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Subject: Why not 26.....g4

Author: Thomas Logan

Date: 15:09:28 11/20/05

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On November 20, 2005 at 17:55:28, Drexel,Michael wrote:

>On November 20, 2005 at 15:41:30, A. Steen wrote:
>
>>On November 20, 2005 at 13:39:30, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On November 20, 2005 at 13:12:09, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>>
>>>>[Event "II Man vs Machine, Bilbao"]
>>>>[Site "?"]
>>>>[Date "2005.11.20"]
>>>>[Round "?"]
>>>>[White "Hydra"]
>>>>[Black "Kasimyanov"]
>>>>[Result "*"]
>>>>[Annotator "Hob"]
>>>>[PlyCount "59"]
>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
>>>>
>>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
>>>>c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3
>>>>Qe7 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 f4 18. b4 b6 19. h3 Nf7 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rb2 Nh6 22. Be1
>>>>Bf6 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nb5 Rg6 26. Bd1 Rag8 27. Nxa7 g4 28. fxg4 Bh4
>>>>29. Nc6 Qg7 30. Bc3 *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>99,999% sure 1-0?
>>>>
>>>>JOuni
>>>
>>>I do not understand 26...Rag8
>>>Even I could easily avoid that move against a computer because it is easy to see
>>>that it gives a pawn.
>>>
>>>[Event "II Man vs Machine, Bilbao"]
>>>[Site "?"]
>>>[Date "2005.11.20"]
>>>[Round "?"]
>>>[White "Hydra"]
>>>[Black "Kasimyanov"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>[Annotator "Hob"]
>>>[PlyCount "59"]
>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
>>>
>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
>>>c6 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Nd3 g5 15. Bg3
>>>Qe7 16. f3 f5 17. Bf2 f4 18. b4 b6 19. h3 Nf7 20. Rb1 h5 21. Rb2 Nh6 22. Be1
>>>Bf6 23. Nf2 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nb5 Rg6 26. Bd1 Rag8 27. Nxa7 g4 28. fxg4 Bh4
>>>29. Nc6 Qg7 30. Bc3 hxg4 31.Nxg4 Nxg4 32.Bxg4 Bxg4  33.Rxf4 Bh5 34.Qf1 Bg3
>>>35.Rf7 Qh6 36.Bd2*
>>>
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>
>>[D]r6k/p2bq3/np1p1brn/1NpPp1pp/1PP1Pp2/P2Q1P1P/1R3NP1/3BBRK1 b - - 0 26
>>
>>Uri, with great respect, in this position 26 .. Ra-g8 is a fine move and made at
>>the perfect time (in my opinion).  White's pieces (especially the N on b5) are
>>not well-placed for a defence on the K-side, and white has not yet begun a pawn
>>push on the Q-side. To delay is not wise, white may regroup and bring his
>>misplaced N back.
>
>
>Nonsense, to delay would have been _very_ wise.
>Black has nothing to fear on the Qeenside and should strive for a quiet
>manouvering game, not for an all-out suicidal attack against the Supercomputer.
>
>Michael

If there is an exchange of minor pieces on g4 the pawn on a7 is protected and
rook on a8 is free to move without pawn sac

Tom





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