Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 11:04:49 04/13/02
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On April 13, 2002 at 14:02:12, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >I'm glad you liked the Timman position. I post two more that in my opinion are >good test positions, even if quite easy to solve: > >Kubbel #1,L - Study >Shajmati, 1925 > That's the correct FEN, with the rook on e6. Sorry. [D]3k4/1p4pP/4Rp2/3p3q/3N4/8/K2PP1PP/8 w - - 0 1 >3k4/1p4pP/5p2/3p3q/3N4/4R3/K2PP1PP/8 b - - 0 1 > >1.Re3 Qxh7 2.Ne6+ Kc8 3.Rc3+ Kb8 4.Nf8 Qf5 5.e4 dxe4 6.Rc5 Qg4 7.h3 Qe2 8.Nd7+ >Ka7 9.Ra5+ 1-0 > >Kubbel #2,L - Study >1927 > >[D]3b2q1/2kPp3/1p1pp3/1Pp4p/4QP2/p1P2P1P/2KPb3/5n2 w - - 0 1 > >1.Qa8! Ne3+! [ 1...Kxd7 2.Qc6#] 2.dxe3 Bd3+ 3.Kxd3 c4+ 4.Kxc4 e5+ 5.Kb4 Kxd7 >6.Qc6+ Ke6 7.Qd5+ # 7...Kxd5 8.f5 e4 9.f4 Qg1 10.c4#!! 1-0 > >Enrique > > >On April 13, 2002 at 13:52:07, Roy Eassa wrote: > >> >>The test position below (a very good one IMHO) was originally posted by Enrique >>Irazoqui (apologies if anybody had posted it earlier!). >> >>Black to move and win. >> >> >>On April 13, 2002 at 13:43:28, Mike S. wrote: >> >>>[D]2r1r1k1/p4pp1/1p1Pn1p1/6q1/P5P1/BP2Pp1P/5P2/Q1RR2K1 b - - 0 1 >> >>>1...Txc1 2.Txc1 Td8 3.Tc4 Dh6 4.De5 Sg5 5.Dh2 Sxh3+ 6.Kf1 a6 7.Tc6 Dh4 8.Txb6 a5 >>> = (0.06) Tiefe: 7/20 00:00:00 109kN >>> = (0.22) Tiefe: 14/40 00:02:39 62475kN >>>1...Tb8 2.d7 Ted8 3.Td3 Tb7 4.Tc8 Tbxd7 5.Txd7 Txc8 6.Dd1 Dh4 7.Dxf3 >>> = (0.19) Tiefe: 14/40 00:04:47 113092kN >>> = (0.12) Tiefe: 15/34 00:07:38 181878kN >>>1...Sf4! >>> = (0.09) Tiefe: 15/39 00:14:15 339902kN >>> = (0.09) Tiefe: 15/39 00:14:15 339902kN >> >> >>>1...Txc1 2.Txc1 Td8 3.Tc4 Dh6 4.De5 Sg5 5.Dh2 Sxh3+ 6.Kf1 a6 7.Tc6 Dh4 8.Txb6 a5 >>> = (0.06) Tiefe: 7/20 00:00:00 109kN >>> = (0.22) Tiefe: 14/40 00:02:39 62475kN >>>1...Tb8 2.d7 Ted8 3.Td3 Tb7 4.Tc8 Tbxd7 5.Txd7 Txc8 6.Dd1 Dh4 7.Dxf3 >>> = (0.19) Tiefe: 14/40 00:04:45 113092kN >>> = (0.12) Tiefe: 15/34 00:07:35 181878kN >>>1...Sf4! >>> = (0.09) Tiefe: 15/39 00:14:15 339902kN >>> = (0.09) Tiefe: 15/39 00:14:15 339902kN >> >> >>>P.S. That Nf4 move looks mysterious at first... but after 2.exf4 Qh4, White >>>"suddenly" is in big trouble. Kovacevic did not take the knight. It's not so >>>much for opening the e-file btw., but to close the diagonal e5-g3(h2): If Black >>>plays 1...Qh4 immediatly, then 2.Qe5 defends. This is probably a good test >>>position.
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