxd6+ Ke7 Qh4+ Kd7 Nb5+ Ke8 Nxa7 Rxa7 c4
Bg7 Rd6 Bd7;|Nd4c6
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