Author: Francis Monkman
Date: 12:16:49 07/02/99
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On July 01, 1999 at 21:08:25, Marc Plum wrote: >After glancing at the reports of the Frankfurt tournament for the past few days, >I've begun to look through the games. There was an interesting moment in the >following game from round 2. > >[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"] >[Site "Frankfurt GER"] >[Date "1999.06.29"] >[Round "2"] >[White "Adams, Mi"] >[Black "Fritz 6"] >[Result "1/2-1/2"] >[ECO "B01"] >[WhiteElo "2716"] >[PlyCount "102"] > >1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 c6 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. >Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bc4 Qb6 10. d5 Qxb2 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. O-O Qa3 13. Re1 f6 14. Bf4 >O-O-O 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Qf3 Bd7 17. Rad1 c5 18. d6 exd6 19. Bd5 Qa6 20. Rb1 Bc6 >21. Rb3 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 Kb8 23. Qf7 Qc6 24. c4 Qd7 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Reb1 Rd7 27. >Ra3 Qc6 28. Qc3 Be7 29. Qa5 b6 30. Qe1 Rf8 31. f3 Rb7 32. Qe4 h6 33. h3 Bg5 34. >Rb5 Bf4 35. Rab3 Qd7 36. a4 Bd2 37. Rb2 Ba5 38. Rb1 Qf5 39. Qe2 g6 40. R1b2 Qg5 >41. Rxa5 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 bxa5 43. Rxb7+ Kxb7 44. Qe4 Kb8 45. Qxg6 Rd8 46. Qf7 Rc8 >47. Qd7 Qxc4 48. Qxd6+ Ka8 49. Qe6 Kb7 50. Qd7+ Kb8 51. Qd6+ Ka8 1/2-1/2 > >Playing over the game, the resource 12. a3 (instead of 0-0) immediately suggests >itself, trying to trap the Queen at once. After looking at the position for a >little while, and finding nothing better for Black than 12. . . Bxc2, I turned >on the Fritz 5 analysis module within CB 6. Fritz found a typical computerish >resource to muddy the waters, 12 . . . Bg4 13. f3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15. Rb1 >Bxd1 16 Rxb2. Still, the more I (and Fritz) look at this position, the more >promising it looks for White. An interesting line for others to examine, with >or without computer assistance. > >I would not expect Adams to overlook this idea for White, although it is >possible. One wonders whether he evaluated this line as being worse than the >game continuation, or simply considered it too unclear at such a fast time >control. I'm also trying to find a forced win for White as the game went, but >haven't succeeded yet. The ability of computers to hang on in positions like >this is one of the things which make humans doubt their own understanding of the >game. > >BTW, I've done my best to identify all the relevant posts for this event to see >if anyone else has brought up this point before. However, there have been a lot >of messages, and I may have missed one. If so, just let me know. > >Marc Good one! I'm sure you're right, it's a certainty for White. I mentioned this to Jon Speelman today, and he said the position's known to be a win for White, if he can just find it! Looking at it again (thought I'm sure 12. a3 is best), maybe White missed another chance with 17. Rab1 -- what do you think? Francis
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