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Subject: Re: Ikarus vs Rybka

Author: Helmut Conrady

Date: 09:05:59 12/30/05

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On December 30, 2005 at 10:45:08, Jan Kiwitter wrote:

>Hi djordje
>
>>I think that you misunderstood the overall concept of this game.  Actually the
>>open g-file was the key to the win.
>
>Here I disagree: If white plays 20.g3 instead of 20.gxh3 he has nothing to fear.
>Therefore I think 16...g4 was not the best from blacks side.
>
>Also 31.Rgxh6 was not so good from white because

Exactly. I was next to the board, when this move was played. Ikarus evaluated +2
for itself, but at that very early point Rybka showed in his pv, that his a-pawn
would be very strong - astonishing for all, who saw this!

Helmut



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