Author: Alain Lyrette
Date: 08:02:18 03/05/01
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On March 04, 2001 at 12:28:24, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >On March 04, 2001 at 12:05:53, Sune Larsson wrote: > >> >> [D]8/1p6/p4p1p/2p1P2k/5P2/6pP/1P4P1/6K1 w - - 0 1 >> >> Badai, 1962 >> >> A clean cut pawn ending this time, 5 versus 6 pawns. But white >> to move and win. This is a rare flower and not a normal ending. >> A Swedish IM once told me that he had studied and learned all >> there is about pawn endings. And that he now *knew* them all. >> As in the stories he then went out to play an important team match, >> faced a complicated (right!) pawn ending - and lost it. They can >> be real tricky. This one is about taking squares instead of pawns - >> taking space instead of material. Mind you - a pawn down in a normal >> ending is mostly a loss. And here white moves for the win. >> The solution is further down. >> >> Test: White to move and win. 1) Can your program find the win? >> 2) How much time needed? >> >> Sune > >I knew this one. Time to see f5 on a dual P933: > >Deep Shredder 125'' >Deep Fritz 3'' >Tigers 23'' >Shredder 5 201'' >Goliath light 169'' >Junior 6a 102'' >Junior 7 beta >300'' >Gandalf 4.32h 97'' >Nimzo 8 >300'' >Crafty 18.01 24'' >Hiarcs 7.32 >300'' >SOS 54'' > >Enrique > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Badai,B >>Shajmati, 1962 >> >>1.f5 fxe5 2.h4 c4 3.Kf1 a5 4.Ke2 a4 [4...e4 5.Ke3 a4 6.Kf4 c3 7.Kxg3 c2 8.Kh3 >>c1Q 9.g4#] 5.Kf3 c3 [5...Kxh4 6.f6] 6.Kxg3 cxb2 7.Kh3 b1Q 8.g4# 1-0 i don't get it....chessmaster5000 on celeron500..1 sec only!
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