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Subject: Re: Game 2, IBM Kasparov vs. Deep Blue is Qe3 a draw?

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 23:57:30 03/04/06

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On March 04, 2006 at 14:27:38, Uri Blass wrote:

>I changed the title because it is totally unclear if Qe3 is drawing the game.
>
>1...Qe3 2.Qxd6 Re8 3.Qd7+ Re7 4.Qc6 gives white excellent practical chances to
>win the game(maybe black can save it and maybe not see the long line when of
>course black blundered by going to lost pawn endgame but the position of black
>was bad in any case)

Thanks for the analysis. White still has some pressure with the lines you give.

Kasparov typically gives in depth analysis of his games. I wonder if he ever
offered further insight into this game? I just remember reading that his team
reluctantly told him about Qe3 in a restaurant later that evening and he
replayed the variation in his head.
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "New game"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "*"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "1r6/5kp1/RqQb1p1p/1p1PpP2/1Pp1B3/2P4P/6P1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
>[PlyCount "7"]
>
>1... Qe3 2. Qxd6 Re8 3. h4 (3. Qd7+ Re7) (3. Qc7+ Re7 4. Qc6 Qxe4 (4... Qf4+ 5.
>Bf3 Qc1+ 6. Kf2 Qd2+ 7. Kg1 Qc1+ 8. Kh2 Qf4+ 9. g3 Qxf3 10. d6) 5. d6 Qd3+ 6.
>Kg1 Re8 7. Ra1 Qxc3 8. Rd1 Qc2 (8... Qb3 9. Rf1 Qe3+ 10. Kh2 Qd2 11. Rf3) 9.
>Rf1 Qd2 10. Rf3 Qd4+ 11. Kh2 Qa7 12. Rg3 Rd8 13. Qxb5 Kf8 14. Qxc4 Qd7 15. Qc7
>e4 16. b5 Ke8 17. Qc4 Qxd6 18. Qg8+ Qf8 19. Rxg7 Qxg8 20. Rxg8+ Ke7 21. Rxd8
>Kxd8) 3... h5 4. Bf3 Qc1+ *
>
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>
>Uri



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