Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 03:58:08 02/13/00
Yesterday I found this 1965 study of Hasek, perfect for a "secret" test set, but too beautiful to keep it hiding. I find amazing how the g pawn wins the game and also the traveling of black's king to its original e8 square, as if in aeternal return. Of the engines I tried, Nimzo is the fastest in finding 1.b6+ in 44'', followed by Hiarcs 8 pre-alpha in 275'', F6a in 432'', and J6a in 554''. Other programs I tried didn't solve it in less than 15 minutes on a PIII-500. Enjoy. Enrique [D]1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1965.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hasek, J."] [Black "Study"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator ""] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] 1. b6+ (1. Qxc7+ Ka8 $11) (1. Nc6+ Kb6 2. Qb8+ Kc5 3. Qa7+ Kxc4 $19) 1... Kxb6 2. Nd7+ Kc6 3. Qa6+ Kxd7 4. e6+ Ke8 5. Qa8+ Qd8 6. g6 Qxa8 7. g7 Qf3 8. g8=Q+ Qf8 9. Qg2 1-0
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