http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/its-alive/ Boston Blitz - New England's National Chess Team Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:07:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/its-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Mark La Rocca Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:24:15 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=553#comment-347 I must disagree with Ilya that 31... Bf6! gives Black a MUCH better game. At best, I think things are unclear. But, I do think that White's moves are very difficult and, therefore, given the time considerations (around 2 min. each), Black may have better chances. However, given the time to analyze (with Fritz) White maintains the better side of equality... the variations I offer are only examples of what I looked at with Fritz. I didn't trust either side at the time. So, I just decided to call it a game and leave it at that. Here goes... 31... Bf6! 32.Rhf1 (tough to see) a5 33.e5 Be7 (can't take due to f-pawn hangs) 34.Qh2! (impossible to see) a4 35.f5! Exf5 36.Bxf5! Rcd8 (If Black takes then Q to the g-file will win something eventually) 37.Qg3 dxe5 38.Bd7 and White is winning. After the best 32... Qd4! 33.e5 dxe5 34.Nb3 Qd5 35.Qf2 e4 36.Bxa6 e3 37.Qxe3 Qc6 38.Bd3 Qz4 39.f5! exf5 40.Qb6 Qc6 41.Qxb4 Qc7 42.Qa5... and as long as White prevents the battery of Q + B on the diagonal, she is on the better side of equal although I think the game is winnable by either side. I didn't bother to give all this in the above because there are many other variations... but, I didn't see any that were clearly better for Black. I apologize in advance for any typos in my analysis. It's getting late. But, you get my drift here... it's a tough game... not MUCH better for Black. I must disagree with Ilya that 31… Bf6! gives Black a MUCH better game. At best, I think things are unclear. But, I do think that White’s moves are very difficult and, therefore, given the time considerations (around 2 min. each), Black may have better chances. However, given the time to analyze (with Fritz) White maintains the better side of equality… the variations I offer are only examples of what I looked at with Fritz. I didn’t trust either side at the time. So, I just decided to call it a game and leave it at that. Here goes…
31… Bf6! 32.Rhf1 (tough to see) a5 33.e5 Be7 (can’t take due to f-pawn hangs) 34.Qh2! (impossible to see) a4 35.f5! Exf5 36.Bxf5! Rcd8 (If Black takes then Q to the g-file will win something eventually) 37.Qg3 dxe5 38.Bd7 and White is winning. After the best 32… Qd4! 33.e5 dxe5 34.Nb3 Qd5 35.Qf2 e4 36.Bxa6 e3 37.Qxe3 Qc6 38.Bd3 Qz4 39.f5! exf5 40.Qb6 Qc6 41.Qxb4 Qc7 42.Qa5… and as long as White prevents the battery of Q + B on the diagonal, she is on the better side of equal although I think the game is winnable by either side. I didn’t bother to give all this in the above because there are many other variations… but, I didn’t see any that were clearly better for Black. I apologize in advance for any typos in my analysis. It’s getting late. But, you get my drift here… it’s a tough game… not MUCH better for Black.

]]> http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/its-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Tom Panelas Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:16:22 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=553#comment-332 Funny and clever. Very well done. Funny and clever. Very well done.

]]> http://boston-blitz.com/2008/09/its-alive/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Ilya Krasik Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:58:39 +0000 http://boston-blitz.com/?p=553#comment-331 After 31...Bf6 black is MUCH better, not just "still in the game", followed by a4-a5. White will stuggle to hold this position due to dark square weaknesses, I forgot she no longer had e5, I never wanted to play Bc3, i considered playing Bd4, which is also much better than Bc3, i e keeps the edge for Black. In general once her attack was over gh7, h6?, her lack of dark square bishop became a major factor. After 31…Bf6 black is MUCH better, not just “still in the game”, followed by a4-a5. White will stuggle to hold this position due to dark square weaknesses, I forgot she no longer had e5, I never wanted to play Bc3, i considered playing Bd4, which is also much better than Bc3, i e keeps the edge for Black. In general once her attack was over gh7, h6?, her lack of dark square bishop became a major factor.

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