Author: Albert Silver
Date: 14:54:04 12/28/99
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On December 28, 1999 at 13:16:22, ERIQ wrote:
>Can anyone find a win for white in this damm game I just can't believe that
>All I had was a draw, but with only two minutes to play 12 moves I decided
>To chicken out :-(. Also I just guessed about crafty's rating on my machine
>But it's tough whatever it is. Maybe I shouldn't upgrade my old linux box :)
>
>[Event "practice game"]
>[Site "home"]
>[Date "1999.12.28"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Eriq"]
>[WhiteElo "2282"ICC]
>[Black "Crafty 16.8"] linux 166mmx 48mb sdram
>[BlackElo "2350+"]
>[Result "1/2-1/2"]
>
>1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5
>7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O Qxh4 10. Qe1 Qe7 11. Nc3 f3 12. Nb5
>Bxe5 13. Qxe5 Qxe5 14. dxe5 Na6 15. gxf3 Rg8 16. f4 Ng3 17. Be3
>Nxf1 18. Rxf1 h5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nc3 Rh8 21. e6 Nb4 22. Bb3 Bc8
>23. a3 Na6 24. Ne4 b5 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. Nf6+ Ke7 27. Nxh5 Bb7
>28. Nf6 fxe6 29. fxe6 c5 30. dxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxg4 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1
>Be4 33. Bf6+ Kd6 34. Be5+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kd6 36. Be5+ ke7 37.Bf6+ draw
>
>This game was played at 40 move for 80 min
What a tragic ending to such a massacre. I didn't look at everything but stopped
at move 28. My immediate reaction would be to play 28.f6+ Kd6 (28...Ke8? 29.Ng7+
Kd8 30.e7+) 29.Rf5 (protecting d5 and holding some nasty threats i.e. 29...Nc5??
30.Be5 mate). I must admit I don't see much for Black here: 29...fxe6 30.dxe6
looks hopeless; 29...Rfe8 30.Ng7 looks strong. Possibly there were other key
moments, but this was what I saw.
Albert Silver
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