Author: Will Singleton
Date: 22:47:44 04/06/00
This occurred in a game tonight on ICC. A program that considers king position
and pawn majorities should be able to solve it quickly (mine doesn't). Might be
a good test position for amateur programs. The winning move appears to be hxg4.
[D]8/1p1k4/8/1Pp2p2/2P2Ppp/P3K2P/8/8 w - - 0 45
[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2000.04.06"]
[Round "-"]
[White "expertnet"]
[Black "squirtle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defense: modern, Schmid variation"]
[ECO "B04"]
[NIC "AL.05"]
[Time "23:07:52"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Nb6 5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 N8d7 7. Nf3 Nf6
8. h3 Bf5 9. O-O e6 10. c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Be3 Bb4 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne4 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Nd2 c5 18. dxc5 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Qxc5 20.
Be3 Qa5 21. Qe1 Qa4 22. Qc3 Qc6 23. Bf3 Be4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Bxb6 axb6 26.
Rcd1 Qc6 27. Rd3 Rd7 28. Rfd1 Rfd8 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qe3 Qc7
32. b3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 bxc5 34. Kf1 Kf8 35. Ke2 Ke7 36. b4 Kd6 37. Kd3 g5 38.
g4 f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Ke3 h5 41. Kd3 h4 42. Ke3 Kc6 43. b5+ Kd7 44. f4 g4
45. hxg4 fxg4 46. a4 b6 47. f5 h3 48. Kf2 h2 49. Kg2 g3 50. f6 Kd6 51. f7
Ke7 52. a5 bxa5 53. b6 Kxf7 54. b7 Ke6 55. b8=Q Kd7 56. Qxg3 a4 57. Kxh2 Kc6
58. Qa3 Kb7 59. Qxa4 Kc7 60. Kg3 Kd6 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Qa6+ Kd7 63. Ke5 Kc7
64. Kd5 Kb8 65. Qh6 Kb7 66. Kxc5 Kc8 67. Qh7 Kd8 68. Kd6 Ke8 69. Qe7#
{Black checkmated}
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