Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 16:15:52 10/26/04
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On October 26, 2004 at 17:48:11, Will Singleton wrote: >Here's an alternative, probably not as good, but maybe more interesting. > >1. Qe2 Rxb3 2. Ba1 g5 3. Nd2 Rb4 4. Qh5+ Bg6 5. Qg4 Rg7 6. Rfe1 I believe white wins here too, although Zappa prefers 5 ...Bg7 vs 5 ...Rg7. After (for example) 6. f4! Nxd4 (what else?) Bxd4 Rxd4 Nb3 Rb4, white wins with the demolition sacrifice Bxd5! [D]3qkb2/1pp1p1rp/n5b1/3pN1p1/1r3PQ1/1N4P1/6BP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 9 1. Bg2xd5[S] c7-c5 2. Rf1-d1[S] Qd8-c7[S] 3. Nb3-d4[S] Rb4xd4 4. Rd1xd4[S] e7-e6 5. Bd5-b3 c5xd4[S] 6. Qg4xe6 Ke8-d8[S] 7. Rc1xc7[S] Rg7xc7 8. Qe6-f6 Kd8-c8 9. Qf6xf8 Bg6-e8 = (4.75) Depth: 11/36 00:01:56.25 157664kN (1356 KN/s, 968 splits, 54 aborts) Basically all lines favor white here: the vast lead in development more than compensates for the pawn. anthony
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