Alexey Shirov vs Sergey Volkov (2003)

Alexey Shirov vs Sergey Volkov
European Clubs Cup (Men) (2003) · French Defense: McCutcheon. Janowski Variation (C12) · 1/2-1/2

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Jun-10-06		euripides: 16 Bb5 looks interesting. I guess after 16 Bb5 Bd7 17 Bc5 Black has 0-0-0 when he jettisons the bishop on f8 but looks OK.

Jul-06-06		al wazir: <euripides: 16 Bb5 looks interesting. I guess after 16 Bb5 Bd7 17 Bc5 Black has 0-0-0> Huh? Did you mean 17. Nc5 ? After 16. Bb5 Bd7 I would play 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Bxd7. Now if 18...Nc6 then, e.g., 19. Ng8+ Kd8 20. Bxe6+ Kc7 Bxf7. If 18...Qc5 then I suppose 19. Ba4. Getting back to the final position in the game, after 16. Bb5+ Nxb5 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18. Ng8+ white gets a perpetual. But what's wrong with 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Rxd4 ? If 17...Qe1+ then 18 Rd1.

Jul-06-06		Cyphelium: <al wazir> Actually, euripides was analysing the move 16. b5 as an alternative to 16. xe4, meaning that the knight is still on c3 in his variation. And yes, he certainly did mean 17. c5.

Jul-06-06		al wazir: <euripides, Cyphelium>: Sorry, my bad. On my screen '5' and '6' are hard to distinguish in the score sheet. I was looking at the position following move 16 and thinking it was 15. Ignore what I said.

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