
Black to move and win, Saw this nice win on my Twitter Feed.
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Black to move and win, Saw this nice win on my Twitter Feed.

"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Re: Black to move and win, Saw this nice win on my Twitter F
Qxb5 Kxb5AdminX wrote:
var1: (Ka3 Qa5 Ra4 Bxb2#)
Rc5
var2: (Na7? Ka4 (Kb4? c5) Bc6 Kb4)
Ka4 Ra5#
Took me around 5 minutes, was fascinated exploring var2, where in fact the simple Rc5 will end it

If human will follow how computer plays, in tactical positions, a qsearch() could be enough, that is consider only capture and checking moves.
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Re: Black to move and win, Saw this nice win on my Twitter F
I had not looked at 2nd variation once I saw the main line.Ferdy wrote: Qxb5 Kxb5
var1: (Ka3 Qa5 Ra4 Bxb2#)
Rc5
var2: (Na7? Ka4 (Kb4? c5) Bc6 Kb4)
Ka4 Ra5#
Took me around 5 minutes, was fascinated exploring var2, where in fact the simple Rc5 will end it.
If human will follow how computer plays, in tactical positions, a qsearch() could be enough, that is consider only capture and checking moves.

"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Ted Summers
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Ted Summers