Author: John Merlino
Date: 13:18:43 02/18/06
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On February 18, 2006 at 16:12:22, John Merlino wrote:
>On February 18, 2006 at 15:23:10, Rob Basham wrote:
>
>>[D]r2q1nkr/pbp1b2p/1p2pp2/7Q/3P4/3B4/PPP2PPP/R1B1R1K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>any program engine find....Rxe6?
>>
>>from Naidorf vrs Sapiro.....1929
>>
>>My computer is too slow to find this one...
>>
>>regards
>>
>>Rob
>
>One correction, first off. The game was played in 1948. Here's the PGN:
>
>[Event "Buenos Aires"]
>[Site "Buenos Aires"]
>[Date "1948.??.??"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[White "Najdorf Miguel"]
>[Black "Sapiro"]
>[ECO "C10"]
>[PlyCount "42"]
>
>1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7
>5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O b6 8.Ne5 Bb7
>9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.Nxf7 Kxf7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Re1 Nf8
>13.Rxe6 Nxe6 14.Bc4 Qd6 15.Bh6 Bf8 16.Re1 Bc8
>17.Qe8 Bd7 18.Rxe6 Rxe8 19.Rxe8 Be6 20.Bxe6+ Qxe6
>21.Rxf8# 1-0
>
>Secondly, Sapiro did not defend well at all.
>
>The King prefers two important moves over the text. 14...Qd7 might be better
>than 14...Qd6, but it is unclear.
>
>But 15...Bf8 loses immediately, and The King says that 15...b5 is a draw
>{16.Qg4+ Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kg8 etc.}
Follow-up -- The King says that 15...Rd8 also leads to a draw.
jm
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