Author: Uri Blass
Date: 13:11:25 10/03/02
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On October 03, 2002 at 14:33:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On October 03, 2002 at 01:58:09, Janos Keinrath wrote: > >>On October 03, 2002 at 00:53:47, Mike Byrne wrote: >> >>It's great. >>I tried with Junior and Crafty, but neither want to play 1.Qd3. > > >Qd3 isn't the only way to win. b4 is more than good enough and is what >Crafty likes... > >This was the first move I considered as a human, followed by Qd3 to force >the trade of queens. Either should be enough. I posed this to an IM and he >suggested b4 himself. When I mentioned Qd3 he aaid "that's ok too but it >causes an unnecessary pawn weakness. I am surprised. Qd3 is the only move that force trading queens so it is the first move to consider. b4 does not force trading queens. It also wins but I thought that it is obvious for strong humans that if there is a way to force a pawn endgame this way is analyzed first and only if it does not work you consider other lines. Uri
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