Author: Uri Blass
Date: 00:43:55 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 03:11:28, Peter Berger wrote: >On April 05, 2004 at 23:13:55, Bob Durrett wrote: > >> >>I have been trying to enter moves into Fritz 8 using the keyboard [so I can play >>myself a blindfold game] but cannot figure out how to make the beast capture >>White's bishop on c6 with Black's queen pawn in the Ruy Lopez Exchange >>Variation. Every time I enter "d" Black's king's bishop leaps to d6. The Fritz >>online help does not help at all. >> >>If anybody knows the "trick" I would be very appreciative if you would tell me >>what it is. >> >> >>1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 [and not 4...Bd6]. >> >>Bob D. > >That's cute, and I am afraid probably no one will be able to help - it looks >very much like a bug. > >The Fritz GUI is smart and in case only one move is possible to a line pressing >the first letter is enough -> Bd6 . I guess whoever wrote this function just >forgot about the pawn's ability to leave its own line even when pinned. > >Peter I tried big D but it did not help D7 is translated to Qe7 I do not think that the pin is the problem because the gui cannot know that black does not plan to move the queen that is also at the D file. Bd6 is the only move to the d file but It is clearly not logical to play to the d file only because the user started with d. Uri
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