Author: Mark Young
Date: 04:25:49 05/25/99
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On May 25, 1999 at 07:16:08, Ed Schröder wrote: >Rebel vs GM Rohde through the eyes of the grandmaster > >This is what I received from GM Michael Rhode. I think I have been a >bit too negative about the performance of Rebel in this game. A copy >is available on the Rebel pages. I would agree, and came to that conclusion also. Except of the tactics, Rebel was right when it came to positional play. Nice job. > >Happy reading. > >Ed Schroder > >---------------------------------------------- > >I do not think that 26 Bg2 would have been that great a defense, and I >agree that Rebel had a promising situation in the early middlegame. >24 Rxe8+ was not the cause of the problems; the whole idea with >21 Ra5 was reasonable but just did not work out. > >After 11 Ne1, 11 ... e5 may have been a shade too ambitious, and >possibly the correct reaction to the diagonal-opening but time-wasting >11 Ne1 was 11 ... d5. > >17 e3 is given a question mark in the Rebel post-mortem. This is too >harsh. It is true that 17 Qd3 is a sharper move but I thought I was holding >equality; by the way, had I not played 16 ... Qb6, Black would definitely >have been worse. > >19 Qa1 was natural but committed White to its course of action, the way >to back off would have been with 21 Rd3, but then Black would be better >after 21 ... e4. > >26 Bg2 did not seem like a good enough defence to me because of >26 ... Qd2! 27 Qf1 Re8 and Black will win the queen for rook and bishop >although it is possible that White can survive in this endgame. > >27 ... Re8 was a good move, not using up the queen's power with >27 ... Qxd4+ as this can be picked up later and White has nothing better >than 28 Kh1. Move 28 was critical, 28 ... Qc2?! may not have been best. > >28 ... Qxd4 would not have been that strong because of 29 Rxb4! h6 >(29 ... Qf2 30 Qg1) 30 Ra4! But probably the right idea on move 28 is >28 ... Bg4! forgetting the back-rank theme and moving to a direct attack; >then 29 Rxb4 Bd1! wins; I saw 28 ... Bg4 but for some reason could not >work out the forced win and I did not want to let the White king out of the >box. > >In time pressure my play was not that accurate (for example, 32 ... Qc2 >[32 ... Qc3!] or 34 ... Qc3?! [34 ... b3!] but it seems that I was able to hold >on to the winning formation; I have not yet reviewed this part of the game >carefully. > >At the end, 39 Qd1 of course loses, but I do not think there are any moves >there, for example, 39 c6 Qd3.
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