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

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 08:28:21 10/18/99

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On October 17, 1999 at 20:47:14, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>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
>
>
>current version only considers Ne5 at any reasonable time:
>
>               11    14.72  -1.27   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Rf1 Nd3 4.
>                                    b4 Nxc1 5. Raxc1 Bb6 6. Qc6 Rd2 7.
>                                    a4
>         (2)   11->  14.72  -1.27   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Rf1 Nd3 4.
>                                    b4 Nxc1 5. Raxc1 Bb6 6. Qc6 Rd2 7.
>                                    a4
>               12    23.92  -1.19   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb3 Red8
>                                    4. Qc2 Qf6 5. h3 Nd3 6. Re2 Nxc1 7.
>                                    Rxc1 c6
>         (2)   12->  35.59  -1.19   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb3 Red8
>                                    4. Qc2 Qf6 5. h3 Nd3 6. Re2 Nxc1 7.
>                                    Rxc1 c6
>               13     1:14  -1.18   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb5 Red8
>                                    4. Rf1 Nd3 5. b4 Bb6 6. e5 Nxc1 7.
>                                    Raxc1 Rd2 8. Qc4
>               13->   1:40  -1.18   1. ... Ne5 2. Qxb7 Bc5 3. Qb5 Red8
>                                    4. Rf1 Nd3 5. b4 Bb6 6. e5 Nxc1 7.
>                                    Raxc1 Rd2 8. Qc4

Yow.  If Black is in good shape here, that eval looks kinda low...

Dave



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