Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 15:44:13 12/20/02
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On December 20, 2002 at 18:39:33, Roy Eassa wrote: >On December 20, 2002 at 16:34:03, Martin Giepmans wrote: > >>On December 20, 2002 at 13:21:14, Roy Eassa wrote: >> >>>On December 20, 2002 at 13:13:28, Art Basham wrote: >>> >>>>Here are the first three moves of this great combination... >>>> >>>>1. h4 x g6 if h7 x g6, >>>> >>>>2. e3 x f5 if f8 x f5, >>>> >>>>3. c2 x f5+ and mates in 11...! >>>> >>>>[D]2r2rn1/p3q1bk/n2p2pp/1b1PPp2/1pp2P1N/1P2N1P1/P1QB2BP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>from the book.."Your Move"...by Neishtadt >>> >>> >>>Definitely the best win, but not the only one: >> >>?? Are my eyes that bad? I don't see any difference ;) > > >Do you mean between the 2 winning lines? The main line wins very decisively in >all variation (Black cannot decline the sacrifice without being wiped out), >whereas the secondary line gives White a smaller advantage if Black plays well, >e.g.: > >1.Nhxf5 cxb3 2.Qe4 Nc5 3.Nxe7 Nxe4 4.Nxc8 Nxd2 5.Nxd6 Nxf1 6.Nxf1 Bxf1 >7.Bxf1 bxa2 8.Bc4 > > Here's Black's best defense (I think) in the main line: 1.Nxg6! cxb3 2.Nxf8+ Qxf8 3.Qxf5+ Qxf5 4.Nxf5 Bxf1 5.Bxf1 Rc2 6.Be3 dxe5 +- White's advantage is less than if Black captured the knight, but still more than in the line above. > >> >>> >>>1.Nxg6! >>> >>> [1.Nhxf5 cxb3 2.Qe4 also wins] >>> >>>1...Kxg6 2.Nxf5! Rxf5 >>> >>> [2...Kf7 3.Nxe7 +-] >>> >>> [2...Qd7 3.Nh4+ Kf7 4.e6+ +-] >>> >>>3.Qxf5+ Kxf5 4.Be4+ Kg4 5.h3+ Kxg3 >>> >>> [5...Kh5 6.g4+ Kh4 7.Re3 and mate next move] >>> >>>6.Re3+ Kh4 7.Bg6! Qg5+ 8.fxg5 Rf8 >>> >>> [8...Kxg5 9.Rg3+ Kh4 10.Be1 and mates in 2] >>> >>>9.Be1+ Rf2 10.Re4+ Kxh3 11.Bxf2 and mate in 2
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