Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:21:09 01/31/02
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On January 31, 2002 at 16:12:35, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 31, 2002 at 16:03:03, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On January 31, 2002 at 15:45:12, Uri Blass wrote: >> >>>On January 31, 2002 at 12:49:16, Roy Eassa wrote: >>> >>>>On January 30, 2002 at 01:17:52, Jouni Uski wrote: >>>> >>>>>[D]5bk1/p3p1p1/p3P1P1/p7/p7/8/P7/5K2 w - - (mate in 17) >>>>> >>>>>Fritz 7.0.0.2 no solution ever 7.0.0.6 instantly Ke2 >>>> >>>> >>>>First, could you please post the moves of the mate in 17? >>>> >>>>My copy of Fritz 7.0.0.6 does not "get" this position! Perhaps it's because I >>>>have the January 7 one rather than the January 11 one? >>> >>>Do you use selectivity=0 like Jouni >>>this position is not hard even for humans. >>>the idea is simply to capture all the black pawns at the a file >>> >> >>I've tried only the default settings of Fritz. >> >>I agree that it's an easy position for humans (even me). It's just that my >>quick count led me to think it took a bit longer than 17 moves > >I guess that you tried to capture the pawns from the wrong side(you probably >tried to capture a7 first and it is a mistake and it is better to try to capture >a4 first and if thr opponent play a3 a4 a5 then you neeed to go with the king to >b5 and start capturing a4 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 when only one move is no capture. > >Uri You are 100% correct.
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