Author: Tord Romstad
Date: 03:52:19 10/31/03
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On October 30, 2003 at 17:51:28, John Merlino wrote: >On October 30, 2003 at 17:02:56, Matthew Barnett wrote: > >>Polugaevsky,L - Nezhmetdinov,R [A53] >>Sochi Sochi, 1958 >> >>1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 e5 4.e4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd2 g6 7.b3 Bg7 8.Bb2 0-0 9.Bd3 >>Ng4 10.Nge2 Qh4 11.Ng3 Nge5 12.0-0 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 > >Ah, well, of COURSE 26...Bg7 is stronger. Especially when it is followed up by a >move that gives you a forced Mate in 8! :-) > >27.a4 is a terrible blunder. After forcing 26...Bg7, Chessmaster 9000 cannot see >an easy win for Black after 27.Ng1! (this is on a P4-2.4): (Analysis snipped) >I still think that 26...c5+ is the "stronger" move. This is probably one of the most heavily analyzed games in the history of chess, and although it may still be possible to find some improvements in all the fantastically complicated variations, a few minutes of analysis with The King is not enough. After 27. Ng1 black wins by 27... Rxg3. Two lines: A. 27. Ng1 Rxg3 28. Ne2 Re3 29. Ng1 Ned3+ 30. Kc4 Nxb2+ 31. Kxb4 Bc3+ 32. Ka3 b5 33. Qd4 (33. b4 a5!) Bxd4 34. Nxf3 Bc3 35. b4 Nc4+ 36. Kb3 Bxa1, and black wins. B. 27. Ng1 Rxg3 28. Ne2 Re3 29. Ng1 Ned3+ 30. e5 Bxe5+ 31. Kc4, and The King will probably need only a few microseconds to inform you that 31... Rf4+ is a forced mate (Gothmog announces mate in 18 (!), but I suspect there must be a much quicker mate here). Instead of 27. Ng1, 27. Nc3 and 27. Rf2 are better tries for white. I am not going to type all the long and complicated lines here, but instead refer you to the literature. This position is also tremendously fun to analyze on your own (without a computer). There is an amazing number of beautiful lines. Tord
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