Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 05:28:34 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 04:10:12, J. Noomen wrote: >The following game was played in the 6th round of the Dutch Open: > >[Event "24th DOCC"] >[Site "Leiden Ned"] >[Date "2004.10.17"] >[Round "6"] >[White "Pro Deo"] >[Black "ANT"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "C42"] >[PlyCount "77"] >[EventDate "2004.??.??"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 >Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 >15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 > >All well known, in the match Leko-Kramnik this was played twice. Leko didn't >manage to create even a slight edge and switched to 1.d4. Now Pro Deo thought >for some minutes and responded with an incredible move: > >17. Nd2!!?? > >Just letting black take on g2!! During the game we couldn't believe this is >correct, but some analysis yesterday revealed that maybe this is a very >interesting idea! Don't forget that as a Petroff player you want a quiet and >nice draw, now you are drawn into a pool of crazy complications. As withdrawing >the bishop is tantamount to saying that 16 ... Be4 is wrong, there is only one >critical move to consider: > >17 ... Bxg2. White responds with 18. Bg4!, threatening the c8 rook and also 19. >f3! winning the bishop. > >Two replies are posssible: > >A) 18... Bh1!? 19. f3. This looks good for White, but additional analysis is >needed. > >B) 18... f5 (played by ANT and looks most logical) 19. Be2! (threatening Bc4) >and again White seems to have very interesting tactical chances. At least after >an hour of thinking my engines indicate a White advantage. > >So what is the truth here!? Is 17. Nd2!? a brilliant novelty, or just a typical >tactical machine move creating interesting chances? > >Please post your analysis! > >Jeroen FEN: 2r1r1k1/ppp1bppp/2n5/3q4/3PbB2/P1P2N1P/4BPP1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 17 Pro Deo 1.0: (P4 1.8/40 MB hash) 1 00:00 21 21.000 -2.35 Lxc7 Txc7 1 00:00 47 47.000 -1.32 Se5 Sxe5 Lxe5 Lxg2 1 00:00 121 121.000 +0.15 Lb5 Lxf3 Lxc6 Dxc6 Dxf3 1 00:00 134 134.000 +0.17 Ld3 1 00:00 148 148.000 +0.21 c4 2 00:00 332 332.000 +0.17 c4 Df5 3 00:00 916 916.000 +0.15 c4 Df5 Dd2 4 00:00 2.561 2.561.000 +0.11 c4 Df5 Dd2 Dg6 5 00:00 12.441 12.441.000 -0.01 c4 Df5 Dd2 Ld6 Lg3 5 00:00 19.030 19.030.000 +0.21 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Sa5 d5 6 00:00 43.247 43.247.000 +0.10 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 7 00:00 125.584 125.584.000 +0.05 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 Lg5 Se7 8 00:01 379.783 379.783.000 +0.05 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 Lg5 Se7 9 00:03 1.349.867 674.933 +0.09 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 Le3 a6 c4 10 00:06 3.004.541 500.756 +0.09 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 Le3 a6 c4 10 00:10 5.265.074 526.507 +0.12 Lg3 Ld6 Sd2 Lg6 Lf3 Dg5 Lg4 Txe1+ 11 00:19 10.276.717 540.879 +0.07 Lg3 Ld6 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 g6 Kf1 Se7 c4 11 00:22 11.765.429 534.792 +0.09 Ld3 Lxf3 Dxf3 Dxf3 gxf3 Ld6 Txe8+ Txe8 Le3 Sa5 c4 Sb3 Tb1 11 00:48 25.391.131 528.981 +0.10 Le3 Sa5 Da4 b6 c4 Dd6 Se5 Lf6 Lg4 Lxe5 12 02:04 64.388.184 519.259 +0.16 Le3 Sa5 Sd2 Lg6 c4 Dd6 13 03:45 117.941.926 526.526 +0.13 Le3 Tcd8 Sd2 Lg6 Lf3 Dd7 13 06:48 217.525.942 533.151 +0.13 Sd2 13 07:33 242.283.015 534.841 +0.37 Sd2 Lxg2 Lg4 14 08:20 270.785.615 541.571 -0.04 Sd2 Lxg2 c4 Df5 Lg4 Dxf4 Lxc8 Txc8 Kxg2 Dxd4 14 11:16 364.405.295 539.061 +0.12 Le3 Tcd8 Sd2 Lg6
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