An unexpected move

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30th May 2009, 04:28am
#1
by Salaskan
Netherlands Netherlands
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 79

A slightly modified game of mine, inspired by a suggestion by Fritz.

30th May 2009, 06:57am
#2
by Velocity
Coral Gables United States
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 271

Clever. Sac the rook and the pawn promotes without any problem. The question would be whether the pawn army of White would/could be legitimately stopped. How would Fritz continue this sequence? I'm curious.

30th May 2009, 07:54am
#3
by Salaskan
Netherlands Netherlands
Member Since: May 2008
Member Points: 79

I don't really know the theory of Queen vs 4 pawns endgames, but Fritz evaluates the position as -4.90 and offers the following lines (see move list for variations):

So apparently, the idea is just to blockade the pawn advance with the queen, move up with the king and eat the pawns.

30th May 2009, 02:49pm
#4
by nym
Norfolk United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 40

I thought black was trying to move the other way in the problem :)  As is black's move, I don't see why I'm not seeing the board from black's perspective...  That being said, it's actually a pretty common tactic that I've gotten the chance to use many times - and one tactic you should never forget about.

I'm pretty certain that queen vs king+any number of pawns is a guaranteed win for the queen, so long as none of the pawns are within, maybe, 3 moves of advacement.  There would definitely be a lot of ways for black to force a win with a king there.

30th May 2009, 03:23pm
#5
by mike456784
New jersey.Atlantic County United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 2232

so they might just be better at thinking than others  they might not need a chess program

 

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