Author: Andrew
Date: 15:28:30 11/18/99
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On November 18, 1999 at 18:07:35, Lawrence S. Tamarkin wrote:
>Hi - Sometime last year there was a Shabalov game (I think), where he sacked a
>knight on the 6ht move of a slav (I think!?). I think it discussed here too, as
>one of those concepts that most chess playing software doesn't find.
>Is anyone famailer with this, or other such GM games. I think it was a
>spectacular novolty at the time...
>
>Thanks,
>
>Larry T.
The excellent winboard program Zchess (expert level) is capable of these types
of early opening sacrifices. In this particular game Zchess sacs it's knight on
the 8th move.. and in a 3min blitz game! Just wanted to add this to your post as
it seems to be of relative interest.
A. Tanner
[Event "Computer chess game"]
[Site "Win98 AMD266 "]
[Date "1999.11.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zchess"]
[Black "SOS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "300"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxb5 cxb5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxb5 Bb7 11. c4 Nb6 12. c5 a6 13. Bd3 dxc5 14. dxc5
Na4 15. b4 a5 16. Qxa4 Bxf3 17. b5 Bxg2 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Be4 Qc7 20. c6 Bc8
21. Be3 Bh3 22. b6 Qc8 23. b7 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Ra6 25. c7 Qe6 26. Rd8 Nc6 27.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. c8=Q Qxc8 29. bxc8=Q
{Black resigns} 1-0
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