Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 10:50:33 06/20/99
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On June 20, 1999 at 09:25:24, Sylvain Renard wrote: >On June 20, 1999 at 08:38:30, Tom Glenn wrote: > >>To all those with huge databases........ >>Is this new ??? >>Another example of Big Fritz's 'Hand of God' > Hello, >I could not find 11...Bf5 in my database >(more than 1200000 games). >I have found 11...a4 , 11...h6, 11...h5 and 11...Ne7. >In a game Fritz5 - Anand , Anand played 11...h6 and won >the game (Frankfurt 1998, 94 moves). >If 11...Bf5 is a novelty, I don't think it's a good one! > > Best regards, > Sylvain Renard 11...Bc5 does seem to be the novelty in this game. A search at the free online 2 million game chess database at http://www.chesslab.com did not turn up this move. The position before 11...Bc5 had 9 matches with only one game between top players. In that game between Anand-Shirov from Monaco 1998, continued with 11...a4 12 Bd2 Be7 13 b3 b5 14 Bg5 h5 15 Bxe7 Kxe7 instead. A draw in 56 moves. The only other move played is 11...Ne7 and one 11...h5 between 2 total unknowns. So as you said, it would appear that Sokolov innovated poorly.
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