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Subject: Re: Deepest chess problem ever composed?

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:54:19 09/15/00

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On September 15, 2000 at 08:43:27, Bernhard Bauer wrote:

>On September 15, 2000 at 08:18:59, Helmut Conrady wrote:
>
>>Im wondering, what is the deepest chessproblem ever composed. There is a problem
>>created by Petrovic in 1969 which might lead to a mate in 270.
>>
>>[D]8/Bk3p1p/1P3p2/KP2n2p/1P1p4/1Pp2p2/B1P5/7B w - - 0 1
>>
>>Unfortunately I haven t got the solution.
>>
>>Can onyone explain how to win this.
>>Does anyone know a deeper problem?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Helmut
>
>Found an old posting.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>The task record for a legal position is this one:
>
>Petrovici, "Problem", 1969
>White: Ka5, Ba2, Ba7, Bh1, pb3, pb4, pb5, pb6, pc2 (9)
>Black: Kb7, Ne5, pc3, pd4, pf3, pf6, pf7, ph5, ph7 (9)
>#270
>
>Solution:
>
>1.Bb1 h4 2.Ka4 Ka8
>(Black's king oscillates to and from b7 except when a black
>pawn is moved)
>3.Ka3 4.Ka2 5.Ka1 6.Ba2 7.Kb1 8.Kc1 9.Kd1 10.Ke1 11.Bb1
>12.Kf1 (White begins a triangulation in order to lose the move)
>13.Kf2 14.Ke1 15.Kd1 15.Kc1 17.Ba2 18.Kb1 19.Ka1 20.Bb1
>21.Ka2 22.Ka3 23.Ka4 Kb7 24.Ka5 f5
>(Black moves a pawn rather than permit White's king to be
>moved to a6. White makes nine more triangulations, each time
>forcing Black to move a pawn)
>47...pf4 70...pf6 93...pf5 116...ph3 139...ph2 162...ph6
>185...ph5 208...ph4 231...ph3, and now
>254.Ka5 Kc8 255.Ka6 f2 256.b7+ Kd7 257 b8=Q f1=Q 258.Q:e5 Q:h1
>259.Qg7+ Ke6 260.Qg6+ Ke5 261.Bb8+ Ke4 262.Qc6+ Ke3 263.Q:h1 Kf2
>264.B:f4 Ke2 265.b6 d3 266.c:d3 Kf2 267.Bc2 Ke2 268.Bd1+ Kf2
>269.Qf3+ Kg1 270.Be3 mate.
>
>Cornel Pacurar
>http://www.orbonline.net/~corpac/index.html
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>Kind regards
>Bernhard

I think that all the white moves should be unique to have a good problem.
I suspect that part of the moves are not unique(for example it seems to me that
white can change the order of moves 9-11).

Uri



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