Author: James Robertson
Date: 11:29:47 08/03/99
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On August 03, 1999 at 00:42:56, Peter Kappler wrote: >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 My program and Crafty 16.11 think black's best reply to Qd3 is f5. I know my program likes this because it thinks black is even more exposed than on d8. What is your opinion? James
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