Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 16:48:59 09/16/04
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On September 16, 2004 at 18:18:13, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On September 16, 2004 at 12:52:43, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On September 16, 2004 at 07:37:01, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >> >>>Your post is a good example of what happens when one jumps to a conclusion >>>without taking the minimum amount of effort needed to understand what is really >>>going on. >> >>I disagree completely, also with everyone else. > >Taking a _longer_ path to win is counter to a tactical test idea. Clearly the >move given is bad, because it just extends the game and reaches the same >position a second time where the _real_ solution has to be played. That is >pointless... > >Otherwise a mate in 3 might turn into a mate in 40 if one side takes every >opportunity to first repeat a second time before making progress... The pv shown by Arasan leads to a win. If it lead to a draw or some other problem I would agree.
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