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Subject: Re: A Tough Endgame For Computers!

Author: Pierre Bourget

Date: 13:34:12 04/07/02

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On April 07, 2002 at 15:48:22, Terry McCracken wrote:

>Here's an Endgame that should make _all_ chess engines really work!
>
>Fritz 7 sees the draw but doesn't understand the loss after 1.Qe8+..Qf8??
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>Played by Mieses-NN 1903. Mieses won after Qf8??, I'll give the main line.
>
>
>1.Qe8+ Qf8 2.h5 Nf7 3.Kc2 Nd8 4.Kc3 Nf7 5.a4 Nd8 6.Kc4 Nf7 7.Kd5 Nd8 8.b4 Nf7
>9.Kc6 Nd8+ 10.Kc7 Line
>
>After Qe8+..Kh7! is correct. After 2.Qxd8...Qd2 will draw with perpetual check.
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>[D]3n2k1/p2P2p1/1p6/7Q/5q1P/8/PP6/1K6 w - -
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>Terry

Only for curiosity ,what is your source ?

Pierre



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