Author: Uri Blass
Date: 23:23:08 11/20/05
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On November 20, 2005 at 19:28:03, A. Steen wrote: >On November 20, 2005 at 18:09:46, George Tsavdaris wrote: > >>On November 20, 2005 at 17:55:28, Drexel,Michael wrote: >> >>>>[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. >> >> In this case i agree. Although Rag8 looks tempting as it gets all pieces in >>from of white's King, human should consider that it plays against a computer >>that sees everything and in wild tactical positions it's not easy or even >>impossible to outplay it. So a more careful approach was better. > >In > >http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?463219 > >I provided a simple analysis to show how black can force a draw. Unfortunately, >Kasimdzhanov fumbled 8 moves later. > >So there is nothing "tempting" about .. Ra-g8. It is a top-class GM move, >showing that Kasimdzhanov is a top-class GM. I do not agree. White has no active plan and if the target is forcing a draw then Kg8-h8-g8 is also enough for a draw. The only justification for Rag8 is if it can force a win. Uri
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