mikhail_golubev (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} mikhail_golubev) wrote,@ 2006-04-15 22:54:00 |
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Review in Chess Today
"Understanding the King's Indian" was reviewed by Don Aldrich in Chess Today - 1972. One excerpt from this review:
"The KI can lead to very messy positions where even the latest software will have problems, so this is hard work indeed. Suffice it to say that at ever juncture if Golubev does not think he or his opponent have played the very best moves, he will point them out with an explanation of why his suggestion is better or more interesting, and back it up with analysis.
Did I mention we are dealing with difficult analysis?
This is from the Bayonet Attack chapter, Bogdanovski-Golubev, Skopje 1991, (page 36). White plays 22.Nxc8!?, and Golubev analyses the obvious 22.Nxa8:
"22.Nxa8 g3 is one more crazy position with an extra rook for White and unclear though highly dangerous compensation for Black: 23.Nb6 Nxg2 24.Rg1 Nh4 25.Bf1 Nxf3 -+ 26.Nxc8 Qh4! with the idea of 27.h3 g2+ 28.Bxg2 Qg3 29.Bxf3 Qxh3#."
He also looks at 23.Qc4 for White. This whole game is just a wonderful source of long and fascinating variations. Looking at this for a very long time with Fritz 9 I found: 23.Qb2 Nxg2 24.Bb5 Nh4 25.Rf2 Qd8 26.Bxe8 Qxe8, which seems to leave White with a large if not winning advantage.
In fairness to both Golubev and Fritz, Fritz won't find this on his own. The only reason one would ever even think of 23.Qb2 is seeing the end of the lines Golubev gives. What is really amazing about these lines is that Fritz insists White is winning easily after 22.Nxa8 and it is only with some prodding and a lot of time that he comes to a different conclusion. These kinds of complex positions are often evaluated and re-evaluated over time, even with help from computers, and are exactly why we play the KI. I am pretty sure I will never see this position over the board, but working these kinds of things out yourself deepens your understanding and ability to handle these kinds of positions."
"Understanding the King's Indian" was reviewed by Don Aldrich in Chess Today - 1972. One excerpt from this review:
"The KI can lead to very messy positions where even the latest software will have problems, so this is hard work indeed. Suffice it to say that at ever juncture if Golubev does not think he or his opponent have played the very best moves, he will point them out with an explanation of why his suggestion is better or more interesting, and back it up with analysis.
Did I mention we are dealing with difficult analysis?
This is from the Bayonet Attack chapter, Bogdanovski-Golubev, Skopje 1991, (page 36). White plays 22.Nxc8!?, and Golubev analyses the obvious 22.Nxa8:
"22.Nxa8 g3 is one more crazy position with an extra rook for White and unclear though highly dangerous compensation for Black: 23.Nb6 Nxg2 24.Rg1 Nh4 25.Bf1 Nxf3 -+ 26.Nxc8 Qh4! with the idea of 27.h3 g2+ 28.Bxg2 Qg3 29.Bxf3 Qxh3#."
He also looks at 23.Qc4 for White. This whole game is just a wonderful source of long and fascinating variations. Looking at this for a very long time with Fritz 9 I found: 23.Qb2 Nxg2 24.Bb5 Nh4 25.Rf2 Qd8 26.Bxe8 Qxe8, which seems to leave White with a large if not winning advantage.
In fairness to both Golubev and Fritz, Fritz won't find this on his own. The only reason one would ever even think of 23.Qb2 is seeing the end of the lines Golubev gives. What is really amazing about these lines is that Fritz insists White is winning easily after 22.Nxa8 and it is only with some prodding and a lot of time that he comes to a different conclusion. These kinds of complex positions are often evaluated and re-evaluated over time, even with help from computers, and are exactly why we play the KI. I am pretty sure I will never see this position over the board, but working these kinds of things out yourself deepens your understanding and ability to handle these kinds of positions."
