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Subject: Re: Mystery - why b6?

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 11:43:47 05/29/05

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On May 29, 2005 at 13:44:31, Jack Lad wrote:

>[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.

The engines are merely Queening his b-Pawn as quickly as possible. Black can't
get a queen with f3, since the White King can stop that and if fxg3, then both
will Queen, but after White plays Qb6+ Kf7 Rc7+, the Qb8 will hang due to a
discovered attack. This what I see using my one brain cell.

• 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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