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Subject: Re: Another Christmas Position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 04:13:44 12/25/00

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On December 24, 2000 at 18:01:44, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On December 24, 2000 at 17:11:48, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>White to mate by completing the tree.
>>
>>[D]4k3/Q7/3pKp2/2pPPPp1/2pPPPp1/1pnrqrnp/4b3/4b3 w - -
>
>
>My God, how difficult! Can you give me a clue? :-))

Here is a hint

Qa3 is the wrong direction and it leads to a draw by perpetual check(It is also
possible that white wins and that I have a mistake in the analysis because I did
not use more than some minutes to analyze it).

1.Qa3 Kd8 2.Qa8+ Kc7 3.Qa7+ Kc8 4.Qa6+ Kb8 5.Qb6+ Kc8(Ka8 is a blunder and white
wins by Kd7)

I think that the position after 5...Ka8 is a good test position for chess
programs.

How much time does your engine need to find Kd7?


[D]k7/8/1Q1pKp2/2pPPPp1/2pPPPp1/1pnrqrnp/4b3/4b3 w - - 0 1

Uri



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