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

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 10:03:54 10/31/02

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On October 31, 2002 at 12:42:38, Bob Durrett 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
>
>Without using a chess engine, but knowing that a sac is required:
>
>Qh6+ seems to be the most dramatic sac available.
>
>Bob D.


Hi Bob,
That the problem with Stuart's request. When you _know_ it is a sac, _and_ that
it is _extraordinary_, everything crystallizes out automatically.
Without fore-knowledge it becomes a real problem seeing that the sac is sound.

/Matthias.



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