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Subject: Re: Test position? (Leko vs. Kramnik)

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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