Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 02:50:46 10/18/99
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>Posted by blass uri on October 17, 1999 at 06:07:20: > >>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 16..Ne5 it is indeed. >What was Rebel's evaluation before playing 16...Ne5 and after 17.Qxb7 00:03:50 12.00 0.13 Ne5 b4 c6 Qe2 Bc7 Be3 Nd3 Red1 Red8 >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. I prefer to judge based on perfect play form white and black. Ed >Junior5.9 likes 16...Rb8(expecting 17.e5 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 a6 19.Qe2 Bxe5 20.Qxe5 >Rd1+ Bf1) > >Uri
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