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Subject: Re: Tough position

Author: blass uri

Date: 15:03:28 07/11/00

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On July 11, 2000 at 17:46:01, Mike S. wrote:

>On July 11, 2000 at 17:24:27, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>(...)
>>>>>8/k4p2/1r3P2/7p/1N1B1Q1P/5B2/1K5q/8 w
>>>>>
>>>>>Computers can't solve this
>
>>[blush]
>>I hate it when I get reminded why I'll never be a good ches player.
>
>I'm blushing too... I just wanted to post that 1.Ka3?? is obviosly the solution,
>because of ...Qa2+ 2.NxQ or ...Qb2+ 2.BxQ and no stalemate. But I thought twice
>and found that 1.Ka3, 1.Ka1 or 1.Bf2 seem all wrong for the same reason at the
>end of the variation(s): White looses the pawn f6 and remains with border pawn
>and a wrong coloured bishop. But 1.Bg2 makes a difference I think, but I'm not
>quite sure at the moment... analysing it together with Hiarcs 7.32 ("showing"
>the program the wrong continuations to the end). My analysis so far:
>
>1.Bg2 [1.Ka3 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7 Kxc7=;
>1.Ka1 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7 Kxc7=;
>1.Bf2 Qxf4 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7 Kxc7=] 1...Qxf4
>[1...Qxg2+??] 2.Bxb6+ Kb8 3.Bc7+ Qxc7 4.Na6+ Kc8 5.Nxc7

5.Bh3+ is the right move and not Nxc7

Uri



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