Author: Paulo Soares
Date: 12:33:38 08/21/00
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On August 21, 2000 at 07:22:25, Uri Blass wrote: >On August 21, 2000 at 05:13:55, Paulo Soares wrote: > >>On August 20, 2000 at 05:33:26, Helmut Conrady wrote: >> >>>[D]6bn/2k2prq/5prp/5pbn/5p1p/1Kp2PpP/2P3P1/8 w - - >>> >>>Some time sago this postion appeared in a computer magazine. Unfortunatelay the >>>solution was not given. Who can help and give me the moves? >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>>Helmut >>> >>>My WM-Tip: >>> >>>1. Shredder >>>2. Rebel >>>3. Fritz >> >>I tried to find a solution for this position but I didn't get. Although I think >>that it is a draw, I was curious. You could send an email for the magazine to >>know if some mistake there was been in the problem. >>I remember a checkmate in 10 moves in that the author placed 1 piece in wrong >>position and, obviously, I didn't get to solve the problem. During almost 10 >>years (!), with varied intervals of time, I tried to solve the position without >>success. There are 3 years, I discovered that the initial position was incorrect >>and finally I could find the solution. > > >You are right that the initial position is not correct. > >Here is the right initial position >6bn/5prq/5prp/5pbn/5pkp/1Kp2PpP/2P3P1/8 b - - 0 1 > >The position is of course illegal but the author of this position probably does >not care about it. > >Uri With this position you are affirming that doesn't like to analyze impossible positions. I don't have any restriction to the position that I analyze. I don't doubt that programmers analyze impossible positions to test the programs. There are some years ago I used the position below to know which the maximum depth that a program calculated. Paulo [D] 8/1p6/bp6/kp6/1p6/1p1p1p2/1P1P1P2/1K6 w - - 0 1
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