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Subject: Re: EGTB Test Positions

Author: Adam Stallard

Date: 20:24:24 01/23/02

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On January 23, 2002 at 13:40:19, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On January 23, 2002 at 12:26:14, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>>Just one more position,a famous study by Emanuel Lasker,once the world champion.
>>  [D]2K5/2P2R2/k7/8/8/8/2r2p2/8 w
>>  1.Kb8 Rb2+ 2.Ka8! Rc2 3.Rf6+ Ka5 4.Kb7 Rb2+ 5.Ka7 Rc2 6.Rf5+ Ka4
>>  7.Kb6 Rb2+ 8.Ka6 Rc2 9.Rf4+ Ka3 10.Kb6 Rb2+ 11.Ka5! Rc2 12.Rxf2!! +-
>
>
>A nice puzzle.  Has anybody had this solved instantly (or nearly instantly) by
>their computer using TBs?

The line given isn't right you need 12. Rf3+ Ka2 13. Rxf2 pinning the rook.
Fritz 4.02 with no EGTBs finds the positional advantage of Kb8 immediately.



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