Author: KarinsDad
Date: 14:28:48 07/27/99
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On July 27, 1999 at 14:07:22, Dave Gomboc wrote: >Last night I reached the following position as White in the blitz portion of a >game/30: > >White: Kg2, Qd5, pawns on b3, f2, g3, h4. >Black: Kf6, Qe5, pawns on b4, g7, h7. >White to move. > >I played 43. Qc6+, and my opponent blundered with 43...Qe6?? I went on to win >the pawn ending after 44. Qxe6+ Kxe6 45. Kf3. Why was this a blunder? There are no good moves. What better move did black have? 43 ... Ke7 44. Qb7+ any 45. Qxb4 winning a pawn 43 ... Kf7 44. Qb7+ Qe7 (to protect the b pawn) 45. Qxe7 and black's king is even further back than with what was played 43 ... Kf4 44. Qf3+ Kg3 45. Qg4+ any 46. Qxb4 43 ... Kf4 44. Qf3+ Kg4 45. h4+ Kg3 46. Qg4+ any 47. Qxb4 43 ... Kf4 44. Qf3+ Kg4 45. h4+ Kh3 46. g4 and black cannot take the b pawn or 47. Qf4+ Kg3 48. h5++ or Kh4 48. Qg5++ 43 ... Kg4 44. h4+ and a variety of other moves which lead to the same capturing of the b pawn or mate with the same themes as above And eventually, no matter how black plays, once white wins the b pawn, all white has to do is place the queen on b7 and push the b pawn. If black tries to check white first, white plays Kh3, interposes his queen on any other check, puts his king back on g2, eventually plays Qf3, and can push b3 to protect the b pawn. It will be REAL hard for black to prevent white from trading queens and having a passed pawn. This seems lost no matter what, so how exactly did black blunder here? Not trading queens does not delay the inevitable much, if at all. KarinsDad :)
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