Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 18:33:32 04/29/00
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On April 29, 2000 at 21:28:43, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >On April 29, 2000 at 21:14:26, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > >>On April 28, 2000 at 18:36:35, KarinsDad wrote: >> >>>On April 28, 2000 at 18:31:39, KarinsDad wrote: >>> >>>>On April 28, 2000 at 17:20:46, Dann Corbit wrote: >>>> >>>>>On April 28, 2000 at 16:52:25, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: >>>>>[snip] >>>>>>White mates in 16 moves: >>>>>>[D]8/5p2/8/8/8/1k5B/7P/K7 w >>>>> >>>>>Well, the Be6+ checkmate is a lot more damatic, but Bf5 will do just as well >>>>>without the dramatic flare. I'd probably choose Bf5 because Be6+ looks a lot >>>>>more like showing off. Bg2 and Bf1 probably win as well, but look a lot weaker. >>>>>It would take a real patzer to flummox this one. >>>>>;-) > >Of course 1.Be6+ wins,but Black is not forced to take the bishop. >1.Be6+ Kc3 2.Bxf7?? draw >1.Bg4?? f5! draw >The best move is either 1.Bg2 or 1.Bf1,both mate in 16. >1.Be6+ mates in 18,but all of these moves show that Black >can lose with a f-pawn,that is the important point.Easy >or difficult it is not really the matter here. JAFM >>>> >>>>Like me. >>>> >>>>I don't get it. It takes white 6 moves to queen the pawn (one bishop, 5 pawn), >>>>but black only 5 moves to get to g7 along the a1-h8 diagonal. >>>> >>>>So, how come this isn't a draw? >>>> >>>>KarinsDad :) >>> >>>Nevermind. h7 is not a required immediate move. >>> >>>KarinsDad :)
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