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

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 04:06:45 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.
>
>4r1k1/ppprqpp1/2nbp1p1/1Q6/4P3/2P3P1/PP3PBP/R1B1R1K1 b - - id Zagorskis,D -
>Rebel Century; bm c6e5;
>
>Ed Schroder

I tried with Tiger 12, Fritz 6 and 532, Junior 5, Nimzo 732 and Hiarcs 732. Only
Tiger 12 picks Ne5 followed by Qxb7 and sticks to it, but the eval is -0.9. F6
picks Ne5 after 84'', but drops it in favor of Rb8 after 186''. The others stick
to Rb8.

Enrique




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