Author: Uri Blass
Date: 02:52:29 11/23/00
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On November 23, 2000 at 05:45:03, Andreas Stabel wrote: >On November 23, 2000 at 05:25:43, Shanti wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Just to complete the picture the b pawn will be catch by the black king (b6 kd7 >>b7 kc7) but then white uses the king side to force a queen. Black is one move >>short since after b8=Q Kxb8 white will queen with a check. >> >>Shanti > >I don't understand this. >After the moves 1. d5 exd5 2. exd5 cxd5 3. a5 bxa5 4. b5 axb5 5. cxb5 Ke7 >6. b6 Kd7 7. b7 Kc7 8. b8=Q+ Kxb8 you get the following position: >[D]1k6/8/3p1ppp/p2p4/5PPP/8/8/5K2 w - - 0 9 > >It is not possible to force a queen on the king side here or ... ??? > >Regards >Andreas Stabel 8.b8Q+ is a mistake here. White should play 8.g5 fxg5 9.h5 gxh5 10.f5 and only after a4 11.f6 a3 12.f7 a2 white is going to play 13.b8Q+ Uri
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