Author: Uri Blass
Date: 12:37:56 10/11/01
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On October 11, 2001 at 14:26:55, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 11, 2001 at 04:58:11, Dan Andersson wrote: > >>>This is an easy and obvious one. The second you play Kh6, I start directly >>>attacking your rook with mine. >>That idea wont work in general. As your opponent will mate on the back row. The >>key is the third row attack coupled with stalemate. For example: >>[D]1r5k/7P/6BK/6R1/8/8/8/8 b - - >>1... Rb5 following the idea >>2. Bf5 Rb6+ only move! >>3. Kh5 >> >>MvH Dan Andersson > > >I play Rb8. What now? I can't check your king, I can't attack >your rook, I go back to the 8th and wait for you to try again... > >I believe you have too many tasks to handle here. You must prevent >me from checking your king, from attacking your rook, you must defend g8 with >your rook _and_ bishop, and you must prevent me from taking on h7. Three >pieces don't (to me) seem up to the task when one of the pieces is the king. > >Did I miss something??? After 1...Rb5 2.Bf5 Rb8 3.Be6 white wins the game 2...Rb6+ is needed in that line and not Rb8 but the simplest draw from the diagram is 1...Rb1 for example 2.Rf5 Rf1 and black has a perpetual rook threat when white cannot capture because of stalemate and must escape because KBP vs K is a draw. Uri
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