Author: Ed Schröder
Date: 05:47:33 11/22/97
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>Posted by jean-christophe WEILL on November 22, 1997 at 07:49:59: >In Reply to: Re: Mate in 30 testposition for Rebel 9! posted by Ed Schröder >on November 22, 1997 at 03:20:06: >You can also test the famous Seret >>>position >>>here VChess needs 329304 nodes : >>>8/1p6/8/pBP4r/p3R2P/K7/3p1p1p/3k4 w - - >>What is the solution? >It is a mate in 25 >[Event "JCW tests of VCII final"] >[Site "Cachan"] >[Date "1997.11.22"] >[Round "9"] >[White "Virtual Chess 2"] >[Black "Jean-Christophe Weill"] >[FEN "8/1p6/8/pBP4r/p3R2P/K7/3p1p1p/3k4 w KQkq -"] >1. Be2+ Ke1 ( 1... Kc2 ( 1... Kc1 2. Rc4+ Kb1 3. Bd3+ Ka1 4. Rc2 Kb1 5. >Rb2+ Kc1 6. Rb1# ) 2. Rc4+ Kb1 3. Bd3+ Ka1 4. Rc2 Kb1 5. Rb2+ Ka1 6. >Ra2# ) 2. Bg4+ Kf1 3. Bh3+ Kg1 4. Rg4+ Kh1 5. Bg2+ Kg1 6. Bxb7+ Kf1 7. >Ba6+ Ke1 8. Re4+ Kd1 9. Be2+ Ke1 10. Bb5+ Kd1 11. Bxa4+ Kc1 12. Rc4+ Kb1 >13. Bc2+ Kc1 14. Bf5+ Kd1 15. Bg4+ Ke1 16. Re4+ Kf1 17. Bh3+ Kg1 18. >Rg4+ Kh1 19. Bg2+ Kg1 20. Bc6+ ( 20. Be4+ ) Kf1 21. Bb5+ Ke1 22. Re4+ >Kd1 23. Kb2 Rxc5 24. Ba4+ Rc2+ 25. Bxc2# Very cool... The clue is of course 23. Kb3 the famous quiet move after a long serie of checking moves. Position saved in the database :) - Ed - >- JC
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