The future shift

[zullil]

In the other line with Kh1, I get a position like that:

[d]2bqnrk1/5ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP4/1pP4B/7P/2Q3RK w - - 0 7

Looks like you gave yourself an extra tempo, since you have the rook on g1 and the bishop on h3.

[EDIT] Two tempi, since you also have White to move. Remember, chess is an adversarial game---your opponent gets to move too.

That's exactly what I thought too, when I first saw it, the black Knight might have gone to e8 and back and to b5 and back and to e8 again.


BTW, after 24.Kh1 Black could have had (almost) forced 3fold with ...Nb5,
(instead of your SF's ..Ne8) if he had wanted to:

24.Kh1 Nb5 25.Qe3 Na3 26.Qc1 Nb5

I think Lyudmil realized that his Kh1 is too slow, so he played a couple of nullmoves for SF.

Looks like a draw after all.

[peter]

I think Lyudmil realized that his Kh1 is too slow, so he played a couple of nullmoves for SF.

Looks like a draw after all.

It does, but Lyudmil has seen very well, that it depends on a few tempi only indeed.
After all, he's just such a pumpkin anyhow, isn't he?

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

OK, my second move after Nh5 Nc7 is Kh1

[d]2bq1rk1/2n2ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP4/1pP5/6BP/2Q2R1K b - - 0 2

How does black defend here?

SF plays Ne8 with evaluation 0.
[d]2bqnrk1/5ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP4/1pP5/6BP/2Q2R1K w - - 1 3

I'll let the search continue, in case SF sees something before you reply.

h4

[d]2bqnrk1/5ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP5/6B1/2Q2R1K b - h3 0 3

[zullil]

h4
[d]2bqnrk1/5ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP5/6B1/2Q2R1K b - h3 0 3

Sorry for the slow reply---busy morning here:

SF plays Qa5 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b1nrk1/5ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP5/6B1/2Q2R1K w - - 1 4

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

h4
[d]2bqnrk1/5ppp/8/3pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP5/6B1/2Q2R1K b - h3 0 3

Sorry for the slow reply---busy morning here:

SF plays Qa5 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b1nrk1/5ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP5/6B1/2Q2R1K w - - 1 4

Bh3

[d]2b1nrk1/5ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 4

[zullil]

Bh3

[d]2b1nrk1/5ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 4

Nc7 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b2rk1/2n2ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K w - - 3 5

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Bh3

[d]2b1nrk1/5ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 4

Nc7 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b2rk1/2n2ppp/8/q2pPPPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K w - - 3 5

Sorry, I was busy now.

e6

[d]2b2rk1/2n2ppp/4P3/q2p1PPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 5

[zullil]

Sorry, I was busy now.

e6

[d]2b2rk1/2n2ppp/4P3/q2p1PPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 5

No problem. SF plays fxe6 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b2rk1/2n3pp/4p3/q2p1PPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K w - - 0 6

[Lyudmil Tsvetkov]

Sorry, I was busy now.

e6

[d]2b2rk1/2n2ppp/4P3/q2p1PPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 5

No problem. SF plays fxe6 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b2rk1/2n3pp/4p3/q2p1PPN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K w - - 0 6

f6

[d]2b2rk1/2n3pp/4pP2/q2p2PN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 6

[zullil]

f6

[d]2b2rk1/2n3pp/4pP2/q2p2PN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K b - - 0 6

SF plays Ne8 with evaluation 0.
[d]2b1nrk1/6pp/4pP2/q2p2PN/2pP3P/1pP4B/8/2Q2R1K w - - 1 7