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Subject: Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2?

Author: Larry Griffiths

Date: 06:32:28 08/30/00

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On August 30, 2000 at 08:59:51, Michel Langeveld wrote:

>On August 30, 2000 at 08:35:26, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>
>>I am testing the following WAC position...
>>
>>[D]8/7p/5k2/5p2/p1p2P2/Pr1pPK2/1P1R3P/8 b - - bm Rxb2; id "WAC002";
>>
>>My program keeps picking c3 so I figure it has a bug some where.
>>
>>What is the principle contiunation after Rxb2.  I figure that it promotes a pawn
>>somehow.
>>
>>Larry :)
>
>The folowing data is in CAP:
>
>
>D:\>grep -i "8\/7p\/5k2\/5p2\/p1p2P2\/Pr1pPK2\/1P1R3P\/8" cap.epd
>
>8/7p/5k2/5p2/p1p2P2/Pr1pPK2/1P1R3P/8 b - - acd 14; acn 114206936; ce 322; pv Rxb
>2 Rxb2 c3 Rb6+ Ke7 Rb7+ Kd6 Rb6+ Kc5 Rb7 c2 Rxh7 d2 Rc7+ Kd6 Rxc2 d1=Q+ Re2 Qf1+
> Rf2 Qd3 h4 Qxa3; pm Rxb2; bm Rxb2; id "WAC.002";

It looks like I must run this to 17 or 18 plys deep then.  I thought the
promotion might occur before 17 or 18 plys.

Thanks.
Larry :)

• Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Robert Hyatt 07:03:53 08/30/00
  • Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Vincent Diepeveen 01:06:13 08/31/00
    • Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Robert Hyatt 06:31:15 08/31/00
• Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Dieter Buerssner 06:51:25 08/30/00
  • Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Larry Griffiths 09:47:18 08/30/00
    • Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Dieter Buerssner 07:11:56 08/31/00
      • Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2? Larry Griffiths 11:22:05 08/31/00

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