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Date: 08 Mar 2006 22:59:25
From: python spirit
Subject: Nakamura vs. Friedel
There is an article titled "Nakamura slumps at US Championship" at
www.chessbase.com (dated 3-6-06) in which one of Nakamura's games is
briefly annotated.

In the game Nakamura vs. Friedel concerning the second diagram of the
position (move 35), it states
"The sacrifice has worked, White is winning. All he needed to do was to play
35.Qe6 (threatening 36.Qg4#) and then 36.Qe7+ to win the black rook on f8.
Seems to me if White did play 35. Qe6, then 35. ...Nf6 stops the g4 mate
threat and stops the Qe7 check to win the rook. Anyone else looked at this
position?






 
Date: 09 Mar 2006 12:28:36
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claus-J=FCrgen_Heigl?=
Subject: Re: Nakamura vs. Friedel

5r2/pp1n4/7p/8/4Qb1k/PP5r/K3BP2/8 w - -

35. Qe6 Nf6 36. Qe7 still wins the rook because the rook has to protect
the knight and can't move away. If 36...Rg8 37. Qxf6+ Bg5 38. Qd4+ and
mate in two moves.

Claus-Juergen


  
Date: 09 Mar 2006 10:01:08
From: python spirit
Subject: Re: Nakamura vs. Friedel

"Claus-J�rgen Heigl" <[email protected] > wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> 5r2/pp1n4/7p/8/4Qb1k/PP5r/K3BP2/8 w - -
>
> 35. Qe6 Nf6 36. Qe7 still wins the rook because the rook has to protect
> the knight and can't move away. If 36...Rg8 37. Qxf6+ Bg5 38. Qd4+ and
> mate in two moves.
>
> Claus-Juergen

I extended it out in Junior 8 and see that White gets the rook and knight in
this sample line:

35. Qe6 Nf6
36. Qe7 Rc3
37. Qf8 Rc2
38. Kb1 Re2
39. Qf6 Kg4
40. Qg7 Bg5
41. Qb7 Rf2
42. Qa7 Rf1
43. Kc2 h5

with a 2.18 advantage for White.




 
Date: 09 Mar 2006 10:54:39
From: Luigi Caselli
Subject: Re: Nakamura vs. Friedel
"python spirit" <[email protected] > ha scritto nel messaggio
news:[email protected]...
> There is an article titled "Nakamura slumps at US Championship" at
> www.chessbase.com (dated 3-6-06) in which one of Nakamura's games is
> briefly annotated.
>
> In the game Nakamura vs. Friedel concerning the second diagram of the
> position (move 35), it states
> "The sacrifice has worked, White is winning. All he needed to do was to
play
> 35.Qe6 (threatening 36.Qg4#) and then 36.Qe7+ to win the black rook on f8.
> Seems to me if White did play 35. Qe6, then 35. ...Nf6 stops the g4 mate
> threat and stops the Qe7 check to win the rook. Anyone else looked at
this
> position?

You're right, sometimes chessbase site analysis are not so deep...

Luigi Caselli