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Subject: Re: Interesting position!

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 04:37:58 05/28/00

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On May 28, 2000 at 06:02:16, Terje Vagle wrote:

>On May 27, 2000 at 12:57:28, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>On May 27, 2000 at 11:37:09, Terje Vagle wrote:
>>
>>>On May 27, 2000 at 10:37:31, Harald Faber wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 27, 2000 at 08:47:17, Terje Vagle wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Can your program find ..sf5+!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Can YOU give the drawing line?
>>>>1...Nf5+??
>>>>2.gxf5 Kxf5
>>>>3.Kd4 #58 announced by TBs
>>>
>>>What about:
>>>>3.... Ke6
>>>>4.Kc5 Kd7
>>>>5.Kb6 Kc8
>>>>6.Lg3 Kd7
>>>>7.Kb5 Kc8
>>>
>>>If white want to have a4, he has to give up stopping black king from b7, thereby
>>>controlling a8!
>>
>>Uh, this is a long mate; don't you have the TBs on your own?
>>8.Kc6! Kd8 9.Bd6! Ke8 (9...Kc8 #15: 10.Bc7 a3 11.Bd6 Kd8 12.Bxa3)
>>10.Kc7 Kf7 11.Kd7 Kf6 12.Bc7 Kf5 13.Ke7 Kf7 14.Bd8 Kf8 15.Ke6 Kg7 (15...Ke8
>>16.Be7 see variation above) 16.Be7 Kg6 (16...Kg8 17.Kf6 Kh7 18.Bf8 Kg8 19.Bh6
>>Kh7 20.Bg7 Kg8 21.Kg6) 17.Bf6 Kh6 18.Kf7 Kh5 19.Be7 Kg4...do you need the last
>>44 moves to mate? Puh...
>
>This is quite strange really; I have the Thompson TB's that came with the
>millennium chess system, and they can't find the mate that you suggest.
>Is there something wrong with the TB's i have?
>
>Regards
>
>Terje

Not necessarily; yours should have endings without pawns...
If I have time I will post the complete line, but not now and from monday to
wednesday I'll be offline.

>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>[D]8/8/3nk3/8/p5PB/4K3/P7/8 b - -
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards
>>>>>
>>>>>Terje Vagle



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