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Subject: Re: Exchange sac

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 12:43:54 06/29/05

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On June 29, 2005 at 14:20:32, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>On June 29, 2005 at 10:23:49, Richard Pijl wrote:
>
>>The following position occurred in an ICC game between Amateur and the Baron
>>[D]2r5/p2nnkNp/1pq1p1pP/3pPp2/2rP4/P1P3Q1/3B1PP1/R4RK1 b - -
>>To my surprise Baron didn't hesitate to sac the exchange on c3 and won the game,
>>probably partly because Amateur didn't handle the endgame too well (exchange of
>>queens was probably not a good idea).

>I'm not sure the exchange sac is entirely correct, Richard?

I'm not sure either. The Baron didn't have a convincing winning score.


>after 22..Rxc3 Vulcan Q1e expects 23.Qg5 which fails low but then is still at
>+2.5 for White

I'm not surprised that this might be the case. Black is material down. But when
counting as a human, the knight on g7 isn't doing much and going nowhere. So I
guess +2.5 is a bit overoptimistic.
Richard.



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