Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 07:22:34 03/29/01
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On March 29, 2001 at 09:11:54, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>On March 29, 2001 at 08:50:14, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>> An interesting miniature by a Russian composer(sorry,I can't remember
>> his name) I came across the other day:
>> [D]2N5/8/8/8/7p/8/7B/4K2k w
>> The _only_ winning move is 1.Bb8!! [mate in 34]
>
>
>Here is the rest of the PV with ! moves being the only best move
>in the position:
>
>1. Bb8! Kg2! 2. Ne7! Kf3! 3. Nf5 Ke4 4. Nxh4! Kd3 5. Nf3 Kc2 6. Bc7
>Kb3 7. Ne5 Ka3 8. Nd7 Kb3 9. Kf2 Ka4 10. Nb8 Kb3 11. Kf3 Kc4! 12.
>Ke4 Kc5! 13. Bd8! Kd6! 14. Bb6! Ke6! 15. Bc7! Kf6! 16. Nd7+ Kg5!
>17. Nc5! Kg4 18. Ne6! Kh3! 19. Kf3! Kh4 20. Bd6 Kh3 21. Ng5+! Kh4
>22. Kf4! Kh5 23. Kf5! Kh4! 24. Bb8 Kh5 25. Bg3! Kh6 26. Ne6! Kh5!
>27. Ng7+ Kh6 28. Kf6! Kh7 29. Nf5 Kg8 30. Bd6! Kh7! 31. Kf7! Kh8
>32. Kg6! Kg8 33. Nh6+! Kh8 34. Be5#
One could ask, why the b8 square? This variant shows why:
1. Bb8 h3 2. Kf2 h2 3. Kg3 Kg1 4. Ba7+ Kh1 5. Nb6
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