Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:19:40 05/22/04
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On May 22, 2004 at 14:38:07, Christophe Theron wrote: >On May 21, 2004 at 20:05:00, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On May 21, 2004 at 19:32:33, George Tsavdaris wrote: >> >>>Black threatens mate and white's Queen. What white should play? >>>Give it's Queen of course! Qf4!! and white is winning. >>> >>> Impressive for humans but not for computers, as any chess engine can solve >>>this in seconds.... >>> >>>[D]1kbr3r/pp6/8/P1n2ppq/2N3n1/R3Q1P1/3B1P2/2R2BK1 w - - 0 1 >> >>I think that it is also easy for humans because white has no logical choice and >>it is easy to see by elimination that other moves are bad. >> >>Even at blitz time control the second best alternative Bg2 is rejected >>immediatly when >>Qf4+ gxf4 Bxf4+ Ka8 Nb6+ and maybe I have something is considered as better. >> >>Uri > > > >It is possible that in a real game a human chess player playing white would >simply resign and miss the fact that there is a mate in X in this position. > > > > Christophe Yes It never happened to me that I resigned in position that I can draw or win but it happened when one of my opponents resigned in a drawn position when I also saw the draw only in analysis after the game. Uri
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