Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:13:47 03/29/00
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On March 29, 2000 at 17:13:04, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 29, 2000 at 16:55:45, Pete Galati wrote: >[snip] >>[D]8/3k4/8/6N1/3B1K2/1r6/1R6/8 b - - 0 62 >> >>Keep in mind that I'm a lousy Chess player, but my guess is that at that point >>in the game, all Crafty was seeing was that it was behind on pieces, and wasn't >>willing to trade, even though it would be able to salvage a draw out of the >>game. What _was_ Crafty's move? >> >>Pete >> >>You think _your_ brain is mush? This time the diagram worked right? >Yes. That is the position after the capture. Here is the previous position: [D]8/3k4/8/6N1/3B1K2/1r6/1p6/1R6 w - - > >And what I would have done: [D]8/3k4/8/6N1/5K2/1r6/1B6/1R6 b - - > >Djorde says he can mate with a Knight and a Bishop, so I know better than to >play a game with him! ;-) > >I can do it easily with two bishops, since the algorith is pretty obvious except >at the end (and the last bit is easy to memorize). I have heard that it's >possible to mate with two knights, but I would not be able to execute it except >by accident. And a knight and a bishop? I would not have a prayer of >checkmating with that combination. I think (at any rate) that taking with the >bishop is clearly a win (I think even I could not screw up that position).
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