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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Original Mozes

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 17:30:23 03/07/01

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On March 07, 2001 at 20:10:13, John Merlino wrote:

>On March 07, 2001 at 18:08:04, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  [D]8/5p2/6PR/7P/1k6/p7/7r/1K6 w - - 0 1
>>
>>  Okey, some programs were very fast on the previous one, which was
>>  a bit shortened. I was fooled by Fritz who just saw a draw after
>>  more than 13 minutes, therefore decided to make it a bit easier.
>>  This study is proved correct since the ending KQ-KRP was a forced
>>  mate in a multitude of moves.
>>  Now something to chew on for you fast drawers! No compromises any more.
>>  This is the real stuff:
>>
>>  Test: White to move and win. Nothing else counts.
>>        The ultimate solution further down.
>>
>>
>>  Sune
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>>Mozes,L
>>1975
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>>1.g7 [1.gxf7? Rf2] 1...a2+! 2.Ka1 Ka3 3.Ra6+ Kb3 4.Rb6+ Ka3 5.Rb1 axb1Q+ 6.Kxb1
>>Kb3 7.Kc1 Kc3 8.Kd1 Kd3 9.Ke1 Ke3 10.Kf1 Kf3 11.g8Q Rh1+ 12.Qg1 Rxg1+ 13.Kxg1
>>Kg4 14.h6 1-0
>
>CM8000, on a P3-600 with a 32MB hash table and selective search=12, finds it in
>just over 31 minutes:

  Wow, that is good! I actually thought the original study was too hard...
  But, looks like I've been shot down once more. :)

  Sune
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/6	0.00	50642		1. g7 a2+ 2. Ka1 Kb3 3. Rb6+ Ka3
>					4. Ra6+ Kb3 5. Rb6+
>0:01	1/6	0.52	65200		1. gxf7 Rh1+ 2. Kc2 Rh2+ 3. Kd3
>					Rf2 4. Rb6+ Ka4 5. Ra6+ Kb3 6.
>					Ra7 a2 7. Rb7+ Ka3
>0:01	1/7	0.39	88394		1. gxf7 Rh1+ 2. Kc2 Rh2+ 3. Kd3
>					Rf2 4. Rb6+ Ka4 5. h6 Rxf7 6. Ra6+
>					Kb3 7. Ra8
>0:02	1/8	0.36	144882		1. gxf7 Rh1+ 2. Kc2 Rh2+ 3. Kd3
>					Rf2 4. Rb6+ Ka4 5. h6 Rxf7 6. Rb8
>					Rd7+ 7. Kc3 Rc7+ 8. Kd4
>0:04	2/9	0.49	326298		1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. h6 Rf2 5. Rb8 Rf1+ 6. Rb1
>					Rf2
>0:06	3/10	0.52	551596		1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. h6 Rf2 5. Rb8 Rh2 6. Ra8+
>					Kb3
>0:11	4/11	0.57	979268		1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. Rb1 Rf2 5. Rh1 Kb3 6. Rh3+
>					Kb4 7. h6
>0:22	5/12	0.60	2088917		1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. Rb1 Rf2 5. Rh1 Kb3 6. Rh3+
>					Kb4 7. h6 Rf1+ 8. Ka2 Rf2+ 9. Kb1
>1:14	6/13	0.27	7034317		1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. Rb1 Rf2 5. Rh1 Kb3 6. Rh3+
>					Kb4 7. h6 Rf1+ 8. Ka2 Rf2+ 9. Kb1
>					Rf1+ 10. Kc2
>2:05	7/14	0.00	12440341	1. gxf7 Rf2 2. Rb6+ Ka4 3. Ka1
>					Rxf7 4. Rb1 Rf2 5. Rh1 Kb3 6. Rh3+
>					Kb4 7. h6 Rf1+ 8. Ka2 Rf2+ 9. Kb1
>					Rf1+ 10. Ka2
>31:05	7/14	1.36	158465914	1. g7 a2+ 2. Ka1 Kb3 3. Rb6+ Ka3
>					4. Rb1 axb1=Q+ 5. Kxb1 Kb3 6. Kc1
>					Kc3 7. Kd1 Kd3 8. Ke1 Ke3 9. Kf1
>					Rxh5 10. g8=Q f5
>54:10	8/15	1.30	274404799	1. g7 a2+ 2. Ka1 Kb3 3. Rb6+ Ka3
>					4. Rb1 axb1=Q+ 5. Kxb1 Kb3 6. Kc1
>					Kc3 7. Kd1 Kd3 8. Ke1 Ke3 9. Kf1
>					Rxh5 10. g8=Q Rf5+ 11. Ke1 Ke4
>
>jm



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