Ara Minasian vs Andrei Sokolov (1999)

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Ara Minasian vs Andrei Sokolov
Anibal Open (1999), Linares ESP, rd 4, Jan-11
Sicilian Defense: French Variation. Westerinen Attack (B40) · 0-1

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Oct-20-11		Zugzwangovich: How does Black continue after White takes the Knight? Since Sokolov has sacked his Queen I guess he must have a forced win but I can't find it.

Oct-21-11		Sastre: 25.cxd4 Rf2+ 26.Kd1 (26.Ke3 Bg5#) Ba4+ wins.

Oct-21-11		Zugzwangovich: <Sastre> Thank you!

Oct-09-20		master8ch: It's obviously super risky, but why can't White play 23.Kxf3? What's the follow-up?

Oct-09-20		Walter Glattke: I suppose as 2nd way the positional quality sac 21.-Rxf3 22.gxf3 Qf4, that also seems to win. 21.-Nxf2 22.Kxf2 Qxh2 23.Ke2 Rxf3 24.Kd1 wins 2 pawns, 24.Kxf3!? Qh5+ 25.Ng4 Bg5 26.Qxg5 Qxg5 27.Be2 Rf8+ 28.Kg3 Qf4+ 29.Kh3 h5 30.Bc1 hxg4+ wins

Oct-09-20		Brenin: <master8ch>: The best response to 23 Kxf3 seems to be Rf8+ 24 Ke2 Qg3, with the threat of Qf2, e.g. 25 Kd1 Bg5. It's not clear to me whether Black's attack is winning in this line, but it looks good.

Oct-09-20		Brenin: 24 Nxh2 Nxd4+ leads to a forced mate, with the Bs joining in at a4 and g5, e.g. 25 cxd4 Rf2+ as <Sastre> wrote, or 25 Kd1 Ba4+, or 25 Kd2 Bg5+ 26 Re3 Rxe3 followed by discovered check, but it is hard to see an alternative defence for White at that point.

Oct-09-20		erichbf: Does white really need to take the knight after 20..Nxf2? 21, Qc2 or 21. Ba3 seem like more resourceful continuations for white.

Oct-09-20		Brenin: <erichbf>: 21 Qc2 can be answered with 21 ... Nh3+ 22 Kh1 (22 gxh3 Rxf3) Be8, followed by Bg6, whereas 21 Ba3, exchanging a bad B for a good one, looks more attractive, e.g. 21 ... Bxa3 22 Qxa3 Nh3+ 23 gxh3 Rxf3 24 Bg2, blunting Black's attack. It's not great for White, but it's better than the game continuation.

Oct-09-20		chrisowen: Nf2 object of the game no?

Oct-09-20		mel gibson: Didn't see it. Stockfish 12 says: 20... Nxf2 (20. .. Nxf2 (♘e4xf2 ♗b2-a3 ♘f2-h3+ g2xh3 ♗e7xa3 ♕c1xa3 ♖f8xf3 ♗f1-g2 ♖f3-f6 ♖e1-f1 ♖a8-b8 ♖b1-e1 ♕c7-d8 ♖f1xf6 ♕d8xf6 ♕a3-d6 ♖b8-d8 ♕d6-g3 ♖d8-f8 h3-h4 h7-h5 ♖e1-f1 ♕f6-h6 ♖f1xf8+ ♔g8xf8 ♔g1-f2 ♕h6-f6+ ♔f2-e2 ♗d7-e8 ♘e3xc4 ♘c6xd4+ c3xd4 d5xc4 ♔e2-e3 ♕f6-h6+ ♕g3-g5 ♕h6xg5+ h4xg5 ♔f8-e7 h2-h4 ♔e7-d6 ♗g2-f3 a6-a5 ♗f3-e4) +1.64/39 112) score for Black +1.64 depth 39. However if White takes the poisoned Knight as per the text. Stockfish 12 says: 21.Kxf2 Qxh2 (21. .. Qxh2 (♕c7xh2 ♗b2-a3 ♗e7-h4+ ♔f2-e2 ♖f8xf3 ♘e3-g4 ♕h2-g3 g2xf3 h7-h5 ♕c1-e3 h5xg4 ♔e2-d1 g4xf3 ♗f1xc4 d5xc4 ♖e1-g1 f3-f2 ♕e3xg3 ♗h4xg3 ♖g1-f1 ♘c6-a7 ♗a3-c5 ♘a7-b5 ♖b1-c1 e6-e5 ♖c1-c2 ♗d7-g4+ ♔d1-c1 e5-e4 ♖c2xf2 ♗g3xf2 ♖f1xf2 e4-e3 ♖f2-g2 ♖a8-e8 ♖g2xg4 e3-e2 ♖g4-g1 e2-e1♕+ ♖g1xe1 ♖e8xe1+ ♔c1-d2 ♖e1-h1 ♔d2-e3 ♔g8-f7 ♔e3-e4 ♘b5xc3+ ♔e4-f5) +7.17/37 89) score for Black +7.17 depth 37.

