Author: John Merlino
Date: 16:00:57 08/07/05
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On August 07, 2005 at 16:12:04, Sune Larsson wrote:
>In the old days Morphy and others excelled in tactics. Later on Mikhail Tal
>showed up with a playing stile that presented the opponents with huge amounts of
>practical problems. Nowadays the "lightenings from the blue" are more rare. But
>in the 9th round of the EU-chT in Gothenburg it happened. Bareev must have been
>surprised when young Swedish GM Emanuel Berg uncorked 16.Bg6!!? The defending
>task proved just too much for the super-GM. So far, the whole combination looks
>correct. Bareev could have played stronger, to keep the balance, but that is
>easier said than done...
>
>[D]r4rk1/pbq1bpp1/1p2pn1p/2P1N1N1/7P/3B4/PPP1QPP1/2KR3R w - - 0 16
>
> GM Berg 2539 - GM Bareev 2688 Gothenburg 2005
>
>
>[Event "EU-Tch"]
>[Site "Göteborg"]
>[Date "2005.??.??"]
>[Round "9"]
>[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
>[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "C11"]
>[WhiteElo "2539"]
>[BlackElo "2688"]
>[Annotator "Larsson"]
>[PlyCount "63"]
>[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
>[SourceDate "2001.01.01"]
>
>1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
>Qd2 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Neg5 Nf6
>15. Ne5!?N h6 16. Bg6!!? hxg5 17. hxg5 fxg6 18. Nxg6 Ne4 19. Rh8+ Kf7 20.
>Ne5+ Qxe5 21. Qh5+ g6 22. Rh7+ Qg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26.
>Qxg6+ Rf7 27. c6 Bxc6?! (27... Bxg5+ 28. Kb1 Bxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qxc6 Re8 =
>{Fritz}) 28. Qxe6 Bb7? (28... Kf8! 29. f4! Rxf4 30. Qxc6 and white is better
>{Fritz}) 29. g6 Rg7 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Rh8+ Rg8 32. g7 1-0
>
>
>Sune Larsson
An amazing combination that I wouldn't be surprised if no engine (using normal
settings) will find. And, yes, 27...Bxg5+ could have saved the game.
All moves are pretty much forced, but the score after 27.c6 is not THAT much
higher than before 16.Bg6. CM9_R1 evaluates the position before the big move at
about +0.1 with 16.Ngxf7 (this is on a P4-2.4 with about a 3-minute search). The
position after 27.c6 is evaluated at about +0.7.
An incredible move, but it seems like a long way to go for a half a pawn! :-)
The actual exchange of material loses a rook, two bishops and a knight for a
queen and four pawns. That took a lot of guts!
jm
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