Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 08:19:38 03/27/02
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On March 27, 2002 at 09:31:50, Uri Blass wrote: >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 Of course I looked at moves like Qxb2, etc.! Uri unlike you I look and pride myself on solving combinations, and if I said I solved it I solved it End of Story! Terry
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