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Saturday, May 2, 2009
Complicated Morozevitch position ( Amber 2008 tournament)
White to play
Evaluate and analyze this complicated position. This occured during a rapid game last year at the Chess Amber 2008 in Nice, France between two top GMs.
Who would you favor in the starting position above ?
4 comments:
Indigestion
said...
I would favour white because of the possible coordination of his pieces on the attack of the king. Black has the cheapo threat of .. Rh1, Rxa2 Nc3+, dc3 Rxh2+ winning the white rook but I think Kd3 attacking the black knight on e4 may allow white options of Ne8+ followed by Nf6 allowing a pawn to stick on f6 sealing the black king followed by mating threats
well, you cannot ignore that "cheapo" threat; as you said white may play Kd3, but black has the continuation Rh1, forcing white to give up the rook; not to mention that black may escape with h6-Kh7
4 comments:
I would favour white because of the possible coordination of his pieces on the attack of the king. Black has the cheapo threat of .. Rh1, Rxa2 Nc3+, dc3 Rxh2+ winning the white rook but I think Kd3 attacking the black knight on e4 may allow white options of Ne8+ followed by Nf6 allowing a pawn to stick on f6 sealing the black king followed by mating threats
well, you cannot ignore that "cheapo" threat; as you said white may play Kd3, but black has the continuation Rh1, forcing white to give up the rook; not to mention that black may escape with h6-Kh7
Very interesting points raised by both commentators so far. I am impressed.
White decided to play 1 Ne8+ Kg8 2 Nd7 !?
What would you play with Black and who has the advantage after this introduction play ?
On the direct 1Kd3
Fritz is suggesting 1..Nd2!, spotting the "cheapo" you guys mentioned.
1Kd3 Nxd2
2Kd2 Rh1
3Ra2 Rh2+ winning back the rook.
so Moro's 1 Ne8+ Kg8 2 Nd7 !? sounds interesting, with the Nf6 motif that you guys saw earlier on.
Morozevich chess is always complex but fascinating !
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