You will leave, of course, when you have no reasonable variations.beram wrote:Well that doesn't helpLyudmil Tsvetkov wrote:Bram, after a5 Bd2 b4, try Kh1:
[d]r2q1rk1/1b2bp1p/4pRp1/p2pP1Pn/1ppP4/P1P1PN1Q/1PBB3P/R6K b - - 0 2
aiming at Rg1-g4-h4
After Qd7 black has a comfortable +1
Btw this is my last contribution I quit my analysing support here
86: New game
[D] r4rk1/1b1qbp1p/4pRp1/p2pP1Pn/1ppP4/P1P1PN1Q/1PBB3P/R6K w - - 0 1
Analysis by Stockfish 020118 64 POPCNT MV depth 44:
1. -/+ (-1.13): 21.Nf3-e1 Bb7-c6 22.a3-a4 Rf8-b8 23.Ne1-g2 Qd7-e8 24.Ng2-f4 Nh5xf4 25.Rf6xf4 Be7xg5 26.Rf4-g4 Bg5-e7 27.Bd2-e1 b4xc3 28.Be1xc3 Rb8-b7 29.Rg4-g2 Be7-f8 30.Qh3-g3 Kg8-h8 31.Qg3-f4 h7-h5 32.Rg2-f2 Bf8-g7 33.Rf2-g2 Ra8-b8 34.Rg2-f2 Kh8-g8 35.Kh1-g1 Qe8-d8 36.Ra1-f1 Rb7-a7 37.Rf1-a1 Kg8-h7 38.Qf4-g3 Qd8-e8 39.Qg3-g5 Kh7-g8 40.Qg5-f4 Kg8-h8 41.Kg1-h1 Qe8-f8 42.Rf2-g2 Rb8-b7 43.Kh1-g1 Qf8-d8 44.Kg1-h1 Qd8-c7 45.Ra1-f1
2. -/+ (-1.13): 21.a3-a4 Bb7-c6 22.Nf3-e1 Rf8-b8 23.Ne1-g2 Qd7-e8 24.Ng2-f4 Nh5xf4 25.Rf6xf4 Be7xg5 26.Rf4-g4 Bg5-e7 27.Bd2-e1 b4xc3 28.Be1xc3 Rb8-b7 29.Rg4-g2 Be7-f8 30.Qh3-g3 Kg8-h8 31.Qg3-f4 h7-h5 32.Rg2-f2 Bf8-g7 33.Rf2-g2 Ra8-b8 34.Rg2-f2 Kh8-g8 35.Kh1-g1 Qe8-d8 36.Ra1-f1 Rb7-a7 37.Rf2-g2 Qd8-e8 38.Rf1-a1 Kg8-h8 39.Qf4-g5 Ra7-b7 40.Kg1-h1 Qe8-e7 41.Qg5-f4 Rb7-a7 42.Kh1-g1 Qe7-d8 43.Kg1-h1 Kh8-h7 44.Qf4-g3 Kh7-g8
3. -/+ (-1.29): 21.Nf3-g1 Bb7-c6 22.a3-a4 Qd7-e8 23.Bc2-d1 Nh5-g7 24.Ng1-e2 Kg8-h8 25.Ne2-f4 Ng7-f5 26.Rf6xf5 e6xf5 27.Qh3-g2 Qe8-d8 28.Bd1-f3 b4xc3 29.Bd2xc3 Be7xg5 30.Nf4xd5 Rf8-e8 31.Nd5-f4 Bc6xf3 32.Qg2xf3 Bg5-h6 33.Qf3-c6 Ra8-a7 34.Ra1-f1 Ra7-c7 35.Qc6-d5 Rc7-d7 36.Qd5xc4 Qd8-a8+ 37.d4-d5 Bh6-g7 38.e3-e4 Bg7xe5 39.e4xf5 Kh8-g8 40.f5xg6 h7xg6 41.Qc4-c6 Rd7-d8 42.Bc3xe5 Re8xe5 43.Qc6xa8 Rd8xa8 44.d5-d6 Kg8-f8 45.Kh1-g2 Kf8-e8
(Bram, 13.01.2018)
I don't have time for deeper analysis now, but after Qd7, white can simply play a4:
[d]r4rk1/1b1qbp1p/4pRp1/p2pP1Pn/PppP4/2P1PN1Q/1PBB3P/R6K b - - 0 1
and black can capture the a4 pawn, only if it pushes b4-b3, which will slow down black's counterplay on the queen side by at least 8 tempos.
This means white is simply better, slowly attacking on the king side.
SF is again lost in one of its famous irrelevant lines.
The position is won for white, there is no doubt about that.