Author: Albert Silver
Date: 13:50:04 07/30/99
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On July 29, 1999 at 17:43:54, Terry Ripple wrote:
>On July 29, 1999 at 14:41:45, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>
>>On July 29, 1999 at 14:33:30, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:
>>
>>>On July 29, 1999 at 02:22:40, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>>
>>>>This was from an actual game:You have to pretend that you are playing this game
>>>>in an official tournament setting and you can`t be moving the pieces around on
>>>>the board except in your head and you have 5 min. to pick the correct multible-
>>>>choice answer and to show the correct moves to back up your answer!
>>>>
>>>>White pieces: Kc3,Bc2 and pawns at d4,f4
>>>>Black " : Kf6,Bc4 " " " b6,d5
>>>>
>>>>Choice A: (Be4)
>>>> " B: (Kd2)
>>>>
>>>>Good Luck,
>>>>Terry
>>>
>>> This looks like a dead draw, wheter white plays Kd2 or Be4 or Kb4 or Bb1. White
>>>can not force a win with either of your choices, and it is not striving to draw
>>>the game either.
>>>José.
>>
>> Sorry, white is lost after Be4, so the correct choice is Kd2. It is still not
>>better than the other moves I listed.
>>José.
>-----------
>Hi Jose and everyone,
> White is lost after 1.Be4?? Bxe4 2.Kxc4 b5+! 3.Kc3 Ke6(can hold both pawns!)
>4.Kd2 b4! 5.Kc2 e3 6.Kd3 b3 7.White resigns!!
> The move 1.Kd2! is the correct answer to Draw! And yes, there are other moves
>that do the same to draw.
>
> Hiarcs 7.32 chose under time control of 40/2hrs.- 1.Kb4 Be2 2.Bh7 Bf1
>3.Ka4 Be2 4.Bb1 Ke6 5.Bc2 Bf1 6.Bb1 =(0.21) 15/30 What does your favorite
>program choose under these conditions?
>
>Regards,Terry
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?? I don't understand the point of Be4 (is something being threatened?) so I
would never consider it as a candidate move. As stated, short of giving up the
piece, ANY move should draw.
Albert Silver
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