Author: Pierre Chevalier
Date: 08:43:51 03/06/04
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On March 05, 2004 at 13:35:31, Roy Brunjes wrote: >The ChessBase site reports on Linares and provides PGN files if the games. At >least some of these games even have analysis. The game between Kasparov and >Topalov was analyzed, apparently with Fritz (version unknown). The key position >is here: > >[D] 2b2rk1/2pn1p2/3p2pB/2nPp2N/4P2b/2P3RN/q1B2PP1/3Q2K1 w - - 0 27 > >The report says that Kasparov missed a win with 27. Rxg6+!! > >In analyzing this game with Chessmaster 9000, it does not prefer to play 27. >Rxg6+. I began stepping through the moves in the ChessBase analysis to see if >there was something Chessmaster missed. > >It appears to me, and I am quite possibly the worst player who frequents this >bulletin board, that the following line shows that Rxg6+ is at best a draw : > >27. Rxg6+ fxg6 >28. Qg4 Bxf2+ (!) >29. Kh2 [ Nxf2 is also shown as a draw by Chessmaster 9000 and Fritz 8] >29. ... Kh7 >30. Bxf8 Qxc2 >31. Qg5 [Or Ng5+ is also a draw it seems]. > >So, where did Chessmaster go wrong? Or is it really drawn and the analysis done >by Fritz on the ChessBase site is not accurate? > >Roy Junior 7 finds 28...Kh7 28...g5 28...Bxf2 28...Kf7 are all drawing options with 0.00 score. There was no win with Rxg6 or I suspect Kasparov would have played it!
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