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Subject: Mystery - why b6?

Author: Jack Lad

Date: 10:44:31 05/29/05

[d] 8/8/P3kp2/1PR4p/4bp1P/2K3P1/8/8 w

1.gxf4 is better and leads to a quicker win than 1.b6 so why do engines prefer
the latter?  Or maybe your engine doesn't - let me know please.

Re: Mystery - why b6? John Merlino 12:36:04 05/29/05
- Ty JM. nt Jack Lad 13:24:18 05/29/05
Re: Mystery - why b6? Kurt Utzinger 12:16:08 05/29/05
Re: Mystery - why b6? Reinhard Scharnagl 12:09:40 05/29/05
- Ty RS - nice to see that Smirf always prefers gxf4. nt Jack Lad 13:27:05 05/29/05
Re: Mystery - why b6? stuart taylor 11:45:57 05/29/05
- Re: Mystery - why b6? Vladimir Xern 12:14:26 05/29/05
Re: Mystery - why b6? Ricardo Gibert 11:43:47 05/29/05
- Re: Mystery - why b6? Ricardo Gibert 11:48:13 05/29/05
  - Ruffian: 1.b6 and fxg4 both mate in 11 moves Ricardo Gibert 12:18:48 05/29/05
    - Re: Ruffian: 1.b6 and [1.gxf4] both mate in 11 moves Ricardo Gibert 12:23:32 05/29/05
      - Re: Ruffian: 1.b6 and [1.gxf4] both mate in 11 moves Ricardo Gibert 12:58:25 05/29/05
        
        Re: Ruffian: 1.b6 and [1.gxf4] both mate in 11 moves stuart taylor 17:05:11 05/29/05
        
        Re: Ruffian: 1.b6 and [1.gxf4] both mate in 11 moves Ricardo Gibert 02:18:48 05/30/05
        
        Ty RG - another engine that prefers gxf4 :) nt Jack Lad 13:28:56 05/29/05

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