Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 09:52:49 05/24/04
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On May 24, 2004 at 10:02:28, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >Please see = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50645-2004May23.html > >Carlsen - Nielsen = 12th Sigeman tournament, May 2004 > >1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4!? (Former world champion >Alexander Alekhine gave credit for this knight move to Orla Hermann Krause, a >Danish analyst who found many new ideas in the Slav defense in the 1920s. White >wastes time to eliminate the ominous black's queen bishop at all costs. The >leading alternative today is 6.Ne5.) 6...Bg4 (In the game Alekhine-Stolz, Bled >1931, black played 6...e6, which Alekhine considered natural and good. He wrote: >"White will enjoy a pair of bishops [after 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3], but as long as >black is able to control the central squares he should not have much to fear." > >Most common is the retreat 6...Bc8. Alekhine advocated 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4 >9.exd4 "with slightly better prospects for white." Garry Kasparov picked up this >line almost 60 years later but without much success. More interesting is the >piece sacrifice 7.e4 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4 9.Nf3!?, for example 9...dxc3 10.Bxf7+ Ke7 >11.Qb3 with messy prospects.) > >7.h3 (Black can meet 7.f3 with 7...Bd7, for example 8.e4 e6 9.Bxc4 [9.g3 b5!] >Nxe4! with an edge.) 7...Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Bd2 (A >useful developing move. 12.Qf3 was played before, but it may not be the best >square for the queen.) 12...Nbd7 13.g5 (Carlsen decides to take the center at >the expense of overextended pawns.) 13...Nd5 14.e4 N5b6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Qe2 c5!? >(The other break 16...e5?! was played in Carlsen- Andriasian in Budva, >Montenegro, last year. After 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.0-0-0 Nd3+ 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Nb5!? Nxb3 >21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 instead of 23.Nc7+?, white should have played >23.Rd1!, for example 23...cxb5 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Qd1+; or 23..Ke7 24.Nd6! and >white wins.) > >17.d5 c4!? (A promising pawn sacrifice, giving black plenty of play on the weak >light squares.) Shredder 8 like it immediately (AMD 2800+@12*180Mhz), and the second move is 0.41 worse : 2 best moves mode : 1. = (-0.05): 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 2. ² (0.36): 17...exd5 18.exd5+ De7 19.Dxe7+ Rxe7 20.0-0-0 Th4 21.d6+ Rf8 22.Fe1 Fxc3 23.bxc3 Te4 24.Fd2 Cxa4 25.f3 Tae8 log for THE best move : 17...Fxc3 18.Fxc3 Dxg5 19.Fxg7 ² (0.61) Profondeur: 1/6 00:00:00 17...c4 ² (0.59) Profondeur: 1/10 00:00:00 17...c4 ² (0.59) Profondeur: 1/10 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 ² (0.59) Profondeur: 2/8 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 ² (0.59) Profondeur: 3/11 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 ² (0.59) Profondeur: 4/15 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dh5 gxh5 ² (0.34) Profondeur: 5/16 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fc2 Cc5 19.Df3 0-0 = (0.16) Profondeur: 