Author: blass uri
Date: 12:27:40 05/10/99
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On May 10, 1999 at 14:22:01, James Robertson wrote: >Junior defeated Gelfand in their 2-game exhibition match .5 - 1.5. The time >control was 30 minutes per game, with a 20 second increment. In the second game, >Gelfand lost with black in a strange ending. Can anyone explain 30. ... g6, 32. >... h5, giving Junior two connected passed pawns, and then 35. ... h4, giving >away a pawn? Yes. I guess that gelfand did not like to be passive He probably was afaraid that if he does not play 30...g6 then Junior plays 31.f5+ 32.f6 and after 32...gxf6 33.exf6 have ideas like Re7+ He probably played 32...h5 and 35...h4 because he hoped for a fortress position when white cannot use its 2 pawns advantage It could be a good idea without pawns at the a,c files The problem of black is that there are also pawns at a7 a5,c5 and the white king came to take them and black could do nothing against it. Uri
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