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Subject: Re: Troitzky 1914, ultimate test

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 01:27:34 06/15/01

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On June 15, 2001 at 03:37:03, Andreas Stabel wrote:

>On June 15, 2001 at 02:40:05, Jim Monaghan wrote:
>
>>Well here it is folks. It's definitely not worth trying. I'm only posting it as
>>a curiousity.
>>
>>White to move and mate in 92 moves. Er, that's 183 plies ... :)
>>
>>[D] 7K/5p1p/3p2p1/B5pr/4n1pb/3N1bk1/4prn1/6RR w - - 0 1
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jim
>
>My attempt gave me a mate in 16:
>1. Be1 f6 2. Kg7 f5 3. Kf7 Rh6 4. Kf8 Rh5 5. Kg7 d5 6. Kf7 Rh6 7. Kf8 Rh5
>8. Kg7 d4 9. Kf7 Rh6 10. Kf8 Rh5 11. Kg7 f4 12. Kf7 Rh6 13. Kf8 Rh5 14. Kg7
>Rh6 15. Kxh6 Nf6 16. Bxf2#
>
>How does black prolong the pain :)
>
>Regards
>Andreas Stabel

What about 12...Nd6+ instead of 12...Rh6?

I suspect that black is winning here so there is no reason to prolong the pain
because preventing the pain is better.

Uri



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