Author: martin fierz
Date: 12:33:07 07/08/02
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On July 08, 2002 at 09:15:01, Will Singleton wrote: >On July 08, 2002 at 07:52:36, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On July 08, 2002 at 04:08:01, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>SPIDERCHESS, - SJENG >>0-1 > >Congrats, nice game. In the following position, Spiderchess played Bxf5, which >leads to a forced win by Sjeng in a few moves, as the game shows. I wonder if >Qxd4+ would draw? > [D]2b4k/5p2/1pp5/5n2/1P1qB3/7P/5Q2/3N2K1 w - - 0 41 i assume after Bxf5 black exchanged queens and won with bishop vs knight? obviously, this is a horrible position for white, and should be won for black. exchanging queens is by far the better move, and will make black work hard for the win. the general principle would be: when down a pawn, exchange pawns. when up a pawn, exchange pieces. so Bxf5 is a violation of this principle, and got punished, as it should :-) aloha martin
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