Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 09:36:48 05/23/99
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On May 22, 1999 at 17:35:21, Francis Monkman wrote: > >On May 22, 1999 at 15:13:22, Melvin S. Schwartz wrote: > > >>This was a game I played against another human. I played Bh2+ and eventually >>won. I believe that Bxb2+ does not consider White's threats after Bxg6 with a >>strong game for White. Hiarcs7 played Bh2+ which I firmly believe is correct. >>Why REBEL 10 played Bxb2+ is something that bewilders me since its suppose to be >>Grandmaster strength. Also, my dedicated chess computers - Mephisto Atlanta and >>Novag Diamond 11 played Bxb2+. It should be noted here that I was able to defeat >>both after that move. What does your software play? And do you agree that Bh2+ >>is the proper move? >> >>Mel > >Great example! Perfectly balanced, could have been designed to outwit computers! > >r1nqr1k1/pp3p2/3p2pB/1NpPb2n/2P5/3B3P/PP3P2/R2QK1R1 b Q - > >(Someone enlighten me about the "Q -" at the end of this? If it's wrong, then " >- -" seems usual? Forgive stupidity) > >Some very interesting variations, but I think White has a 'forced win' after >...Bxb2+, similarly Black 'should win' after ...Bh2+. I think the reasons are >obvious. Thanks for this one. > >Francis The "Q -" means that white can castle queen side. I think that the program that generated the fen string assumes a player can castle if the king and rook are on their original squares. In this case you have to ask Melvin if white kept his queen-side castling right up to this point of the game. Is so, then the fen string is correct; but otherwise it should be "- -". José.
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