Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:21:26 03/06/01
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On March 06, 2001 at 06:55:28, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]k4B1b/p6P/Kp6/1P3P2/4P3/R2P4/2P2p2/6n1 w - - 0 1 > > Larsen,P 1932 > > The name of the author sure gives associations... But it's a common name > and the initial + year tells us that it couldn't be this Larsen nor that > Larsen...;) This one carries an indian theme. White has a nice and sharp > arrow, formed by the pawns c2,d3,e4,f5,h7. On the other hand he's facing > defeat since the black f2 pawn is about to promote. Looks like there is > no decent way to stop this runner. But the arrow carries some poison and > with an intriguing manouvre white is aiming for peace. And succeeds... > > > Test: White moves for the draw. Fire off your arrow and show us your > peace evals! The smoke signals are further down. ;) > > > Sune > > > > > > > > > > Larsen,P > 1932 > > 1.Ra1! Bxa1 2.c3! Bxc3 3.d4! Bxd4 4.e5! Bxe5 5.f6! Bxf6 6.Bg7 Bxg7 7.h8Q+ Bxh8 > ½-½ CM8000 finds the right move in 4:34 on a P3-600, but it doesn't see the draw even after 25 minutes: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 3/6 -0.91 14208 1. f6 f1=Q 2. Bg7 Qh3 3. Rc3 Qd7 0:00 4/7 -3.25 35046 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 f1=Q 5. h8=Q Qxf5 0:01 4/7 -2.07 74982 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qh3 3. cxb6 Qxh7 4. Bc5 Qb7+ 5. Ka5 0:01 5/8 -2.24 123059 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qh3 3. cxb6 Qxh7 4. Bc5 Bb2 5. Ra2 0:04 6/9 -2.74 284927 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qf2 3. Ra4 Qc2 4. Ra3 bxc5 5. Bd6 Bf6 0:11 7/10 -3.21 826147 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qc1 3. cxb6 Qc8+ 4. b7+ Qxb7+ 5. Ka5 Qxh7 6. Bc5 Bb2 7. Rb3 Qc7+ 8. Kb4 0:29 8/11 -5.41 2172831 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qc1 3. cxb6 Qc8+ 4. b7+ Qxb7+ 5. Ka5 Ne2 6. Kb4 Nd4 7. e5 Qf7 8. Bd6 Nc2+ 9. Ka4 Nxa3 10. Kxa3 Qxf5 1:33 9/12 -5.65 7275926 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qc1 3. cxb6 Qc8+ 4. b7+ Qxb7+ 5. Ka5 Ne2 6. Kb4 Nd4 7. f6 Nc2+ 8. Ka4 Nxa3 9. Bxa3 Bxf6 3:36 10/13 -5.97 17871875 1. c4 f1=Q 2. c5 Qc1 3. cxb6 Qc8+ 4. b7+ Qxb7+ 5. Ka5 Ne2 6. Kb4 Nd4 7. Ra5 Qf7 8. Bg7 Qb3+ 9. Kc5 Bxg7 4:34 10/13 -1.89 22147654 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 Bxe5 5. f6 f1=Q 6. h8=Q Bb8 7. Qh1+ Qf3 8. Qxf3+ Nxf3 9. Bb4 Ne5 4:52 11/14 -2.13 23591392 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 Bxe5 5. f6 f1=Q 6. h8=Q Bb8 7. Qh1+ Qf3 8. Qxf3+ Nxf3 9. Ba3 Ne5 10. Bb4 Nd7 6:40 12/15 -2.11 32408033 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 Bxe5 5. f6 f1=Q 6. h8=Q Bb8 7. Qh1+ Qf3 8. Qxf3+ Nxf3 9. Ba3 Ng5 10. Bb4 Ne6 12:02 13/16 -1.13 58336548 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 Bxe5 5. f6 f1=Q 6. h8=Q Qh3 7. Bg7+ Qxh8 8. Bxh8 Nf3 9. f7 Bd6 10. Bg7 Kb8 11. f8=Q+ Bxf8 12. Bxf8 24:30 14/17 -1.05 119122388 1. Ra1 Bxa1 2. c3 Bxc3 3. d4 Bxd4 4. e5 Bxe5 5. f6 f1=Q 6. h8=Q Qh3 7. Bg7+ Qxh8 8. Bxh8 Nf3 9. f7 Bd6 10. Bg7 Nd2 11. f8=Q+ Bxf8 12. Bxf8 Ne4 jm
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