Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 12:52:22 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 15:33:57, Mike S. wrote: >On January 11, 2000 at 14:07:09, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On January 11, 2000 at 04:18:43, Torstein Hall wrote: >>[snip] > >>[Site "Mar del Plata"] >>[Date "1960.??.??"] >>[Round "3"] >>[White "Fischer, R"] >>[Black "Gadia, O"] >>[Result "1-0"] >> >>1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. >>O-O Bb7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f5 e5 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 >>O-O 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 Rac8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. >>c3 Be7 21. Ra1!! f6 22. a4 Rb8 23. Nxe7+ 1-0 > >Is this serious? I found the game too, but... who put the exclamation marks >behind 21.Ra1? The move doesn't much, and black lost because of a the blunder >22.Rb8 (23...Qxe7 24.Qd5+ wins a rook). This is an often discussed move. Look at the board and tell me what would you choose? Did you choose Ra1, and if so, why did you choose it? It is a very good move and fairly non-obvious. The bad follow-up by the opponent does not diminsh the excellence of the move itself.
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