Author: Telmo C. Escobar
Date: 07:56:55 12/01/05
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On November 30, 2005 at 19:33:44, Paul Jacobean Sacral wrote: >The position after 30.Nd2 was >[D]4r1k1/6p1/2p2p1p/p2bP3/1b1P2P1/4B3/P2NrPP1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 30 >Now, Junior didn't go for the simple 30...Bxd2 etc. to solve the Re2 problem, >but decided to give that rook for a bishop and a pawn. 30...fxe5 31.Kf1 Bc3 >32.Rab1 Rxe3 33.fxe3 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 exd4 35.exd4 Bxd4 >[D]5rk1/6p1/2p4p/p2b4/3b2P1/8/P2NK1P1/1R1R4 w - - 0 36 >For the small material disadvantage, black has got the bishop pair, a passed >pawn, and white suffers from an isolated doubled pawn. > >I tried some engines in the first position, and it seems all will go for >continuations starting with 30...fxe5. None preferred 30...Bxd2. In the second >position, the compensation is evaluated differently by the engines, each >(roughly between -0.20 to -1.30). > >Yours truly Paul J. Sacral Steinitz would claim that two bishops and a rook are stronger than two rooks and a knight. Puzzled by this theory, I tried to defend it whenever possible in my tournament games and have obtained good results with it. Telmo
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