Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:04:25 02/28/01
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On February 28, 2001 at 09:56:04, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
> [D]1n6/4k2p/p3ppp1/1pPp4/3P1PP1/3NP3/P3K2P/8 w - - 0 1
>
> Take off your hats folks, cause this is a real piece of art!
> A stunning performance by a great player. If you can figure out
> who handles the white pieces this way, you'll win a nice price -
> "My 60 Memories" by Ossi Weiner, provided of course that some justice
> is done in the old country ;) (Sorry, this was a little European joke
> that slipped out of my mouth.) Back to the game - we have a knight ending
> with 7 pawns each. If black's knight was on c6, his queenside majority
> would be a menace. As things stand, white can engineer a dramatic central
> breakthrough:
>
> 1.f5!! [If now 1.-gxf5 2.gxf5 exf5 3.Nf4 wins - and 1.-Nc6 2.Nf4!]
> Black stops Nf4, but succumbs to a brilliant diversion.
>
> 1.-g5 2.Nb4 a5 3.c6! Kd6 4.fxe6! Nxc6 5.Nxc6 Kxc6 6.e4! with a winning
> pawn ending. [6.-dxe4 7.d5+ etc.]
>
> Test1: White is winning in a forced, sparking way. Too hard for the comps?
> Test2: Who played white and composed this beauty? [Sorry, no price ;)
>
> Sune
I get the move f5 instantly. After a few seconds crafty switches to something
else, then comes back to f5 at depth=14, 31 seconds, and sticks with it from
then on...
13-> 9.25 0.20 1. a3 a5 2. Nf2 Nc6 3. Nd1 b4 4. axb4
axb4 5. Kd3 b3 6. Kc3 e5 7. Kxb3 exd4
14 15.12 0.10 1. a3 a5 2. g5 Nc6 3. gxf6+ Kxf6 4.
Nc1 g5 5. fxg5+ Kxg5 6. Na2 e5 7. Nc3
exd4 8. Nxb5 dxe3 9. Kxe3
14 31.14 0.15 1. f5 g5 2. fxe6 Nc6 3. a3 a5 4. Nc1
Kxe6 5. Na2 b4 6. axb4 axb4 7. Nc1
f5
(2) 14-> 31.15 0.15 1. f5 g5 2. fxe6 Nc6 3. a3 a5 4. Nc1
Kxe6 5. Na2 b4 6. axb4 axb4 7. Nc1
f5
15 38.72 0.16 1. f5 g5 2. fxe6 Nc6 3. a3 a5 4. Nc1
Kxe6 5. Na2 b4 6. axb4 axb4 7. Nc1
f5 8. h3 fxg4 9. hxg4
(3) 15-> 1:21 0.16 1. f5 g5 2. fxe6 Nc6 3. a3 a5 4. Nc1
Kxe6 5. Na2 b4 6. axb4 axb4 7. Nc1
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