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Subject: Re: Crafty saves the World? ;)

Author: Tomas Casanovas Martinez

Date: 10:57:11 08/17/99

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On August 17, 1999 at 12:15:21, Pete R. wrote:

>Problems were foreseen in several challenging potential lines in the Kasparov
>vs. The World game, a game which Kasparov claims is "the most complicated and
>analyzed game in the history of chess".  Once again the World scrambled to head
>off distant complications, and this time it was Crafty to the rescue with a new
>idea 32...e6!.  While there are surely more complications to come, Crafty gets
>main credit for this move, which resurrected the Qc4 move sure to be voted in by
>today. See analysis at:
>
>http://www.gmchess.spb.ru/english/kasworld/sici54.html

 The match Kasparov vs. The World is arriving at a very exciting position, where
the endgame seems go towards a draw. In fact other program Nimzo 2000 found also
32 ... e6! about ten days week ago, as I posted in the forum of 'World' analysts
after move 26 of black. I repeat my analysis here:

" Black is not lost at all!!

Refutation of Russian GM School and Spiriev main line.

Main line:

27 Qf7   Be5
28  h4     b5
29  h5    Qc4
30 Qf8  b4
31 h6    b3
32 Qf5+

Here the analysis I have seen offer two losing options for black:
A) 32 ....   Kc7  (losing inmediately after h7-b2-Bf4) and
B) 32 ....   Qe6  (leading to a better endgame for white)

I am surprised that nobody has analyzed the following move, leading to a drawish
position:

C) 32 ....   e6!!, and now I don’t find anything better for white than:

33 Qf7+  Kc8
34 h7    b2  and the lines arising from here are not wining for white. For
instance:

C1)  	35  Re1   Qc1
	36  h8   Bh8
37 Qe6+  Kc7
38 Qf7+  Kc8
39 Qe8+  Kc7
40 Bf4     with equality.   Or

C2)	35  Qg6    Kc7 and now

	C21)	36 Rd1   Qc1
		37 Qd3   Nd4
		38 Bf4    Qf4
		39 h8      Bh8
		40 Qh7   Kb6
		41 Qh8   and the black is slightly better.  Or

	C22)   36 Rb1   Qc1+
		37 Kh2   Bh8
		38 Qe4   Kd7!! (A difficult but excellent move for black)
		39 Bf4    d5
		40 Bc1    bc1Q   and now,

		C221)	41 Qd5+    ed5
			42  Rc1     Ne5
			43  Rc5     Ng4+  (Black a bit better)

		C222)	41  Rc1    de4
			42  Re1    Ne7

		or	42  Rb1    Ke7
			43  Rb7    Kf6

and white can not win the endgame.

BTW. I do not want to give myself merits that I don’t deserve. The refutation 32
.... e6  has been found by the programme Nimzo 2000, and confirmed with the help
of Fritz 5.32, Hiarcs 7.32 , Cmaster 6000 and Rebel 10.     ;-)


Tom. "

Regards,

Tomas Casanovas




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