Author: Uri Blass
Date: 05:33:47 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 03:59:25, Peter Berger wrote: >On April 06, 2004 at 03:43:55, Uri Blass wrote: > >>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 > >The pin is clearly relevant. > >[D]r1bqkbnr/1ppp1ppp/p1N5/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 1 > >If you type "d" in this position the Fritz GUI knows that it can't just move the >bishop to d6, as the pawn isn't pinned by the knight. Yes but my point is that the pin is not a justified reason to play Bd6 even if the black d pawn cannot move because the queen can also move. [D]r1bqkbnr/1ppp1pp1/p6p/4p3/B3P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 5 There is no reason for Fritz to play Bd6 after somebody clicks "d". It is more logical to think that the person meant to move the queen in case of writing "d". I can add that I am surprised that Fritz does not support the keyboard correctly. I remember that I heard in the past from a teacher that the only job of the mouse is to waste time when you use word. Keyboards are simply faster than the mouse so there is no reason to use the mouse. By this logic it is better if companies do not support the mouse but only support the keyboards because it can help the customers to use their programs faster. Unfortunately it seems that chessbase does not care about the customers but only about making money. Uri
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