Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 21:05:18 10/07/03
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On October 07, 2003 at 23:52:42, Slater Wold wrote: >On October 07, 2003 at 23:37:14, Jeremiah Penery wrote: > >>On October 07, 2003 at 23:03:00, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On October 07, 2003 at 22:34:09, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On October 07, 2003 at 21:37:50, Telmo Escobar wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 07, 2003 at 18:48:30, Slater Wold wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>[D]r2br1k1/1b1n2p1/p2pp1Pp/qp6/3BPP2/P1N5/1PPQ4/1K1R1B1R w - - >>>>>> >>>>>>This game can be over in ~10 moves. >>>>>> >>>>>>Can you find Bxg7? >>>>> >>>>> I'd firstly examine 1.Bxg7 Kxg7 2.Rxh6 Kxh6 3.Qh2+ Kxg6 4.Bxb5- but I'm fond of >>>>>"brilliant" blunders. >>>> >>>>Blacks 4 .. Bg5 reply still loses. Or are you thinking of something else? >>> >>>1.Bxg7 Kxg7 2.Rxh6 Kxh6 3.Qh2+ Kxg6 4.Bxb5 Bg5 5. Bxd7 Rh8 6. Qg2 >> >>Doesn't 4. Be2 win easily here? > >Only if your engine likes to take a dive. ;) > > 12-> 3:15 3.52 1. Bxg7 Kxg7 2. Rxh6 Kxh6 3. Qh2+ Kxg6 > 4. Be2 Qxc3 5. Rg1+ Bg5 6. Rxg5+ Kf6 > 7. Qh6+ Ke7 8. Qh7+ Kd8 9. bxc3 > >4...Qxc3 leads to black being mated with Rg1+ Bg5 Qh5+ Kg7 Qxg5+ Kf8 bxc3 Rec8 >Qg8+ Ke7#. > >4. Be2 Bb6 and the game is still 'interesting'. Gotta go get the knight and >pawn... I didn't realize that the bishop is inviolable after Bxb5, so I guessed Be2 must be better for keeping the bishop in the attack, but I failed to pay attention to the annoying black knight. I realized only just after I posted. I think Be2 still wins, even if it's harder.
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