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Subject: Re: Is the sacrifice correct?

Author: Jan Kiwitter

Date: 16:31:24 02/22/04

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On February 22, 2004 at 16:44:09, Will Singleton wrote:

>On February 22, 2004 at 04:02:32, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>[D]rnb1k2r/pp1pp1bp/6p1/2pn2B1/8/2NB1N2/PqPQ2PP/1R2K2R w Kkq - 0 11
>>Reti,R - Euwe,M (Amsterdam 1920)
>>Position before 11.Nxd5!! (or ?!)
>>
>>
>>[Event "Amsterdam m"]
>>[Site "Amsterdam"]
>>[Date "1920.??.??"]
>>[Round "2"]
>>[White "Reti, Richard"]
>>[Black "Euwe, Max"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[ECO "A83"]
>>[PlyCount "33"]
>>[EventDate "1920.??.??"]
>>
>>1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
>>Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxb1+ 12. Kf2 Qxh1 13. Bxe7 d6 14. Bxd6
>>Nc6 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2+ 1-0
>
>Looks like 13...d6 was a blunder, should have been Qa1.  Maybe that's known
>already.

After 13...Qa1 14.Bd6! is very strong.

But anyway 13.Nc7+ is the best move for white, for example 13...Kd8 14.Bxe7+!
Kxc7 (14...Kxe7 15.Qg5+ Kd6 16.Qf4+ Kc6 17.Nb5 +-) 15.Qf4+ Kb6 16.Qd6+ Nc6
17.Qxc5+ Kc7 18.Bd6+ Kd8 19.Qg5+ Ke8 20.Bxg6+! hxg6 21.Qxg6+ Kd8 22.Qxg7 +-

Regards
Jan




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