Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 17:07:19 06/10/99
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On June 10, 1999 at 18:49:32, Paul Richards wrote:
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>>1r2k1r1/pbppnp1p/1bn2P2/7q/Q7/B1PB1N2/P4PPP/R3R1K1 w - - acd 11; acn 111091088;
>>bm Rad1; ce 60; id "TWGCG.04"; pm Be4; pv Be4 Qg4 g3 d5 Kg2 dxe4 Rxe4 Qf5 Bxe7
>>Ba5 Ne5;
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>Well I crunched on this one for quite a bit with Fritz 5.32, checking out
>various continuations and such, and as a result I don't believe Rad1 is
>best. After 1. Rad1 there are strong threats, but 1...Bd4! shuts down the
>d file and kills them. The main continations from there are 2. cxd4
>Qxf3 3. Be4 Rxg2+ 4. Kh1 Rxh2+ 5. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 6. Kh3 Bc8! 7. Bg2 Qxf6
>with advantage to black. An improvement is 2. Nxd4 Rxg2+ 3. Kxg2 Nxd4+
>4. Re4 Qg4+ 5. Kf1 Bxe4 6. Bxe4 Qe2+ and black's can draw by repetition,
>or go for an endgame with 6...Qxe4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Rxd4 with difficult
>endgame where black has a better pawn structure. On the other hand
>the line above, 1. Be4 Qg4 2. g3 d5 is given a +69 by Fritz. He
>disagrees strongly with 3. Kg2 though, giving it a -69, over a full
>pawn worse than 3. Rad1. But 1. Be4 definitely looks best, better
>than 1. Rad1, unless Fritz and I both overlooked something. ;)
TWGCG.epd is from this reference:
Title: The World's Greatest Chess Games
Author: Reuben Fine
Date: 1951
I would like to know what the author's analysis was.
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