Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 23:02:42 08/22/03
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On August 22, 2003 at 16:31:24, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On August 22, 2003 at 15:34:15, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On August 22, 2003 at 10:17:13, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>>
>>>[D]8/3p1P2/3Pp3/2p1P2K/p1p3P1/PpP3p1/1P3pP1/6k1 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>White wins, but...
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>>I must be very tired, but I don't understand.
>>
>>Seems that the solution is 1.f8=R instead of 1.f8=Q
>>
>>But what is the difference between
>> 1.f8=R f1=Q 2.Rxf1 Kxf1
>>and
>> 1.f8=Q f1=Q 2.Qxf1 Kxf1 ???
>>
>>Explanations welcome (BTW Chess Tiger finds the solution after... some time, but
>>does not tell me why :)
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>>
>> Christophe
>
>You are tired , it's not 1. f8Q f1Q , it's f8Q Kh2! and draw by stalemate will
>soon follow. So only f8R leads to victory.
Actually I'm not that tired.
The real explanation is that I'm a lousy chess player!
Thanks for taking the time to explain.
Christophe
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