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| | (1) Posted by Eugene Rosner [Thursday, Apr 3, 2014 15:47] | what types of tries make you flinch? In a directmate twomover, which of the following try attributes make you cry foul? In other words, which would make you discount them as a serious try?
1.try takes a flight without a flight exchange
2.try takes a piece(not a pawn)
3.try piece captured is the refutation
in what order are the three of these most aggregious? | | (2) Posted by Darko Šaljić [Thursday, Apr 3, 2014 18:30]; edited by Darko Šaljić [14-04-03] | For me, 3 and 2 are almost unacceptable | | (3) Posted by Geir Sune Tallaksen Østmoe [Thursday, Apr 3, 2014 22:45] | I am certainly no directmate guru, but I think I would consider 3 the most severe fault, and 1 the least severe. I don't think I would categorically rule out any of them, but there would have to be a very good counter-argument to accept them as tries. | | (4) Posted by Hauke Reddmann [Friday, Apr 4, 2014 12:49]; edited by Hauke Reddmann [14-04-04] | Well, if a *categoric* answer is required, I am grossly unfair:
"The tries of modern problems in general" :P Unbelievable tries
which are needed to spot the theme are the biggest obstacle
of todays "letter" problems.
I would even take a partly opposite stance - it's a try if
you seriously try it, duh, and why not take a flight (or,
better, provide a mate)? I know more than one good problem
with unprovided flight(s).
Threat piece captures ARE annoying (but take in account the
the key could have opened a line, then I stare onto that line,
not onto the "desperado").
Pawn captures are mostly harmless, to quote Doug Adams.
Pieces...uhm, well, I remember a solving tournament... :-)
The exactly opposite can happen too, BTW - too much tries
but half of them are unthematic. See the newest SCHWALBE
for an example. (sQa7 sRa6 etc.) If it obscures the theme,
it's no good either.
Hauke | | (5) Posted by Geir Sune Tallaksen Østmoe [Friday, Apr 4, 2014 13:17] | Good point about the capture of the threat piece, Hauke - I was automatically thinking of 3 as a situation where the try piece is threatening to mate, which would usually fit into your "unbelievable try" comment. | | No more posts |
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