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Subject: Re: New curios position! Is this a draw???

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 03:57:13 08/15/00

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On August 14, 2000 at 18:38:46, Christoph Fieberg wrote:

>On August 14, 2000 at 17:25:26, Severi Salminen wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2000 at 17:23:55, Christoph Fieberg wrote:
>>
>>>I invented a new (legal!!) position which is extremly hard to analyse for
>>>computers (Fritz 6 again is lost in space with captures, checks and promotions).
>>
>>[D]r4r1q/RPPPPRPn/6PK/8/8/5N1k/ppbbppnp/2BB2Q1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>
>>>The position is special because it is balanced!!! Or has either White or Black a
>>>forced winning line? Fritz engine Hiarcs 6.0 evaluates = 0.06: 1.Bxd2 Nf6+
>>>2.gxh8Q (5/19).
>>>
>>>And please tell me how you manage to input such nice diagrams of chess
>>>positions?
>>
>>Put the [D] before FEN string.
>>
>>Severi
>
>It works! Thank you.
>
>1.Lxd2 Sf6+ 2.gxh8S Txh8+ 3.Th7 fxg1D 4.c8D exd1D 5.bxa8D


I think that this line is not a draw.

White wins by 5.d8Q+(possible lines 5...Kg3 6.Qd6+ Kf2 7.Qd4+ Kf1 8.Qcc4+ Qe2
9.Qxe2+ Kxe2 10.Nxg1+ hxg1 11.Qxg1 or 5...Rxc8 6.bxc8Q+ Kg3 7.Qd6+ Kf2 8.Qcc5+)

Uri





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