Oct-09-20		WorstPlayerEver: 23. Kxf3 Rf8+ 24. Ke2 Bh4 25. Ng4 Qg3 23. Ng4 Qh4 24. gxf3 e5 25. Bg2 Rf8 26. Qe3 exd4 27. cxd4 Bg5 28. Qf2 Bxg4 29. Qxh4 Bxh4 30. fxg4 Rf2+ 31. Kd1 Rxg2 32. Rf1 h6 33. Bc3 Rxg4 may be winning. Missed 23. Ng4 Raf8, because I didn't see Ba4+

Oct-09-20		chrisowen: Real like nf2 duration with no?

Oct-09-20		malt: Went for 23.K:f3 Rf8+ 24.Ke2 Qg3 25.Kd1 Bh4 26.Qd2 (26.Kc2 Rf2+ 27.Be2 Bg5 ) 26...Na5 27.Ba1 Ba4+ 28.Kc1 Q:e1+

Oct-09-20		TheaN: Hm. Missed it entirely today. I was positive we had to continue this in a Sicilian-French-esque exchange sac fashion with 20....Rxf3. Typically it's not <terrible> for Black as the eval is way lower than +2, but after 21.gxf3 Ng5 22.Bg2 Rf8 23.Ba3! ⩲ White's more than fine. 20....Nxf2 is, in hindsight, pretty straightforward.

Oct-09-20		King.Arthur.Brazil: I guess that White could survive by playing: 25. ♔d1 ♗a4+ 26. ♔d2 ♗g5+ 27. ♖e3 ♗xe3+ 28. ♔e1 ♗f2+ 29. ♔d2 ♗e3+ 30. ♔e1 ♖xf1+ 31. ♘xf1 ♗xc1 32. ♖xc1 ♘f5, but Black would still have 3♙ ahead and strong position. Maybe, the Black can have other continuations too.

Oct-09-20		Brenin: <King.Arthur.Brazil>: In your line, 27 ... Rxe3, threatening 28 ... Re2 mate, is much stronger than 27 ... Bxe3+, e.g. 28 cxd4 Rf2+ 29 Be2 Rfxe2 mate, or 28 Qc2 Re2+ 29 Kd1 Bxc2 mate.

Oct-09-20		agb2002: Black has Nxf2, Rxf3 and Bd6. In the case of 20... Bd6 21.h3 (21.Ng4 h5 22.Nge5 Nxe5 23.Nxe5 Bxe5 24.dxe5 Qxe5 25.f3 Rxf3) 21... Rxf3 22.gxf3 Bh2+ 23.Kg2 (23.Kh1 Nxf2+ 24.Kg2 Qg3#) 23... Nxf2 24.Kxf2 Qg3+ 25.Ke2 Rf8 looks interesting (Black has Ba4 and Be8) but I'm no sure whether it's winning or not. In the case of 20... Nxf2 21.Kxf2 Qxh2 22.Ke2 Black probably doesn't have much compensation for the piece. Black doesn't seem to achieve much after 20... Rxf3 21.gxf3 Ng5 22.Bg2. I don't know. I'd probably play 20... Bd6.

Oct-09-20		agb2002: I ignored White's threat, 21.Nxc4, which would the answer to my 20... Bd6.

Oct-10-20		RandomVisitor: After 20.Ne3: click for larger view Stockfish_20100519_x64_modern: <65/84 12:54:54 -1.59 20...Nxf2 21.Ba3 Bxa3 22.Qxa3 Nh3+> 23.gxh3 Rxf3 24.Bg2 Rf6 25.Ng4 Rff8 26.Qc5 Qf4 27.Rf1 Qg5 28.Qd6 Rxf1+ 29.Rxf1 Rd8 64/99 12:54:54 -1.08 20....Rab8 21.Nxc4 Rxf3 22.gxf3 Ng5 23.Nd2 Qf4 24.Bg2 Bd6 25.Nf1 Nxf3+ 26.Bxf3 Qxf3 27.Ng3 e5 28.Qe3 Qf6 29.Qe2 Qg6 64/94 12:54:54 -0.65 20...Be8 21.Nxc4 Bg6 22.Bd3 Ng5 23.Bxg6 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 hxg6 25.Nd2 Rf5 26.Ba3 Rg5+ 27.Kf1 Qxh2 28.Bxe7 Nxe7 29.Ke2 Rg2

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