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Subject: Re: ECM errata (101 thru 150)

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 21:16:27 01/24/98

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On January 24, 1998 at 23:43:57, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On January 24, 1998 at 23:28:38, Dave Gomboc wrote:
>
>>Augh.. can anyone confirm that all I need to do to look these up
>>correctly in my book is to add 938 to each of the problem numbers?
>
>Yeah, I think so.  This is true for the first one, and it's true for the
>last one, so it's probably true for the ones in the middle.
>
>The position at issue is #142 by my way of counting, and #1080 according
>to the book.  The positions are actually numbered both ways in the file
>I use.
>
>b3r3/q2B2k1/3Q2p1/1p5p/3pP3/5P2/1p4PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1
>
>The key here is 1. ... d3.
>
>Someone told me yesterday that this position appears in the BT2450 test
>suite, a few plies later (I think that 1. ... d3 2. Kh1 are played), so
>you are supposed to find 2. ... Qf2.
>
>If you could post the solution line for this, that would be great.

I posted this on Amir Ban's original thread a while ago. Here it is
again for you: After Qf2 white faultered with Qxd3? (not as good as
the suggested Rd1 which I think both you and Ernst came up with).After
Qxd3 the nice win begins with Bxe4 2.fxe4 Qxf1 3.Qxf1 Ra8 0-1.



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