Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 01:37:15 06/02/00
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On June 01, 2000 at 17:01:13, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote: >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. Strange, I made a long analyse from this position and it seemed that 1. g5 and 1. Kg3 are winner moves. [D] 6k1/8/2P5/p6p/5bP1/7P/2B2K2/8 w - - Paulo Soares, from Brazil
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