Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:56:55 08/07/05
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On August 07, 2005 at 19:43:03, Marc D wrote: >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 I didn't quite follow. If you are talking about black _should_ play Qxp?? are you overlooking Qh7+ as white's reply that wins the black queen? Or am I not understanding what you are asking...
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