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Subject: Re: I am trying to analyze two problem sets

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 16:25:54 03/22/04

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On March 22, 2004 at 18:57:17, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On March 20, 2004 at 18:28:54, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Unfortunat
>>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.
>
>A search after Rc6, where bxc6 is not allowed (just for the search):
>
> 747315550 19:00.0   0.00 20t  1...Rxb2 2. Rc7 Rb5 3. Bd6 Be4 4. Re7 Bd5 5.
>                               Re8+ Kg7 6. Re7+ Kh8 7. Re8+ Kh7 8. Re7+ Kg8H
>                               9. Re8+H Kg7H 10. Re7+H Kh8H 11. Re8+H Kh7H 12.
>                               Re7+H Kg8HR {80}
>
>After Rc6 bxc6, I cannot find a win. Rc6 seems a correct solution to me.

That move is also a draw.



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