Author: Art Basham
Date: 06:24:12 03/26/04
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...Re3 just happens to be one of my favorite moves...! Bringing the rook to the third rank is often a simple move, but yet very powerful... At this point, Re3 was "the begining of the end"... Art On March 25, 2004 at 23:52:23, Sam Lloyd wrote: >On March 25, 2004 at 11:35:37, Art Basham wrote: > >>[D]r4q2/pp3p1k/2b2P1p/5N2/2PPpQ2/8/6PP/4R1K1 w - - >> >>The best move here is the simple >>Re3..! >> >>Both Rebel 12 and Der Bringer find it at just 6 ply... >> >>Other engines I tested take about 9 ply...:-) > >This test position is from a historical game, played by Kasparov and Tal, so I >felt adding the entire game would be interesting. The year is 1987 and Kasparov >is still the young World Champion and Tal is in his last years, but, still in >the top ten in the world! > >Kasparov, Garry vs Tal, Mikhial 1987 > > 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 >9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Ne7 12.Qc2 Bd7 13.Bg5 Ng6 14.f4 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 >16.f5! Ne7 17.Ng3 Nc8 18.Rf4! Nd6 19.Qf2 Rfe8 20.Nh5! Qd8 21.Nxg7!! Ne4 22.Bxe4 >Rxe4 23.f6 Kh7 24.Rxe4! dxe4 25.Qf4 Bc6 26.Re1 Qf8 27.c4 Qxa3 28.Nf5 Qf8 29.Re3! >Bd7 30.Rg3 Bxf5 31.Qxf5+ and Black resigns 0-1 > >This game struck me as Kasparov was playing like a contemporary version of his >famous opponent. > >Lloyd
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