Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 00:06:51 03/27/05
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On March 26, 2005 at 16:08:12, Steve Maughan wrote: >Terry, > >>Nf5!..gf gf..Kh8 b6! followed by Rdg1 etc. +- > >1. Nf5 gxf5 2. gxf5 Kh8 3. b6 Na6 4. Rdg1 Rg8 (holds the bishop) 5. Nd5 Qd8 > >Also possible is: > >1. Nf5 gxf5 2. gxf5 Rd8 3. Rdg1 Ne8 > >In both lines white should win due to the pressure. I don't believe that >Shredder 9 saw all of the tactics that fall out of this position within 2 secs - >it played the move for positional reasons and is therefore a positional >sacrifice (IMO). There may be a forced tactical line - this just means that it >was a good positional sacrifice. > >OK let's leave it at that. > >Steve [D] r1b1r1k1/1pn1qnbp/3p1pp1/pPp5/2PNPPP1/P1N1B1R1/3QB2P/3R3K w - - 0 1 1.Nf5 gxf5 2.gxf5 Kh8 3.b6 Na6 4.Rdg1 Rg8 5.Nd5 Qxe4+ 6.Bf3 Qe8 7.Qg2 Qf8 8.Nxf6 Nh6 9.Nxg8 Nxf5 10.Rxg7 Nxg7 11.Bd2 Qxg8 12.Bc3 ++ [D]r1b1r1k1/1pn1qnbp/3p1pp1/pPp5/2PNPPP1/P1N1B1R1/3QB2P/3R3K w - - 0 1 1.Nf5 gxf5 2.gxf5 Rd8 3.Rdg1 Ne8 4.Bh5 Kh8 5.Qg2 Qf8 6.Nd5 Rd7 7.Bd2 Ra7 8.Bc3 b6 9.Qb2 Bb7 10.Rxg7 Nxg7 11.Rxg7 Ne5 12.Rxd7 Nxd7++ The g-file and the a1-h8 diagonal prove too much for White. We could analize this to death, but White wins by force, by tactical means. The Bishop on g7 is doomed and much, much more! Terry
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