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Subject: Re: The Baron at CCT-6 against Movei

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:55:26 02/03/04

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On February 03, 2004 at 02:55:08, Richard Pijl wrote:

>[Event "CCT-6"]
>[Site "chessclub.com"]
>[Date "2004.02.01"]
>[Round "9"]
>[White "MoveiXX"]
>[Black "thebaron"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[WhiteElo "2363"]
>[BlackElo "2453"]
>[TimeControl "2700+10"]
>
>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c4 Bd6 {
>
>First move out of book and I don't like it. I would rather have played something
>like Nge7 myself to prevent the white bishop from being locked in. Or also Nd4
>would have been an alternative }
>
>5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. e5 {
>
>The white bishop is doomed to have a miserable life as a big pawn. I was
>beginning to fear the worst }
>
>Bc7 7. d3 b6 8.Qe2 Ne7 9. O-O Nf5 10. Qe4 Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bb7
>13. Ne2 Bd8 14. Rad1
>Be7 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Qg4 Rd7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Ng5 Rd4 20. g3
>b5 21. Nf3 R4d7 22. Nd2 Ba6 23. Ne4 Kh8 24. Rc1 bxc4 25. dxc4 Rd4 26. Qe2
>Kg8 27. b3 Qc7 28. Nxc5 Rd2 29. Qe4 Bc8 30. a3 R8d4 31. Qf3 Qxe5 32. Qxc6
>Rd8 33. Rfe1 Qd4 34. Ne4 Rb2 35. Rc3 Rxf2 36. Rd3 Rd2+ 37. Rxd4 Nxd4 38.
>Nf6+ gxf6 39. Qe4 f5 40. Qa8 Ra2 {
>
>[D] Q1br2k1/p4p1p/4p3/5p2/2Pn1N2/PP4P1/r6P/4R1K1 w - - 2 41
>
>Baron has managed to deal with the development problems by exchanging its queen
>for two pieces, with the possibility to gobble some pawns. But Movei doesn't
>intend to let it slip and inhibits the Baron's Kingside with the next move.
>While watching the game I questioned this move, but saw its real power a few
>moves later. The pins on undefended pieces are killing the Baron here.
>Any other engine that plays Nh5 within reasonable time? }

The question is if 41.Nh5 is a winning move and if it is the only winning move
in case it is winning.

I think 41...Rxa3 was simply wrong from the baron and better was 41...Nxb3 that
prevents the pin of the knight d4 and keep the black rook in the second rank.

Another possibility that movei expected was 41...Rf8
The significant fail high of movei was not during pondering but only after the
baron's move 41...Rxa3

Movei searched to depth 10 when it changed its mind from a4 to Nh5 but for
positional reasons(score was +0.56 for a4 and +0.7 for Nh5)

Uri



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