5/18 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 exd5 19.Fxd5 Df6 20.gxf6 ² (0.41) Profondeur: 6/20 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 Tc8 20.Db5 exd5 21.exd5 Fxc3 22.Fxc3 Dxg5 23.Fxg7 ² (0.63) Profondeur: 6/20 00:00:00 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 Tc8 20.Db5 0-0 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Dxb7 ² (0.64) Profondeur: 7/16 00:00:00 42kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 Tc8 20.Db5 exd5 21.De2 dxe4 22.Cxe4 ² (0.39) Profondeur: 8/20 00:00:00 92kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 Tc8 20.Dd4 Cc5 21.Tc1 Fxc3 22.bxc3 exd5 23.exd5 ² (0.39) Profondeur: 8/20 00:00:00 98kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 Tc8 20.Dd4 e5 21.Dd3 Fxc3 22.bxc3 ² (0.58) Profondeur: 9/23 00:00:00 138kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.0-0 Ce5 21.dxe6 Cxc4 ² (0.33) Profondeur: 10/24 00:00:01 304kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.exf7+ Txf7 22.Dd5 Cd3+ 23.Re2 Cxf2 24.Thf1 = (0.07) Profondeur: 10/25 00:00:01 373kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Rd1 Cxd2 23.exf7+ Rh7 24.Rxd2 Dxg5+ 25.Dxg5 ² (0.32) Profondeur: 11/29 00:00:02 496kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Re2 fxe6 23.Tag1 Cxg1+ 24.Txg1 exd5 ² (0.32) Profondeur: 11/29 00:00:02 576kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Rd1 fxe6 23.Dxe6+ Tf7 24.Dd5 Dd6 25.Dxd6 ² (0.37) Profondeur: 12/26 00:00:03 1007kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Rd1 Dxd5 23.Re2 Cxd2 24.The1 = (0.12) Profondeur: 13/32 00:00:07 2022kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Re2 Cd4+ 23.Rf1 Cxe6 24.Dxd8 Fxc3 25.Dxa8 = (0.12) Profondeur: 13/32 00:00:08 2177kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.exf7+ Txf7 22.Dd5 Cf3+ 23.Rd1 Rf8 24.Fe3 Td7 25.Fc5+ Fxc5 26.Dd6+ Fxd6 = (-0.01) Profondeur: 14/34 00:00:17 4701kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.0-0-0 Tc8 21.Db5 exd5 22.exd5 Fxc3 23.Fxc3 Tc5 24.Dxb7 Dxg5+ 25.Rb1 Df5+ 26.Ra1 = (-0.03) Profondeur: 15/37 00:00:29 8243kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Re2 fxe6 23.Dxd8 Taxd8 24.Fe3 Fxc3 25.bxc3 Td2+ 26.Fxd2 Cd4+ 27.cxd4 Txf2+ 28.Rxf2 = (0.22) Profondeur: 16/36 00:00:40 11750kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Re2 Cd4+ 23.Rf1 Cxe6 24.Dxd8 Tfxd8 25.Rg2 Txd2 26.Cd5 = (0.22) Profondeur: 16/36 00:00:49 14343kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cd3+ 22.Re2 fxe6 23.Dxe6+ Rh7 24.f3 Cxb2 25.Dd5 Dc7 26.Thd1 Fxc3 27.Dg8+ Rxg8 = (-0.03) Profondeur: 17/41 00:01:46 30155kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cd3+ 22.Re2 fxe6 23.Dxe6+ Rh7 24.f3 Cxb2 25.Dd5 Dc7 26.Tac1 Dg3 27.Tcf1 Df2+ = (-0.03) Profondeur: 17/41 00:01:52 32002kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cd3+ 22.Re2 fxe6 23.Dxe6+ Rh7 24.Dd5 Cxf2 25.Dxd8 Taxd8 26.Thc1 Fc5 27.Tf1 = (-0.14) Profondeur: 18/47 00:04:48 82918kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.dxe6 Ce5 21.Dd5 Cf3+ 22.Re2 Cxd2 23.Dxd2 Db6 24.exf7+ Txf7 25.Taf1 Td8 26.Dc2 Dd4 27.f4 Fxc3 = (-0.06) Profondeur: 19/47 00:06:56 119688kN 17...c4 18.Fxc4 Cxc4 19.Dxc4 0-0 20.0-0 Tc8 21.Db5 exd5 22.Dxd5 Cb6 23.Dxd8 Tfxd8 24.Tfd1 Cc4 25.Fc1 Fxc3 26.Txd8+ Txd8 27.bxc3 Td3 28.Tb1 = (-0.05) Profondeur: 20/47 00:13:04 236322kN
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