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Subject: Re: Big Book Of Combinations (long post)

Author: Ed Schröder

Date: 01:43:00 09/18/01

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On September 17, 2001 at 15:05:32, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>On September 17, 2001 at 15:03:04, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On September 17, 2001 at 02:33:19, Jouni Uski wrote:
>>
>>[Event "Mannheim"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "1948.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Schuppler"]
>>[Black "Heinicke"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[Annotator "#175*"]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "2kr3r/pRp3q1/2Pppn2/4p2p/B2bP1p1/7P/2P2PP1/2BQ1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
>>[PlyCount "21"]
>>[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
>>
>>1. Bh6 Rdg8 (1... Qxh6 2. Qb1 Bxf2+ (2... Bb6 3. Qb5 Nd7 4. Rxa7 Nb8 5. Ra8
>>Rdg8 6. Rxb8+ Kxb8 7. Qa6 Bxf2+ 8. Kh1 Qc1 9. Qb7#) 3. Rxf2 Qc1+ 4. Qxc1 Rdg8
>>5. Qb2 Kd8 6. Rxa7 Nd7 7. cxd7 gxh3 8. Qb8+ Ke7 9. d8=Q+ Rxd8 10. Qxc7+ Rd7 11.
>>Qxd7#) 2. Bxg7 Rxg7 3. Qd3 Kd8 4. Rb8+ Ke7 5. Rxh8 Bb6 6. Qa6 Rg8 7. Rxg8 Nxg8
>>8. Qc8 Nf6 9. Bb3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. c4 $18 1-0
>>
>>---------------------------
>>
>>1. Qxd4 also wins here, and is pretty striking.
>>
>>bruce
>
>... although perhaps Bh6 is better.  I have two versions, one of which gets Bh6
>and one gets Qxd4.  The one that finds Bh6 has a higher score by several pawns,
>but I think the position at the end of the Qxd4 line is a forced mate.
>
>The win involves Qxd4 exd4 Rxa7 and there is a massive mate threat on a8.
>
>bruce


1.Qxd4 exd4 2.Bh6 is similar to 1.Bh6 Qxh6 2.Qxd4 so IMO 1.Qxd4 is as good
as 1.Bh6

Ed



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