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Gerald Hertneck vs Volker Hergert
corr (1988) (correspondence)
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack. Poisoned Pawn Variation (C40)  ·  1-0

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Aug-01-11
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  scormus: What a game and scene of chess carnage, or is it dendrage? When I was a student The Latvian gambit was a big thing in our club for a while.

Someone said if B plays the poisined pawn (actually should it be poisoned rook?) W can win by force. I had a lot of fun trying to find this forced win but couldnt. Now thanks to CG for making it OOTD I see the results are very balanced. I'll have to see what Rybka makes of it

Aug-01-11  whiteshark: <scormus> If you like to deepen your research for the winning line, take a look here: http://studimonetari.org/edg/pedavv... You'll find this game within note 32.
Aug-01-11
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  scormus: <whiteshark> thanks, quite a lot of good stuff there. Something I like about this forum, a lot of links to good sources
Aug-01-11
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  scormus: One thing Rybka tells me, the position at move is NOT a force win for W. She rates it 0.00 on every move until 15 ... c6 (d6 preferred, stilled 0.00) with +2.63 as B has to give up the Q.

When i played it throught ... c6 might have been the loser. Rybka goes 16 Nd6 Nf5 17 Ncxe5 Qxe4 (if ... Nxe4 18 Nxe4 followed by 19 Qf6+) 18 Nxe4 Nxe4 19 Qxe4+

17 Qg5 she rates still winning after ... Kd8 (+2.17) but more decisively after ... Bg7 and roughly follows the game for the next few moves. By then W is completely winning.

This is a nice example of a sacrificial attacking line that is theoretically even but very difficult for the defender to find the right moves. B probably would feel a bit like a boxer caught on the ropes of the ring and desperately trying to fend off the blows.

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