Author: Alejandro Dubrovsky
Date: 01:09:57 03/21/04
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On March 20, 2004 at 18:28:54, Dann Corbit wrote: >I am pretty sure that some of the answers are wrong. >Look at this one (for instance): >[D]2K3k1/1p6/R3p1p1/1rB1P1P1/8/8/1Pb5/8 w - - bm Rc6; c0 "#56 draw"; id >"(JenoBan_TofE).038"; c0 "Not solved in 30 seconds."; > >Now, when someone offers me a gift, I always suspect a poisoned apple when it >comes to chess. If white moves to Rc6, I am not taking the rook. Rather, I >would take the pawn. Besides, if I take the rook and he takes the pawn, I can >pin his rook with my bishop. >And if I don't take the pawn, it *will* be an easy draw. > >What does everyone else think? It looks like a gem of a problem to me. If Rc6 Rxb2, then Rd6 (threatening continuous check in 7th and 8th rank) Ba4 (only way to get out of it), and then you can take the e-pawn. If black pins the bishop, then it looses all its pawns and i'm assuming it's a draw (r v r and b is draw, right?) and otherwise it risks loosing the game.
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