Author: Drexel,Michael
Date: 03:59:04 02/01/04
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On February 01, 2004 at 05:33:33, Steve Lim wrote: >On looking over the position with Shredder 8.. it seems that black is in bad >shape no matter what move is played. The pawn falls even with a Rook on d1. >Simply because of the order of captures.. whites Q must capture before its rook. I can not follow your reasoning here. We certainly agree that a draw is better than a loss. The pawn d5 is lost anyway, but it's only the extra pawn. After the game continuation white has lost two pawns (d5 and h2). > >eg. After Rad1 of example.. Bxd5 Bxd5 Nxd5 Nxd5 Rxd5 and Q must move. Yes, it will move to the square b3. The position seems to be only slightly better for black, very drawish. Michael
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