Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 23:24:00 01/30/98
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On January 29, 1998 at 18:59:18, Amir Ban wrote: >On January 29, 1998 at 18:24:19, Peter Kappler wrote: > > >>I do know of a study by Saavedra (sp?) which was cooked by an >>underpromotion to a rook. (It's a rook versus pawn position, where the >>pawn can't be stopped from promoting, but if it is promoted to a queen, >>black has an amazing stalemate resource. However, promoting to a rook >>avoids the stalemate, and leads to a forced mate in 2.) > >That was the study. There was no cook. > >Amir No, that's wrong. The study was made by someone else (Berger?), then Saavedra found the cook with c8=R!! I think Tim Krabbe talks about it one of his books.. Chess Curiosities? Dave Gomboc
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