Author: Mike S.
Date: 12:11:38 03/10/00
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On March 10, 2000 at 13:48:10, G. R. Morton wrote: >(...) > >Black : pawns at h7,b6 and h5, king at d6, rook at c7. >White : pawns at a2,b2, and d3, king at g2, rook at f7. White to move. > [D]8/2r2R1p/1p1k4/7p/8/3P4/PP4K1/8 w - - >The average club player can quickly see that RxR?? gives an easy win for black, >since after the exchange, black simply uses his h pawn to draw the white king >away from the queen side on which black pushes through. (...) Is the position you gave correct? I have tested with Shredder 3 (without TB's), Crafty and M-Chess 7.1, all play Rxc7 and think white is winning after 1...Kxc7 2.a4! Does this move appear in the book you mentioned? I think, the previous move ...Rc8-c7 might be a blunder. Astonishing also, that the programs want to play 2...b5 (?!) for black - I haven't really analysed and do not understand, but 2...h4 3.b4 looks like RxR is ok (?). Regards, M.Scheidl Permanent Brain: http://members.surfeu.at/MScheidl
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