Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 14:01:13 06/01/00
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On June 01, 2000 at 13:01:25, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >On June 01, 2000 at 11:48:37, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: > >>On June 01, 2000 at 05:30:31, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >> >>>On May 31, 2000 at 13:41:45, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>CAP records (some of them do not appear to have faired well): >>>... >>>>6k1/8/2P5/p6p/5bP1/7P/2B2K2/8 w - - acd 20; acn 1174673323; acs 3601; ce >>>>153; pv gxh5 Kg7 Kf3 Bh2 Kg4 Kh6 Bd1 Bc7 Kf5 Bb6 Ke6 Bc7 Kd7 Bf4 Kd8 Be5; >>> >>>I really doubt that gxh5 is the best move because the h's pawn have the wrong >>>square colour to promote, if the black bishop stay on the h2-b8 diagonal with >>>can make no progress. >>>1.g5 seems to be stronger >> >> g5 loses a pawn outright. I agree that gxh5 is a poor move. I think Kf3 is >>better. >>José. > >If 1..Bxg5?, 2.c7! wins a queen ... You are right! This happens to me frequently when I do not set up real board and pieces to analyze. After 1. g5 black must play h4 (otherwise white plays h4, then Bd1 tying black's king to defent the h5 pawn, and then the white king supports the c-pawn and wins). 1. Kf3 attacks the bishop, so white can play g5 the next move. Interesting position, and one in which a little knowledge for opposite-coloured bishop endings is extremely helpful (in this case: when trying to win make both bishops "good", and when trying to draw make both bishops "bad"). José.
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