Author: Terry McCracken
Date: 15:53:21 02/09/06
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On February 09, 2006 at 18:27:10, Bernardo Wesler wrote: >How come??? "I know the winning line, it's very simple. After the Rooks are >exchanged White >picks up the a6 pawn and Queens on the a-file with it's a5 pawn much faster than >Black can, so Black is lost." > >Pls tell us exactly how..... >thx in advance. You have to be kidding? Black can't queen, it's really that simple. The new White Queen is on the board too fast and opposes any attempt by Black to Queen any of it's pawns. They are all easy targets. If you can count, you can see the win. I'm shocked how chess ignorant some posters here are! [D]2r5/2pR1pk1/p1P3p1/P2K4/5P1p/5P1P/8/8 w - - 0 1 1.Rxc7 Rxc7 2.Kd6 Rc8 3.Kd7 Ra8 4.c7 Kf6 5.c8=Q Rxc8 6.Kxc8 Kf5 7.Kb7 Kxf4 8.Kxa6 Kxf3 9.Kb5 Kg3 10.a6 f5 11.a7 f4 12.a8=Q f3 13.Kc4 f2 14.Qh1 This is one of several lines that win easily.
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