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

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:04:57 09/18/01

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On September 18, 2001 at 04:43:00, Ed Schröder wrote:

>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

No
After Bh6 Qxh6 white can play Qb1 that is better than Qxd4

Uri



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