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Subject: Re: Chess solved!

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 14:51:02 03/17/00

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On March 17, 2000 at 16:19:02, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:

>On March 17, 2000 at 07:21:12, Frederic Friedel wrote:
>
>>Black wins. A friend of Billy Graham worked it out. The initial position is
>>reciprocal zugzwang. Both 1.d4 and 1.b3 put up the greatest resistance and delay
>>the forced mate for 34 moves. Interestingly 1.d4 d5?? actually loses for Black
>>(1.d4 d6? is a draw).
>
>
>At the chess club:
>
>Dan: Hi Jerry
>
>Jerry: Hi Dan, you're gonna lose this one.
>
>Dan: Call your bluff. Start the clock, you idiot
>
>Jerry: d4
>
>Dan: d6
>
>Jerry: well, that's.....
>
>Dan:  ummm, okay, draw?
>
>Jerry: alright. C'mon let's get a beer.
>
>Dan: yup
>
>Bartender: Ah, d4-d6 again?
>
>Both: shut up and put two on the slate.
>
>
>Jeroen ;-}
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Well, Jerome, let's start investing in breweries.  Not that I've had anything
against them until now... On the contrary... Still the time is ripe, right
before the first publication of 16-men tablebases.  (ChessBase are going to do
it, an inside tip :))

***  Djordje



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