Author: martin fierz
Date: 10:11:04 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 12:09:46, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >Janowsky vs Kupchik, Havana 1913 >Which program finds the winning positional sacrifice 24.Rxe3!! >[D]4b2k/ppr1q2p/1np1p2r/2N1N1p1/3PPp2/P2BnP1P/1P3QP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 24 hi kurt, Rxe3 can hardly be called a sacrifice. i would play this move without thinking in any blitz game. the problem with this position is that white is clearly better more or less regardless of how he continues, the knight on e3 is going nowhere and can always be captured by the rook. i'm afraid it's not a very good test position - i have to say that since muse doesn't want to play Rxe3 :-) muse wants to play a4 and according to the pv follow up with b4 - playing on the Q-side, which also looks like a very sensible plan to me in the diagram position. opening a line on the Q-side while the black rook is offside on h6. cheers martin
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