Author: Uri Blass
Date: 06:31:50 03/27/02
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On March 27, 2002 at 08:39:45, Terry McCracken wrote: >On March 27, 2002 at 03:27:23, Uri Blass wrote: > >>On March 27, 2002 at 01:05:41, Terry McCracken wrote: >> >>>On March 26, 2002 at 23:38:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On March 26, 2002 at 22:35:12, Art Basham wrote: >>>> >>>>>See if you can guess what is the best first move here for white..! >>>>>White can mate in about 10 or 12 moves...(I think..). >>>>> >>>>>[D]2r1r1k1/pb4p1/1p6/8/Pn2N2P/1q5P/4Q2K/R1B3R1 w - - >>>> >>>>That's a good one. I'm pretty sure that the obvious knight check wins, but the >>>>better move is a heck of a lot prettier. >>> >>>Yes, why go for material when one has mate!;) 1.Rxg7!! >> >>The reason that humans may prefer material is that >>it is practically better to go for material that you are sure about >>and not for mate that you are not sure about. >> >>Uri > >Ah...Uri I looked at this position late last night and was very tired, even had >an antihistamine in my system which slowed me down, and the first move I looked >at was Rxg7+! True it did say it was mate so it does help, but I still had to >solve it. Well, the main lines anyways. > >I always look for mates in open and dynamic positions regardless. >I _Did Not_ use a computer! I worked it out in my mind, groggy at the time and >found the mating lines. Even computers cannot find mates in all the lines and I doubt if you looked for mate after lines like Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bb2+ Re5 or Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bb2+ Qxb2. Without the possibility of Nf6+ I am sure that I would look at Rxg7+ in a game but when Nf6+ is possible and good I prefer to play for the simple win and not for a complicated mate when I may have a mistake in my calculations. Uri
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