Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 10:08:54 10/03/04
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On October 03, 2004 at 09:25:41, Daniel Jackson wrote: >On October 03, 2004 at 09:18:32, Janosch Zwerensky wrote: > >>Hi everyone, >> >>do any engines find 16.Bxa6! >> >>[D] r2qr1k1/1p3ppp/pbn5/3p3b/1P3B2/P2BPN1P/5PP1/2RQ1RK1 w - - 0 16 >> >>here? If not, do they suggest a reasonable continuation for black or does this >>move give white a significant advantage already (the Crafty I have here fails to >>see a significant white advantage after Bxa6, but it also fails to find a >>continuation that does not lead to such an advantage). >> >>Regards, >>Janosch > >You would have to turn book off to test this. I doubt a program would consider >15..a6 but would play 16.Bxa6! The resulting endgame favours White. > >I don't know why Kramink chose this inferior line? Kramnik likes to play slightly inferior lines with black. It was well known as a drawish line since Malathko-Pigusov Ohrid 2001.
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