Author: Uri Blass
Date: 22:54:02 11/10/03
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On November 10, 2003 at 15:59:36, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: >I think that you know that Russian players, be they IMs or GMs, in the 2550 ELO >ballpark, are tactically the best in the world. The positions you quoted are >way too simple for a good Russian player. Shaposnikov a cheater? No way... at >least in my opinion. Ask any serious GM what chess school is supposed to be the >best of all, especially in tactics? > >The Knight to f5 is "easy" to see as it frees the black Bishop diagonal and >enables Black to eventually open up the g-file... The other example was not very >clear to me. What is so special about 1.f4? Why was it difficult to find? > >The whole thing sounds quite muddled to me, I must say. I would like to hear >more evidence. > >Djordje No, the idea of Nf5 is exf5 exf5 Qg3 Qe7 Of course exf5 is not forced but it is the first move to consider for white. A weaker player like me is probably going to reject Nf5 because of not seeing Qe7 but I expect a strong GM to see the motive of having 2 pieces in the same file that invites Qe7 I am not sure if Nf5 is the best move. Fritz8 on p850 changes its mind from Nf5 to e5 to Nf5 to e5 New game 4rr1k/1bq1n2p/pp1ppbp1/8/2P1PPQ1/1P2B2P/P3N2K/1BR3R1 b - - 0 1 Analysis by Fritz 8: 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qg3 ³ (-0.50) Depth: 7/7 00:00:00 8kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qg3 ³ (-0.50) Depth: 8/8 00:00:00 11kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qg3 ³ (-0.50) Depth: 9/9 00:00:00 15kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qf3 Bg7 4.Bh4 ³ (-0.34) Depth: 10/30 00:00:01 513kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qg3 e5 4.Be3 exf4 5.Nxf4 Be5 6.Rcf1 Nf7 7.Bd3 = (-0.25) Depth: 11/33 00:00:12 4987kN 1...e5! ³ (-0.28) Depth: 11/36 00:00:31 12450kN 1...e5 2.Nc3 exf4 3.Bxf4 Bxc3 4.Rxc3 Nc6 5.Qh4 Nd4 6.Rf1 Qc5 7.e5 Rxe5 8.Bxg6 Re2+ = (-0.25) Depth: 12/34 00:00:58 23886kN 1...Nf5! ³ (-0.28) Depth: 12/34 00:01:07 27496kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qf3 Bg7 4.Qe3 e5 5.f5 gxf5 6.Qxb6 Qxb6 7.Bxb6 = (-0.22) Depth: 13/38 00:02:31 62745kN 1...e5! = (-0.25) Depth: 13/38 00:02:44 68760kN 1...e5 2.Rgf1 Nc6 3.Nc3 exf4 4.Nd5 Qg7 5.Nxf6 Rxf6 6.Bxf4 Ne5 7.Qg3 ³ (-0.28) Depth: 13/38 00:03:59 101491kN 1...e5 2.Rgf1 exf4 3.Nxf4 Nf5 4.Bd2 Nd4 5.Nd5 Be5+ 6.Kg2 Qc5 7.Bc3 Bc8 ³ (-0.28) Depth: 14/39 00:08:58 234095kN 1...Nf5! ³ (-0.31) Depth: 14/39 00:09:17 242661kN 1...Nf5 2.Bf2 Nh6 3.Qf3 Bg7 4.Qe3 e5 5.Rgf1 exf4 6.Nxf4 d5 = (-0.19) Depth: 15/40 00:15:43 409093kN 1...e5! = (-0.22) Depth: 15/41 00:17:08 448611kN (, eim 11.11.2003) Uri
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