Author: Paul
Date: 10:51:05 09/30/01
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On September 30, 2001 at 13:21:49, leonid wrote: >On September 30, 2001 at 12:26:48, Paul wrote: > >>On September 30, 2001 at 11:06:55, leonid wrote: >> >>>Hello! >>> >>>Since my computer had no Web connection for more that one week, I accumulated >>>many new positions. Will place here, at least, one of them. >>> >>>[D]qbbqnqqq/3Pq3/3Pq3/3Qq3/2PQBn2/1K1NB1k1/Q2NR2q/3QR3 w - - >>> >>>It could be that somebody will recognize this position as Chinese character >>>"NO". Its origin is curious. Invented, as many other characters, to contain some >>>visual or logical connotation, it contain one. Picture, or logic, help in >>>remebering each character. In this, horizontal line stays for higher limit of >>>the sky, while below it is a bird that try to reach it. Since bird can never fly >>>up to upper line on the sky this character indicate negation, "NO". >>> >>>Please indicate your result. >>> >>>Leonid. >> >>Hi Leonid, > >Hi, Paul! >> >>I'll give it another try ... the more data I get about my bug the better. >>Pretz found a mate in 9 here: > >Your Pretz is perfect! This is mate in 9. I solved this position by brute force >and this is why I am sure. > > >>00:17 WM9 07 Bxf4+ Qfxf4 Rg1+ Qxg1 Q1xg1+ Kh4 Rh2+ Qh3 Rxh3+ Kxh3 Nxf4+ Qxf4 >>Bg2+ Qxg2 Qgxg2+ Kh4 Qxf4# >> >>and for black it says mate in 8. Hope you'll give us some mate in 12 or 13's in >>the near future, is better for my testing. > >This is nice finding. I looked into position but had impression that mate for >black is not there. I was wrong. Will ask later mate for black side. That's a surprise, because it seems very easy (1 second): 00:01 BM8 06 Qb6+ Nb4 Qxb4+ Kxb4 Q7xd6+ Qxd6 Q6xd6+ Kc3 Qb4+ Kc2 Qxa2+ Kc1 Qab2+ Qxb2 Qexb2# Groetjes, Paul
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