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Subject: Re: Difficult position

Author: James Robertson

Date: 14:11:51 05/02/99

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On May 02, 1999 at 10:29:49, Francis Monkman wrote:

>
>On May 01, 1999 at 19:10:59, James Robertson wrote:
>
>>Today I reached this position in a game on FICS:
>>
>>r1b4r/1p1pk1pp/p1n1p3/4qp1Q/4B3/2N1P3/PPP3PP/R4RK1 w - -
>>
>>Declining the sacrifice with  16. ... d5 or 16. ... Kd8 seems best, in which
>>case White simply wins a pawn with a slightly worse position. Is there any
>>program (none I tried on my machine could do it) that plays 16. Bxf5, or that
>>avoids 16. ... exf5? Also, is there a refutation for my sacrifice I might have
>>missed?
>
>How about 16 ...Qxe3+ 17 Kh1 Qh6, this might solve Black's problem. This was
>suggested by ChessBase analysis (1994) which allows multiple analysis lines,
>a feature I find invaluable. Needless to say this was not its first line (third,
>I think)
>but it looks like a good solution.
>
>Francis

I think it is worse than Kd8, as Black ends up with doubled rook pawns.

James



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