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Subject: Re: Zagorskis - Rebel Century (17..Ne5! and 18.Qxb7?)

Author: blass uri

Date: 03:07:20 10/17/99

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On October 17, 1999 at 03:26:42, Ed Schröder wrote:

>In the game Zagorskis - Rebel Century (Lithuanian re-match) Rebel Century
>played the surprising 17..Ne5! Zagorskis played 18.Qxb7? taking the pawn
>Rebel offered him which IMO is a major mistake as it loses the initiative.
>
>As a result Zagorskis was faced with a strong king attack which he could
>not defend as Rebel did not let him escape. IMO after 18.Qxb7? white
>is lost.
>
>Rebel Century played this game using anti-GM and 17..Ne5! was the best
>move all the time.
>
>When I turn off anti-GM Rebel also has 17..Ne5 but then at iteration 11
>changes to 17..Bc5 (also leaving the b7 pawn en-prise!) but on ply 12
>Rebel goes back to 17..Ne5 again.
>
>In both cases (Ne5 and Bc5) Rebel did not expect Zagorskis to take the
>pawn on b7. After 17..Ne5 Rebel expected 18.b4
>
>I wonder about these 2 moves. I wonder if 17..Bc5 is as good as Ne5, I
>also wonder what other programs play.

I looked in the game and it is 16...Ne5 and not 17...Ne5

What was Rebel's evaluation before playing 16...Ne5 and after 17.Qxb7

I tried some programs and they liked 17.Qxb7 after 16...Ne5
(Junior5.9 shows a small positive score for white)
The interesting question is if rebel can win other programs after
17.Qxb7 in comp-comp games.

If 17.Qxb7 is real mistake than Rebel should win other programs after this move.

Junior5.9 likes 16...Rb8(expecting 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 a6 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.Qxe5
Rd1+ Bf1)

Uri


>
>4r1k1/ppprqpp1/2nbp1p1/1Q6/4P3/2P3P1/PP3PBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - id Zagorskis,D -
>Rebel Century; bm c6e5;
>
>Ed Schroder



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