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Subject: Re: BT2450-04 What am I missing?

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 21:11:33 09/02/00

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On September 02, 2000 at 23:39:16, Larry Griffiths wrote:

>[D]5r1k/1P4pp/3P1p2/4p3/1P5P/3q2P1/Q2b2K1/B3R3 b - - bm Qf7;id "BT2450-04";
>
>I was looking at the BT2450 test suite that I downloaded and looked at this
>position.
>
>bm is Qf7
>
>Black to move with Qf7?
>
>Am I having a bad hair day?  What is the correct EPD string or am I missing
>something.
>
>Larry.


If my memory is correct, it is wtm, not btm.  "bm" means "best move"  The
first " b " means black-to-move... change that to w and it should make sense
why this works.  Qf7 Rxf7? pawn promotes and mates after the futile
interposition.



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