Author: Martin Baumung
Date: 01:26:19 10/31/04
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> 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. Hello Kurt, I think that white's position is rather desperate anyway :-) And I don't see a way how white could prevent from going a pawn down. When exchanging the queens on b6, here's a possible continuation: [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.Qxb6 axb6 15.c3 Bc5+ 16.Nd4 Ra4 17.b4 Rxb4 18.Ba3 * Maybe it's the lesser of two evils :-) In the other line though, the black pawn on g3 looks rather weak... Cheers, Martin
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