Author: Mihaly Szalai
Date: 09:36:49 05/21/04
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Hello Kurt, yes, this brilliant 15.Nf5!! tells us something about the quality of todays' chess programs. (Fritz 8, Junior 8 and The King also finds it.) A grandmaster makes this kind of move (a piece sac with a check) only after proper home analysis. GM Ivan Farago plyed 15.Bxd7 in 1995. [Event "Budapest Elekes"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Farago, Ivan"] [Black "Hoelzl, Franz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2355"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qa5 14. Rh3 e5 15. Bxd7+ Bxd7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rd8 18. Qc1 Rg8 19. Qc4 h5 20. a4 Rg4 21. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 22. axb5 Rb4 23. Rha3 Rxh4 24. Rxa7 Rh1+ 25. Ke2 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rd5 27. Rb1 Rd4 28. b6 h4 29. Rc1 Kd8 30. Rc7 Rd7 31. Rc4 Rd6 32. Rc7 Rxb6 33. Rxf7 Ke8 34. Rh7 Rb4 35. Ke3 Kf8 36. g3 Kg8 37. Rc7 b5 38. gxh4 Rxh4 39. Rb7 b4 40. f3 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Ke2 Kf8 43. Ke3 Rd4 44. Ke2 Ke8 45. Rb6 Ke7 46. Ke3 Rc4 47. Kd3 Rc3+ 48. Ke4 b3 49. Kd5 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2 Seven years later GM Dreev was well-prepared. [Event "ECC"] [Site "Halkidiki GRE"] [Date "2002.09.26"] [Round "5"] [White "Dreev, A."] [Black "Kishnev, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D39"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2002.09.22"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2002.09.30"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 gxf6 13. h4 Qa5 14. Rh3 e5 15. Nf5 Qxb5+ 16. Rd3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Kg1 Qxa2 19. Rc1 b5 20. Rc7 Qa4 21. Qc1 Qa6 22. Rd6 Qxd6 23. Nxd6+ Ke7 24. Rxc8 1-0 Looks familiar? :-) Best wishes Mihaly
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