[blind-chess] Re: Chris, Re: Spoiler alert! Problem WAC006
- From: "Chris C." <cchaffin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:59:14 -0400
Thanks Richard for the comments and reminder.
I knew with the black rook on g8 that moving whites rook to h7 would be
checkmate, but for some reason I put Rxa7 as my move #2.
This is the first puzzle in a few where you are not sacrificing a major piece
as your best move.
There has been a lot of puzzles where you sacrifice your queen or other major
piece as your next best move. I have found this interesting because in most
cases, most people do not look for moves like that in playing a game. It has
taught me that sometimes you have to look at all possibilities and not exclude
using certain pieces.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: blind-chess@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 3:15 PM
Subject: [blind-chess] Chris, Re: Spoiler alert! Problem WAC006
Correct, but a few comments below.
----- Original Message -----
First of all, white only has one piece that he can move. His king can not
move because he would be in check by blacks rook on g5 or his king on h8.
# not quite, the White King could always take the Black rook, but the White
Rook is being threatened too!
So whites rook on b6 is the only piece that can be moved.
My first thought is to move Rb8+, but instead I would do this:
1. Rb7
# correct!
This does several things:
1. Threatens the black pawn to be taken
2. Makes black move his rook because it is now under threat by whites king
3. Limits blacks move to only one move, Rg8. If black does not move to g8,
then the game is basically over.
# it is over anyway!
So here is how it could look:
If black does not move to his limited g8:
1. Rb7 Rf5
2. Rb8+ Rf8
3. Rxf8#
Or if he does move to g8:
1. Rb7 Rg8
2. Rxa7
# 2. Rh7# is quicker!
Capturing this pawn on a7 is very important for white.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: R Dinger
To: chess
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:32 AM
Subject: [blind-chess] Problem WAC006
Good Morning Puzzlers,
This problem is from Mario Lang's puzzle web page at
http://delysid.org:80/chess/epd.cgi
and is reported to be from Fred Reinfield's book "Win At Chess" 1958.
Problem WAC006
White to move
FEN Problem Setup:
7k/
p7/
1R5K/
6r1/
6p1/
6P1/
8/
8
w - - 0 1
Short Algebraic Problem Setup:
White: Kh6, Rb6, Pg3
Black: Kh8, Rg5, Pa7, Pg4
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