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Subject: Re: Do you have pos. of truly unexpected sac. which is sound? Does it exist?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 09:48:12 10/31/02

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On October 31, 2002 at 12:31:59, stuart taylor wrote:

>On October 31, 2002 at 12:18:51, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>
>>On October 31, 2002 at 12:11:50, stuart taylor wrote:
>>
>>
>>[D]5r2/r3Npkp/3pn1p1/qbnNp2P/1p2P3/5P2/PP1QB1P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1
>
>
>If that is some kind of mate after 1.Qh6 KxQ  2.hxg+ Kg4, then I don't consider
>that absolutely extraordinary. (I gurantee you that I haven't set it up on a
>computer, and I'm nowhere near GM level myself). All the warnings are very
>visable in this position.
>S.Taylor

I believe that a chessplayer with a sacrificial style of play would have
examined Qh6 first, before looking at ANY other moves!  Why?  Because it is the
most outrageous sac available.

• Re: Do you have pos. of truly unexpected sac. which is sound? Does it exist? stuart taylor 18:37:00 10/31/02
  • Re: Do you have pos. of truly unexpected sac. which is sound? Does it exist? Bob Durrett 15:25:42 11/02/02

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