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Subject: Re: Hard test position

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 12:59:09 09/14/04

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On September 14, 2004 at 12:02:08, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>[Event "?"]
>[Site "Moscow"]
>[Date "1986.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
>[Black "Vladimirov, Evgeny"]
>[Result "0-1"]
>[ECO "C42"]
>[PlyCount "60"]
>[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nc4 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Ne3 c5 8. Bb5+
>Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxd4
>O-O 15. Nd2 a5 16. Rfe1 Qa7 17. Qh4 h6 18. c3 Rfd8 19. Nf3 c5 20. Red1 a4 21.
>b4 d4 22. cxd4 cxb4 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Bxa2 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
>Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Ne1 Qb7 29. Qa5 Qd5 30. Qc3 Qxa2 0-1
>
>[D]r2r2k1/q4pp1/7p/3b4/pQ6/5N2/P4PPP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 25
>
>25...Bxa2!! 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxa2 Rd1+ 28. Ne1 Qb7!
>
>(What makes a grandmaster...)

It seems in none of the analysis posted for this position that 26. Rxd8+ is
chosen in response to 15...Bxa2. This looks like a good test position also. What
is white's best response to 15...Bxa2?

[D]r2r2k1/q4pp1/7p/8/pQ6/5N2/b4PPP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1

Regards
Dave



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