Author: Peter Kappler
Date: 21:42:56 08/02/99
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On August 02, 1999 at 22:56:11, Dann Corbit wrote: >I am pounding the stuffings out of this position, and will give the result in >the morning. > >In the end, it will still take a chess expert to decide who is telling the >truth. Both moves are winning. Rd8+ is certainly the simpler move, as it wins the queen immediately, but Qd3 is just as strong, forcing Black to give up the queen to avoid mate. After Qd3, the immediate threat is Qd8 mate. If Black stops this with Be7, White just mates with Qd7+ Kf8 Qc8+ Bd8 Rxd8+ Qe8 Rxe8 mate. If Black plays Kf8 then Re2 threatens both the queen on e2 and a mate on d8. This position is not a slam dunk for White, and he still needs to play very well to win. (Q+4pawns vs R+B+4pawns is not a piece of cake...) For this reason, I prefer Rd8+, since it forces the Black king to a more exposed square. Still, the suite should be modified to list both Rd8+ and Qd3 as solutions. --Peter
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