Author: Dan Kiski
Date: 23:08:34 03/06/99
Following is the fen of Kasparov - Ivanchuk from rd 10 at linares this week. 2rqnbk1\1b3p1p\5np1\pP1p2B1\N2N4\1P3P2\2BQ2PP\4R1K1\...W [Event "XVI Ciudad de Linares 99"] [Site "Linares ESP"] [Date "1999.03.03"] [Round "9"] [White "Kasparov,G"] [Black "Ivanchuk,V"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "2812"] [BlackElo "2714"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a3 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 Nc4 14. Qd3 Re8 15. a4 exd5 16. axb5 a5 17. b3 Nd6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Bg5 g6 22. Qd2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Nde8 24. Re2 Bb4 25. Qe3 Rc7 26. Bd3 Re7 27. Qc1 Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Qe7 29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Bxe3 Nd7 31. Nc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 Nb8 33. Bb6 Bd6 34. Nc3 Bc7 35. Bf2 d4 36. Nd5 1-0 "It was a shocker because it looks like it simply loses to 24.Rxe8 Qxe8 25.Bxf6 leaving White with a material advantage and four active minor pieces. But the Ukrainian wizard had set a wicked trap! Play could continue 25...Bb4 26.Qd1 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Qf4! and the f6 bishop is trapped!! YOW! Or 26.Qf2 Be1 27.Qf1 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Bh4! 29.Bxh4 Qxd4 30.Bf2 Qd2 31.Nc5 d4!! 32.Nxb7 Rxc2 winning! Fritz 5.32 takes over six minutes on my machine to realize that 24.Rxe8? is a loser and takes another 10 before it prefers Kasparov’s 24.Re2. (Junior 5 is a bit quicker.)" Quote from Mig. Most comps choose RxE8 in the game Kasparov played RE2. In takes my Fritz 5.32 over 20 mins to choose RE2, mig at TWIC claims his takes only 10 mins could be he has a much faster computer. I am interested in seeing other program times and computers. Thanks Dan Kiski
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