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Subject: Re: Dutch Open: the story of the game Fruit - Diep

Author: Andre van Ark

Date: 09:01:30 11/19/05

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Hi Jeroen,

"You know, this game really illustrates the VERY THIN line there can be between
a win or a loss"

100% agree with that! It is always a question of some centipawns in score. That
was also the case in the game Gandalf -Fruit. And also during the game Gandalf -
Diep. The difference between exf4?? or e4! was miniscule.

Hopefully during the next tournament at Leiden, the organisation provides
heart-pills, tranquillizers and other stuff ;)

Kind regards,
André



On November 19, 2005 at 11:32:28, JNoomen wrote:

>On November 19, 2005 at 03:42:13, Andre van Ark wrote:
>
>Hi Andre,
>
>Yes, you might be right. 20.a3! is of course much better than snatching the
>pawn. At least white is still alive. Still, my intuition tells me that the
>position with the open b-file and a possible rook invasion on b3 will not be a
>picnic for white. Of course more analysis is needed to come to a definite
>conclusion.
>
>You know, this game really illustrates the VERY THIN line there can be between a
>win or a loss. If Fruit would have played 19.Kb1! or I would have had 18... Qc7
>19.Kb1! in the book, everything would be in order. I also remind that Diep first
>wanted to play Rfc8 instead of b3! That was the expected move by Fruit and I
>recall it wanted to play 20.Kb1! after that move. In that case the world would
>be in order again for white.
>
>After 3 games Fruit-Fritz 9 from the position after 19.Kb1! it is now 3-0 to
>Fruit. Sigh....
>
>Jeroen
>
>
>>Hi Jeroen,
>>
>>Thanks for this very interesting posting!
>>
>>19 h4 might be playable if white continues 20 a3 after 19..b3 instead of the
>>axb3?
>>
>>After 21 Qxb3 the game is already dead lost imho.
>>
>>This is a nice king-safety test position, like: Does_you
>>_program_snatch_the_pawn?
>>
>>Evaluation after Qxb3 from different engines:
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Analysis by Fritz 9
>>21...Tfb8 22.Dc3 Db7 23.b3 Tc8 24.Db2 Pb6 25.c4 Pxd5 26.Pc5 dxc5 27.Txd5 Tc6
>>28.h5 Tb6 29.g6 Lf6 µ  (-1.18)   Diepte: 15/45   00:00:53  73352kN
>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Analysis by Deep Shredder 9:
>>21...Tfb8 22.Dc3 Db7 23.Db3 Da6 24.Dd3 Da5 25.h5 Db4 26.Dc3 Db5
>>(-1.37)   Diepte: 14/36   00:00:09  9499kN
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Analysis by Deep Junior 9:
>>
>>21...Tfb8 22.Dc3 Db7 23.b3 Tc8 24.Db2 Ta5 25.h5 Da6 26.Kb1
>>  =  (0.06)   Diepte: 18   00:02:29  555358kN
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Analysis by Deep Gandalf 7.0-64:
>>
>>21...Tfc8 22.c4 Da5 23.Dc3 Dxc3+ 24.bxc3 Txc4 25.Kb2 f5 26.gxf6 Pxf6 27.Lh6 g6
>>28.Pxf6+ Lxf6 29.h5 Tb8+ 30.Kc2
>>(-0.54)   Diepte: 14/47   00:03:23  240519kN
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>Analysis by Pro Deo 1.1:
>>
>>21...Tfb8 22.Dc3 Db7 23.b3 Ta2 24.Dc6 Tc8 25.Pf6+ Lxf6 26.Dxb7
>>  =  (0.00)   Diepte: 13   00:00:30  39592kN
>>---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Most engines see the position as favourable for black, how does the latest
>>Fruit evaluate it?
>>
>>Pawn snatching regards,
>>André



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