Graham Clayton vs Michael Preussner (2012)

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Graham Clayton vs Michael Preussner
WS/O/508 (2012) (correspondence), ICCF, Jan-10
Bird Opening: From Gambit. Lasker Variation (A02) · 0-1

White to move.

ANALYSIS [x]

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Aug-05-13		An Englishman: Good Evening: Still another example of the homicidal mayhem the intrepid explorer can discover in the ancient From's Gambit, a personal favorite of mine from my playing days. Note that after 13...Bd6 all four of Black's minor pieces are subject to forks from White's center pawns (although 14.e5 is unsound). I don't know if Black's sacrifice is sound; then again, in the From sometimes soundness is besides the point.

May-10-19		whiteshark: <An Englishman: I don't know if Black's sacrifice is sound; then again, in the From sometimes soundness is besides the point.> click for larger view White to move 1) +2.70 (30 ply) <17.c4 Rhe8+ 18.Kf2> Nh5 19.Rf1 Nxf4 20.gxf4 Qxf4+ 21.Kg1 Qxc4 22.Na3 Qb4 23.Rc1 Qd4+ 24.Qxd4 Nxd4 25.Rc4 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 gxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxd5 28.Rxf7 Rd1+ 29.Kg2 Rd2+ 30.Kg3 Rg8+ 31.Kf3 c6 32.Rc2 Rgg2 33.Rxd2 Rxd2 34.Nc4 Rxh2 35.b4 Rxa2 36.Nd6+ Kd8 37.Nxb7+ Kc8 38.Nd6+ Kd8 39.Rxh7 Ra3+ 40.Ke4 Rb3 41.Rb7 2) +2.40 (29 ply) 17.Na3 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 19.Qe2 Rhe8 20.Qxe5 Rxe5+ 21.Kf2 Rf5+ 22.Ke3 Nxd5+ 23.Bxd5 Rdxd5 24.Rg2 Rfe5+ 25.Kf4 h5 26.Nc4 Re6 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.Nxd2 Re2 29.Rd1 Rxh2 30.Nc4 Rf2+ 31.Kg5 Rf3 32.Rg1 b5 33.Na3 Rf2 34.Rb1 Rf3 35.Kxh5 Rxg3 36.Nxb5 Rg2 37.Nxa7+ Kb7 3) +2.02 (29 ply) 17.Nd2 Rhe8+ 18.Kf2 Nxd5 19.Qb1 Qh5 20.Re1 Rxe1 21.Qxe1 Nxf4 22.gxf4 Qxh2 23.Qe3 Qh4+ 24.Kg1 h5 25.Re1 Kb8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Nf1 Rd3 28.Qxd3 Qxe1 29.Qe3 Qa1 30.Qe8+ Kb7 31.Qxf7 Qc1 32.Qxh5 Qxb2 33.Qxg4 Qxa2 34.Qd7 Qb2 35.Qd2 Qb5 36.Ne3 = = = <17.c4 Rhe8+ 18.Kf2> click for larger view Black to move 1) +2.40 (29 ply) <18...Nh5 19.Rf1 Nxf4 20.gxf4> Ne5 21.Na3 Qxf4+ 22.Kg1 Qg5 23.Kh1 Kb8 24.Qd4 a6 25.Rad1 h5 26.c5 Nf3 27.Qc4 Re5 28.c6 Rexd5 29.Rxd5 Qxd5 30.cxb7 Qxc4 31.Nxc4 Rd3 32.Rc1 Kxb7 33.Ne5 Rd2 34.Nxf3 gxf3 35.Bxf3+ Kb8 36.Bxh5 Rxb2 2) +3.88 (29 ply) 18...Ne5 19.Rf1 Nxc4 20.Kg1 Nxd5 21.Bxc7 Nde3 22.Qb3 Qxf1+ 23.Bxf1 Rd1 24.Qxd1 Nxd1 25.Bf4 Nde3 26.Nc3 Nxf1 27.Kxf1 Nxb2 28.Nb5 Kd7 29.Rb1 Nc4 30.Nxa7 Re7 31.Rb4 Ne3+ 32.Bxe3 Rxe3 33.Rxb7+ Ke6 34.Nb5 Re4 35.Kf2 Rc4 3) +4.12 (29 ply) 18...Nb4 19.Rf1 Qc2+ 20.Kg1 Qxd1 21.Rxd1 Nc2 22.Nc3 Nxa1 23.Rxa1 Nh5 24.Bd2 f5 25.Rf1 Re5 26.Nb5 a6 27.Nd4 Ng7 28.b4 Ree8 29.c5 Rd7 30.Bf4 Nh5 31.Bg5 Ng7 32.Bh6 Kb8 33.Bd2 Rf7 34.d6 cxd6 = = = <18...Nh5 19.Rf1 Nxf4 20.gxf4> click for larger view Black to move 1) +2.57 (28 ply) 20...Ne5 21.Na3 g3+ 22.Kg1 Ng4 23.Bh3 gxh2+ 24.Kh1 h5 25.Qf3 Kb8 26.b3 a6 27.Rac1 c6 28.Rcd1 Qe4 29.Qxe4 Rxe4 30.Bxg4 hxg4 31.Kxh2 Re2+ 32.Kg3 Rxa2 33.Nb1 Rb2 34.Kxg4 cxd5 35.Rxd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Rxb3 2) +2.60 (28 ply) 20...Qxf4+ 21.Kg1 Qxc4 22.Na3 Qb4 23.Rc1 Qd4+ 24.Qxd4 Nxd4 25.Rc4 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 gxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxd5 28.Rxf7 c6 29.Rc2 Rd7 30.Rxd7 Kxd7 31.Nc4 Re6 32.Kf2 b5 33.Na5 Kc7 34.b4 Kb6 35.Rc5 Kc7 36.Kg3 3) +3.12 (27 ply) 20...Qf6 21.Kg1 Qxb2 22.Nc3 Kb8 23.Ne4 f5 24.Rf2 Qa3 25.Ng3 Qc5 26.Nxf5 Rf8 27.Qxg4 Na5 28.Rc1 Rde8 29.Ng7 Rg8 30.Qg3 Qe7 31.Qc3 Qxg7 32.Qxa5 a6 33.Kh1 Qd4 = = = all 6.0 minute analysis by Stockfish 9 v010218 = = = I leave it at that.

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