Author: Marc D
Date: 16:43:03 08/07/05
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On August 07, 2005 at 19:13:44, George Speight wrote: >im sorry i dont have the expertise to post a chess board with the positions, but >this will only take a couple of minutes and a few pieces to set up. You figure >this out. As far as i am concerned, it is a dead draw. CM10 Schumacher is >playing white, and SlowChess Blitz is playing black. White has: pa7, Qd3, Ke2, >and black has: Qa6, Kf2, pf3. Black to move. If black moves Qxp, someone show me >how white can possibly win this game. Under any circumstances. Here is what >transpired: instead of Qxp black replies Qc6, followed by Qh7+, Ke3, Qg8+, Kf5, >Qg3, Qe6+, Qe3, Qa2+, Kf1. At this point the game ends and chessbase gives the >victory to Schumacher. Personally i think victory is still problematic, but when >u set it up, Fritz 8 disagrees with me. At any rate someone out there show me >where Slow Blitz did not blow a dead draw by moving Qxp, instead of Qc6. Without >that pawn, how can white win. A TERRIBLE BLUNDER. I admit SlowChess Blitz is not >Shredder 9, but it is way too strong to blunder this badly. I have looked at >this till my eyes have crossed. Show me where i am wrong. Regards, George [D]8/P4k2/q6p/8/8/3Q4/4K3/8 b - - 0 1
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