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Subject: Re: Tough problems from "Chess IQ" - can you solve them in a reasonable time

Author: Miguel A. Ballicora

Date: 14:03:44 10/24/01

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On October 24, 2001 at 16:31:14, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Each of these 9 problems is unsolved on Crafty or Yace on my machine in one
>minute.  Does your program solve any of them, and if so, what is the score that
>it finds?
>
>[D]r2q1r2/p1pbppbk/1p3npp/n2P2B1/7Q/2NB1N2/PPP3PP/4RRK1 w - - acd 9; acn
>26362089; acs 62; bm d6; ce 68; id "IQ.1004"; pv Ne5 Be8 b4 Nb7 Nc6 Bxc6 dxc6
>Nd6 Rd1 Re8;
>[D]1k5r/1b5r/1b1qn3/1P2p1pP/3pPpP1/1N1Q4/6B1/1R2BRK1 b - - acd 12; acn 26684255;
>acs 61; bm f3; ce -85; id "IQ.1006"; pv Rc7 Rf2 f3 Rxf3 Nf4 Rxf4 Rc3 Rf6 Qxf6
>Bxc3 dxc3+ Kh2;
>[D]1rb2r2/1p1nppk1/2p1n1p1/p3P2p/2qP3R/2N3NP/PP1Q2B1/5RK1 w - - acd 10; acn
>28792565; acs 62; bm Bd5; ce -120; id "IQ.926"; pv Rf2 Qb4 Bf1 f6 a3 Qb3 Rg2 Kh7
>Qe3 fxe5 dxe5;
>[D]2k3r1/pp6/2b1p3/2P1q3/1PP3Bp/3Q3P/P7/3R2K1 b - - acd 11; acn 32686372; acs
>62; bm Qf5; ce -31; id "IQ.942"; pv Qb2 Qd2 Qe5 Qe1 Qf5 Rd4 Kc7 Qd2 Qb1+ Kf2 e5
>Rd6 Kb8;
[D]1r5r/3b1pk1/3p1np1/p1qPp3/p1N1PbP1/2P2PN1/1PB1Q1K1/R3R3 b - - acd 11; acn
>30356445; acs 60; bm Nxg4; ce 224; id "IQ.950"; pv Bb5 Bd3 Rhc8 Na3 Bxd3 Qxd3
>Rxb2+ Re2 Rb3 Nb1 Bxg3 Kxg3 a3;

mmmhhh this an ECM position... is is not?

>[D]r5k1/1p3pbp/2q1p1p1/p1p1P3/n1P5/P1B2N1P/1P2QPP1/3R2K1 w - - acd 13; acn
>32342817; acs 60; bm Bxa5; ce 2; id "IQ.968"; pv Qc2 Nxc3 Qxc3 Qc7 Qe3 a4 Rd3
>Rc8 Qg5 Re8 Rd6 Bf8 Rd3 Bg7;
>[D]r1b2r2/4ppkp/p2p1np1/qpn5/2PNP1P1/2N2P2/PP1QB2P/R3K2R w KQ - acd 10; acn
>24859132; acs 61; bm g5; ce 207; id "IQ.975"; pv cxb5 e5 Nc2 Qc7 b4 Ne6 bxa6
>Bxa6 Bxa6 Rxa6 a4;

>[D]r1b2rk1/1p3pbn/p2p2p1/q1nPp2p/P3P3/2NBBPN1/1P1Q2PP/R4RK1 w - - acd 12; acn
>28406261; acs 61; bm b4; ce 10; id "IQ.983"; pv Bc2 h4 Nh1 h3 gxh3 Bxh3 Rfc1 Bd7
>Nf2 f5 Bh6 fxe4 Bxg7 Kxg7 fxe4;

[D]rnb2rk1/pp2bppp/2p5/q7/4NN2/4B1QP/PPP3P1/2KR3R w - - acd 11; acn 33098940;
>acs 60; bm Rd5; ce 128; id "IQ.988"; pv Nd5 Bh4 Nef6+ Bxf6 Nxf6+ Kh8 Qd6 Nd7
>Nxd7 Rd8 Qe7 Qc7 Rhf1 Rxd7 Rxd7 Qxd7 Rxf7 Qxe7 Rxe7;

I remember the position, it is an ECM position for sure. It has been among the
ones that Giancarlo selected and it was mentioned that the solution (Rd5)
is wrong because of Qc7 and that Nd5 is a winning move instead.

Regards,
Miguel

selected. It has been mentioned that the solution



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