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Subject: Black pawn on a7, not h7 - sorry for typo. Worth looking again.

Author: G. R. Morton

Date: 13:59:09 03/10/00

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[d] 8/p1r2R2/1p1k4/7p/8/3P4/PP4K1/8 w - - 0 1

...RxR? is clearly wrong, is it not?  Put black rook on c8 (instead of c7)and
see if it plays Berliner's move "Rc7!".  Why is Rc7 better than Rc2 ?

On March 10, 2000 at 15:11:38, Mike S. wrote:

>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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