Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 01:33:19 10/31/04
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On October 31, 2004 at 03:10:06, Martin Baumung wrote:
>On October 31, 2004 at 02:38:48, Kurt Utzinger wrote:
>
>>Corzo-Capablanca, Havana, m 1900 (8)
>>To find is 13...Qb6!
>>[D]r1b2bnr/ppp2k2/7p/2qP4/3Q1p1P/6p1/PPP1N1P1/R1B2BKR b - - 0 13
>>
>>[Event "Kuba-ch"]
>>[Site "Havana"]
>>[Date "1900.??.??"]
>>[Round "8"]
>>[White "Corzo y Principe, Jua"]
>>[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
>>[Result "0-1"]
>>[ECO "C25"]
>>[PlyCount "52"]
>>
>>1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng5 h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. d4
>>d5 9. exd5 Qe7+ 10. Kf2 g3+ 11. Kg1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qc5 13. Ne2 Qb6 {A fine move
>>with the threat Bc5 and the idea to force the exchange of queens when black's
>>a8-rook comes at once into play; Ein feiner Zug mit der Drohung Lc5 und der
>>Idee, Damentausch zu erzwingen, wonach der schwarze a8-Turm sofort ins Spiel
>>kommt} 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. c3 Ra4 17. Be2 Bxd4+ 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. b3
>>Nf6 20. Bb2 Rd2 21. Bh5+ Nxh5 22. Bxh8 f3 23. gxf3 Nf4 24. Be5 Rg2+ 25. Kf1
>>Rf2+ 26. Ke1 Nd3+ 0-1
>
>
>Hello Kurt,
>
>it's a nice position, but how about the following line?
>
>... Dc5-b6 14.b2-b4 Lf8xb4 15.Lc1-e3 Sg8-f6 16.Dd4xf4 Lb4-c5 17.Le3xc5 Db6xc5+
>18.Df4-d4 Dc5xd4+ 19.Se2xd4
>
>Queens are exchanged, but at least this way the a8 rook doesn't come into play.
>13...Qb6 still remains the best move for black though.
>
>Best wishes,
>
>Martin
Hi Martin
Do you not think that the line given by you and
continued by me (see below) is worse for White who
is at the end a pawn down?
Kurt
r1b2bnr/ppp2k2/1q5p/3P4/3Q1p1P/6p1/PPP1N1P1/R1B2BKR w - - 0 14
[Event "Kuba-ch"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1900.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Corzo y Principe, Jua"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C25"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2bnr/ppp2k2/1q5p/3P4/3Q1p1P/6p1/PPP1N1P1/R1B2BKR w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1900.??.??"]
14. b4 Bxb4 15. Be3 Nf6 16. Qxf4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Nxd5
20. Bc4 c6 0-1
And in this line, White is a pawn down.
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