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Subject: Re: Interesting position!

Author: Terje Vagle

Date: 09:29:26 05/28/00

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On May 28, 2000 at 07:37:58, Harald Faber wrote:

>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.


Thank you, Mr. Faber, I am grateful for this!

Regards,


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



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