Author: Pete R.
Date: 15:36:26 05/02/00
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On May 02, 2000 at 16:36:46, KarinsDad wrote: >On May 02, 2000 at 15:18:54, blass uri wrote: > >>On May 02, 2000 at 14:25:38, Pete Galati wrote: >> >>>On May 02, 2000 at 09:07:42, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>In my set of tactical test positions there is the following example: >>>> >>>>[D] 2rqk2r/pb1nbp1p/4p1p1/1B1n4/Np1N4/7Q/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w k – bm Rxe6 >>>> >[snip] >> >>After >>1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Nxe6 Qa5 3.Bxd7+ Kxd7 4.Nec5+ Ke8 5.Qd7+ Kf7 6.Nxb7 Rc7 >>white is losing and white has no logical alternative to avoid this line after >>1.Rxe6 except 2.Bh6. >> > >I do not get why the following is not a logical alternative. > >1.Rxe6 fxe6 2.Nxe6 Qa5 3.Bxd7+ Kxd7 4.Nec5+ Ke8 5.Qd7+ Kf7 6. Bh6+ Kf7 7. Ne6 >threatening 8. Ng5 Qxg5 9. Bxg5. Now, black can probably escape this, but his >king is fairly exposed. And granted, this is many ply down, so hard to see for a >program, but quite a few of these moves are basically forced, so I would think >that extensions would be in order. > >Is there something I am missing? > >KarinsDad :) Yes, at least here your line at move 6 makes no sense. How can Bh6 be a check, and then the king on f7 move to f7?
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