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Subject: Re: Chess Engame Easy For Computers, Moderate Difficulty For Humans

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 07:13:59 04/08/02

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On April 08, 2002 at 09:19:03, Terry McCracken wrote:

>Yesterday I showed a position that would "Fry Fritz and Friends", today this
>position is easy for Fritz 7 and Shredder (6) Paderborn.
>
>It should be easy with _all_ top software, however I haven't tested it with any
>of the other "Top Guns" so I'll leave that up to you.
>
>It's also nice for humans to solve. There are two main lines one which draws and
>won that wins, enjoy.
>
>[D]8/5pk1/3P2p1/p7/P7/Q2p1pP1/2r1qP1P/5RK1 w - -
>
>Terry


1.d7!

   [1.Qa1+ f6
      (1...Kg8? 2.d7 Qe7 3.Qd4 Qd8 4.Qxd3 +-)
    2.d7 Qe7 3.Qd4 Qe2! =]

1...Qxf1+ 2.Kxf1 d2 3.Qxf3 Rc1+ 4.Qd1! Rxd1+ 5.Ke2 Rb1 6.d8Q d1Q+
7.Qxd1 Rxd1 8.Kxd1 +- {White wins the K+P endgame}




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