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

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 19:11:08 10/31/02

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On October 31, 2002 at 13:03:54, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>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.

I mean, something requiring such deep vision that most combinative thinkers
would not even see the warning signs. Not necesarily mating, and whether or not
you know there is something to look for.
S.T.



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