Author: Harald Faber
Date: 05:49:44 06/08/99
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On June 08, 1999 at 07:37:43, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >>>>>>How often did you have a position where underpromotion was best move? >>>>>>I don't miss this "feature". >>>>> >>>>>How often did you have a position where enpasant capturing was the best move? >>>>>Let's remove this "feature" too to gain some speed. >>>> >>>>>How often did you have a position where queenside castling was the best move? >>>>>Let's remove this "feature" too to gain some speed. >>>> >>>>Maybe YOU can tell ME how often you had games where underpromotion was the best >>>>move. GAMES, Mister, not studies! >>> >>>In "my" game of the 7. round in Dortmund 1994 against W. Kortschnoj "I" played >>>61. f8=Q which was a serious mistake. Obviously f8=N with fork was the right >>>move. In time trouble "I" would have played this move without any doubt and may >>>be "I" would have saved the game but the time trouble phase was over powerer out >>> and simply missed that white after 61. f8=Q Kh6 doesn't need to take the queen >>>with 62. Nxe6 wich looses but can play 62. gxf4 ... >>>Here the position after move 60. from Kortschnoj: >>>FEN: 8/Qb3P1k/4q/P2p/2pPpbp/1r2N1Pp/7P/5BK w >> >> >>Wow. ONE real game. Of course now implementation is justified. >> >I didn't thought it was so easy to convince you. It is not. It was a joke. I thought it was evident. >Anyway, as you will never be able to play *such* a game, it really is >convincing. >And if you want to analyze it, you need underpromotion. There are better programs to analyze. Junior is like Fritz to play OTB. >BTW, the way you quote seams somewhat odd and misleading, both in this post >and in others. >Bernhard I have another opinion. However, who cares?
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