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Subject: Re: Slate's Challenge of the Day

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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