Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 13:30:58 07/09/04
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On July 09, 2004 at 09:37:20, Daniel Jackson wrote: >The Uzbekistani GM was low on time and had played a very incautious move (Rd6). >After checking the lines for a few minutes Adams struck out: 31.Rxb4! axb4 >32.Ne7+ Qxe7 33.Qxd6. Now instead of defending the b-pawn (with 33...Qxd6 >34.Rxd6 Rb8 or even 33...Qe4) Kasimdzhanov went for 22...Qe2 after which Adams >could pick up the second pawn with 34.Rd4 h5 35.Qxb4. Everone expected Black to >resign, but Kasimdzhanov fought on desperately until the time control and a few >moves after that. 35...Qf3 36.h4 Rc8 37.Qd2 Rc3 38.Rf4 Qc6 39.Kh2 Rxb3 40.Qd8+ >Kh7 41.Qd1 Rb7 42.Qxh5+ Kg8 43.Rd4 Qf6 44.Rd2 Ra7 45.a5 g6 46.Qb5 Kh7 47.Qb6 >1-0. > >A resulting position had Kasimdzhanov exchanged Queens and played 34..Rb8. > >The play that would have ensued, 35.Rd5!..Kf8. Does your engine find (36.Rb5!!)? > >[D]1r3k2/5ppp/8/3R4/Pp6/1P4P1/5P1P/6K1 w - - 0 36 > >Daniel The Baron will play Rd7 almost immediately and keeps to it (well, at least during the 15 minutes my test ran, on a P4-2.4). The score was stable at around 1.7, slowly increasing to 1.9. Richard.
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