Author: Howard Exner
Date: 12:56:21 03/12/99
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On March 12, 1999 at 10:19:46, James Robertson wrote: >On March 11, 1999 at 21:18:00, Howard Exner wrote: > >>8/4n3/8/1NP5/p7/K3k3/2b5/8 w - - id Anand,V - Kasparov,G; bm Nc3; >> >>Anand played Na7 and lost his game to Kasparov in the recent Linares tournament. >>Does Nc3 hold the draw or is there some deep mate here >>for black? > >Nc3 is a draw-in-2. Anand was not in time trouble here; I cannot guess what made >him play such a stupid blunder. > >James It does look puzzling. Typically one wants to remove the pawn to reach a KN vs KBN ending. The only explanation that makes any sense is that the game I downloaded from the TWIC site is wrong. Of course there may be some deep line that I am missing too. Probably most computers would play Nc3. I could not find any comments on this position on the web. I'll search my favourite sites and see what the GM's are reporting.
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