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Subject: Re: Botvinnik vs Capablanca (1938)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:42:20 03/13/04

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On March 13, 2004 at 18:50:31, Mike Byrne wrote:

>A position from  the game below has been analysed for years....
>
>[d]8/p3q1kp/1p2Pnp1/3pQ3/2pP4/1nP3N1/1B4PP/6K1 w - - 0 30
>
>many of us have seen this before - Ba3!! is one of the all time great moves
>ever played

Agreed that it is a phenomenal move. Chessmaster 9000, SKR personality on a
P4-2.4, finds Ba3 in 23 seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	0.00	3513		30.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Qc7+ Kh8 32.Qb8+
					Kg7 33.Qc7+
0:00	1/5	0.00	11848		30.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Qc7+ Kh8 32.Qb8+
					Kg7 33.Qc7+
0:00	1/5	0.09	19663		30.Nf1 Qe8 31.Ne3 Qc6 32.e7 Kf7
					33.Ba3
0:00	1/6	0.37	36482		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ne3 Nc6 32.Nxd5 Nxe5
					33.Nxe7
0:00	1/7	0.37	84999		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ne3 Nc6 32.Nxd5 Nxe5
					33.Nxe7
0:00	1/8	0.79	183149		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ne3 Nc6 32.Nxd5 Nxe5
					33.Nxe7 Nd3 34.Ba3
0:01	1/9	0.58	378293		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ne3 Nc6 32.Nxd5 Nxe5
					33.Nxe7 Nd3 34.Ba3 a5
0:03	1/10	0.62	806227		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ne3 Nc6 32.Nxd5 Nxe5
					33.Nxe7 Nd3 34.Ba3 Nf4
0:07	1/11	0.00	1661289		30.Nf1 Na5 31.Ba3 Qxa3 32.Qc7+
					Kh8 33.Qb8+ Kg7 34.Qc7+
0:23	1/11	3.46	5440563		30.Ba3 Nc5 31.dxc5 bxc5 32.Nf1
					a5 33.Ne3 Qb7 34.Bxc5 Qc8 35.Be7
0:29	1/12	3.63	7005762		30.Ba3 Nc5 31.dxc5 bxc5 32.Nf1
					a6 33.Ne3 Qb7 34.e7 Qb1+ 35.Kf2
					Kf7 36.e8=Q+ Nxe8 37.Qxd5+ Kf6
					38.Bxc5
1:00	2/13	3.84	14630232	30.Ba3 Qe8 31.Qc7+ Kh8 32.Be7 Kg7
					33.Qxa7 Nd2 34.Bd8+ Kf8 35.Bxf6
					Qxe6 36.Be5 h5 37.h3 Ke8 38.Qb8+
					Kf7 39.Qc7+ Ke8

jm



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