Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 05:38:04 05/06/04
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On May 06, 2004 at 05:36:04, Francesco Di Tolla wrote:
>>In the article "Tactics from the Russian Team Champ" on the chessbase site (
>>http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1625 )
>>We can see this position :
>[D]r1r3k1/3n1b2/p1qp3Q/1p2p2p/4P3/1PP1BP2/2P5/1K1R1B2 w - - 0 29
>>with the comment "29.Bxb5!! ...this clearance sacrifice."; In fact Bxb5 is only
>>the third best move, Chessmaster 9000 confirms that with the 3 best moves mode :
>
>regardless of the number of moves to mate, Bxb5 is good cause it is 'evident' in
>human terms: it is mate or queen. Nobody would eriously play Nf8 to lose the
>queen and remain under attack.
>
>After Bh3 or Bc4 somebody could try to continue to play not seeing the mate.
>
>regards
>Franz
Indeed a good argument.
Kurt
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