Author: Phil Dixon
Date: 02:39:05 03/13/99
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On March 12, 1999 at 15:56:21, Howard Exner wrote: >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. Would you mind sharing the URL on your favorite sites? Especially where the GMs comment. A big THANK YOU in advance. Phil
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