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Subject: Re: Is the Sicilian Kan refuted?

Author: Albert Silver

Date: 06:42:10 02/02/06

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On February 02, 2006 at 09:14:05, Tony Nichols wrote:

>On February 02, 2006 at 09:01:12, Karlo Bala wrote:
>
>>Yes, it looks pretty for white.
>>Now, what after 12. exd6 - Bxd6 13. Ne4 - Be7 14. f5! ef5!? ?
>>
>>Regards
>>Karlo
>
> Well, it is getting very tactical so it's hard to analyze. In words, The
>position is opening up and white has better developement. Also, Black's king is
>still in the center. White not only threatens to simply win back the pawn on f5
>but to gain the bishop pair in some lines too.Shredder 9 likes 15. Ng3 and 15.
>Bf4 giving white a clear advantage.
>Regards
>Tony

[D]rnb1k2r/2qnbppp/pp6/5p2/P3NB2/1N1B4/1PP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1

After 15.Bf4

Analysis by Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b 32-bit:

15...Ne5 16.Ng3 Nbc6 17.Nxf5 0-0 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Be4 Bg4 20.Qe1 Rae8
  ²  (0.27)   Depth: 12   00:00:30  1416kN
15...Ne5 16.Ng3 Nbc6 17.Nxf5 0-0 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Be4 Bg4 20.Qe1 Rac8 21.a5
  ²  (0.30)   Depth: 13   00:00:49  2374kN
15...Ne5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Nc3 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-0 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Rad1 Be6
  =  (0.17)   Depth: 14   00:03:27  9870kN

after feeding it the first moves 15...Ne5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Nc3:

[D]rnb1k2r/4bppp/pp6/4qp2/P7/1NNB4/1PP3PP/R2Q1RK1 b kq - 0 1

Analysis by Rybka 1.01 Beta 13b 32-bit:

17...Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-0 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Rad1 Qg6 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Qd5
  =  (0.19)   Depth: 13   00:00:06  159kN
17...Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-0 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Rad1 Qg6 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Nd5 Rb8
  =  (0.16)   Depth: 14   00:00:26  1669kN
17...Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-0 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Rad1 Qg6 22.Nxc5 bxc5 23.Qd5 Rb8
24.b3
  =  (0.19)   Depth: 15   00:01:22  5022kN
17...Bc5+ 18.Kh1 0-0 19.Re1 Qd6 20.Qf3 Nc6 21.Rad1 Qg6 22.Ne2 Rb8 23.Ng3 Qf6
24.Bxf5
  =  (0.21)   Depth: 16   00:03:43  12742kN

Looks ok for Black to me.

                    Albert



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