Author: Cliff Sears
Date: 09:57:09 09/06/04
23 Bxe8?! was flagged in the book! "23 Nd6 is a better try, when Black must play extremely precisely to keep his advantage" White has missed a numer of chances to Blockage and restrain. The author notes that "pre-Nimzowitsch players often tried to solve positional problems by lashing out aggressively" On September 05, 2004 at 01:16:45, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On September 04, 2004 at 21:39:53, Cliff Sears wrote: > >>[d] 4rrk1/1b2bppp/2q5/p1P1p3/3pN3/5P2/PPB1Q1PP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 20 >>1934 game between Alexander McDonnel and Louis Labourdonnais. From "The World's >>Greatest Chess Games" by Burgess >> >>Black to move and the move made by Black was "f5" "Black immediately begins the >>decisive advance. Note that he spends no time on prophylaxis against White's >>Queenside play, confident that his pawn-storm will sweep everything from its >>path" >> >>Black went on to win. >> >>Fritz 8 Suggests: Bd7-a6 >>Hiarcs 8 Suggests: Qc6-d7 >>and Kibitzer Anaconda 1.6.2 Suggests: Re8-c8 >> >>Does your engine have an even different suggestion or even the played move? > >[Event "London m4"] >[Site "London"] >[Date "1834.??.??"] >[Round "62"] >[White "McDonnell, Alexander"] >[Black "De Labourdonnais, Louis"] >[Result "0-1"] >[ECO "B32"] >[PlyCount "74"] > >1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. >Qe2 d5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Rd1 d4 14. c4 Qb6 >15. Bc2 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bd8 18. c5 Qc6 19. f3 Be7 20. Rac1 f5 21. Qc4+ >Kh8 22. Ba4 Qh6 23. Bxe8 fxe4 24. c6 exf3 25. Rc2 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Bc8 27. Bd7 f2 >28. Rf1 d3 29. Rc3 Bxd7 30. cxd7 e4 31. Qc8 Bd8 32. Qc4 Qe1 33. Rc1 d2 34. Qc5 >Rg8 35. Rd1 e3 36. Qc3 Qxd1 37. Rxd1 e2 0-1 The problem for White was 23.Bxe8 -- CM9_SKR says that 23.Nd6 is much better. The first move is scored at about -0.9 for Black, and the second move is scored as a draw. jm
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