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Subject: No One Interested Where This Test Position Came From?

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 17:21:08 01/20/02

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On January 19, 2002 at 13:16:38, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On January 19, 2002 at 13:13:13, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On January 19, 2002 at 03:50:40, Matthias Gemuh wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>How long does your program take?
>>>Yace, Goliath Light, Nimzo, Comet and CM8000 need only seconds !!
>>>What of Shredder, Tigers, Junior, Hiarcs and Fritz?
>>>
>>>[D]5r2/r3Npkp/3pn1p1/qbnNp2P/1p2P3/5P2/PP1QB1P1/1KR4R w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>HyLogicChess needs 51 minutes :( on an Athlon 1.4 GHz, 32 MB Hash.
>>>Looks like I must go optimizing extensions again.
>>>
>>>[1] (0.90)  1.Bxb5 (00h:00m:00s)
>>>[2] (0.91)  1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 (00h:00m:00s)
>>>[3] (0.91)  1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 Qxb5 (00h:00m:00s)
>>>[4] (1.30)  1.h6 Kh8 2.Bxb5 Qxb5 3.Rhd1 (00h:00m:00s)
>>>[5] (0.77)  1.b3 Bxe2 2.Qxe2 Raa8 3.g3 (00h:00m:01s)
>>>[6] (-0.54)  1.h6 Kh8 2.Nxb4 Bxe2 3.Qxe2 Rxe7 4.Nc6 Nd4 (00h:00m:12s)
>>>[7] (0.24)  1.b3 Nxb3 (00h:00m:32s)
>>>[8] (0.90)  1.Bc4 Nxe4 2.h6 Kh8 3.fxe4 Bxc4 4.Nxb4 d5 5.exd5 (00h:01m:07s)
>>>[9] (0.66)  1.Nxb4 Bxe2 2.Qxe2 Rxe7 3.Nd5 Rd7 4.b4 Nd4 5.bxa5 (00h:02m:38s)
>>>[10] (2.03)  1.Bc4 gxh5 2.Qxb4 Qxb4 3.Nf5 Kg8 4.Nxb4 Bxc4 5.Rxc4 Rd8
>>>(00h:10m:26s)
>>>[11] (6.39)  1.Bc4 Kh8 2.Qh6 (00h:33m:53s)
>>>[12] (+Mate in 10)  1.Qh6 Kxh6 2.hxg6 Kg5 3.Rh5 Kxh5 4.f4 Bxe2 5.Nf6 Kh6 6.Rh1
>>>Bh5 7.Rxh5 Kg7 8.Ne8 Rxe8 9.Rxh7 Kf6 10.Rxf7 (00h:51m:14s)
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Matthias.
>>
>>
>>Funny, this position was posted at CCC last year. Either during the
>>summer or springtime.
>>
>>This position has been altered for a tactical/mate, problem set.
>>I don't remember the name of the test suite it came from.
>>
>>
>>For those who are interested, I'll give the _actual_ position and where it
>>can be found. I posted it last year, but since it has been forgotten I'll
>>post it again. I found this position in 1989 in CFC (Chess Federation of Canada)
>>magazine which is named En Passant, Dec. 89 issue #99, article, What is the
>>C.M.A. (Check Mating Attack) by NM and FIDE Master Gordon Taylor former editor
>>of En Passant.
>>He gave reference to the source.
>>
>>
>>P.F. Schmidt vs P.R. Schmidt, Heidelberg 1946.
>>
>>It can be found in the Oxford Companion to Chess, p. 291.
>>
>>[D]r1b2r2/1p1pNpkp/3pn1p1/2pN3P/2PnP3/q3QP2/p3BKP1/1R5R w
>>
>>
>>
>>Terry
>
>Opps I forgot to mention it's a mate in 11 moves.


Try your tests with the CORRECT position!

Terry



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