From: "Bernhard C. März" arcor de> Date: 14 sep 2007 Subject: RE: Error in Tsume No.2863??? Jochum Drechsler wrote: > ... > How do you continue after: G*4g Nx4g ? I will claim an illegal move and win. ;-) I hope I didn't made any mistake in writing the position. Maybe better look at the image at the described page: http://www005.upp.so-net.ne.jp/tsumepara/contents/3problem/ted/tedim/ed2863= .gif Nx4g is not possible. --- Eduard Werner/Edward Wornar wrote: > > Still I have found the following other solution: > > G'4g Sx4g Sx6e Rx6e G'4f >=20 > You mean S5dx6e, right? Mate enough, but leaves Black with an N in hand. Ohhhh, yes. > > Is this Tsume wrong and have two solutions, or have I made a mistake in= > > my thinking? >=20 > Actually, the one I came up with when trying to solve it was > G'4g Sx4g G'5g Nx5g S4hx5g which is mate (I hope) but leaves Black with= =20 > a N in=20 > hand as well. Oh, one solution more. :-( > The only "clean" solution is the given one since it leaves Black=20 > empty-handed,=20 I already knew about this thing, that black shouldn't keep pieces in=20 hand in Tsume, but nevertheless I believe, there are often(mostly)=20 "subvariants" which wins, maybe faster but with pieces in hand and only=20 the longest variants uses all pieces. > but I still think the tsume is flakey because there are alternative=20 > possibilities to win for Black. > Adding a G on 3f might fix it. This would be of course the best. ;-))) Very much Thanks, Bernhard --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= aCGIy8.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------