Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 15:48:36 06/14/99
You may have seen this already-famous game -- if not, may I suggest you try it
through with your favorite engine(s). And anytime you catch yourself "believing
unconditionally" a computer's analysis -- remember this one!
[Event "French League"]
[Date "1999"]
[White "Nunn, J."]
[Black "Nataf, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Nunn"]
[PlyCount "56"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6
8. Na3 f5 9. Bd3 f4 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bg3 Ng4
14. Be2 Nxf2 15. Qd5+ (15. Bxf2 Rxf2 16. Kxf2 Bh4+ 17. Kg2 Qg5+ 18. Bg4 Ne5
19. h3 h5) 15... Kh8 16. Bxf2 (16. Rf1 {is better for White} 16...Ng4) 16... Nb4
17. Qh5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qf3 Qg5+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rf8+
23. Bf3 Qe3 24. Qxh4 Nd3 25. Nd5 Qxf3+ (25... Rxf3+ 26. Kg2 Qe2+ 27. Kg1
27... g5 {and Mate in 4}) 26. Kg1 Nf2 27. Kf1 (27. Nf6 Nh3+ 28. Qxh3 Qxh3
29. Rf1 Qe3+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kh3 Rxf632. Rxf6 Qxf6 ) 27... Qxh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1
0-1
(Nunn points out that to play 16. Rf1, White would be "extremely far-sighted"!
He aslo says that, after 15 months without a loss, "at least it was nice to go
out in style" -- and the next day won a game with unusual similarities...)
Francis
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