Author: Andreas Stabel
Date: 05:36:44 05/11/05
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On May 11, 2005 at 07:32:22, Marc D wrote: >On May 10, 2005 at 18:23:19, Rob Basham wrote: > >>[D]k7/8/PP1b2P1/K2Pn2P/4R3/8/6np/8 w - - 0 1 >> >>White plays....Re1.....! >> >>my prgrams play g7..etc. > >Why is the rook sacrificed? > >Marc Probably to block the future black queen on h1 from getting perpetual check on the white king. After 1. Re1 Nxe1, the queen can not check. Regards Andreas
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