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Subject: Re: Test Move ...Qa8 wins...!

Author: Mike S.

Date: 10:45:51 04/18/02

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On April 18, 2002 at 13:14:06, John Merlino wrote:

>>>>>[D]3Q4/3p4/P2p4/N2b4/8/4P3/5p1p/5Kbk w - - bm Qa8; id Quick-03;

>(...)
>Amusing little problem -- a queen sacrifice, you can promote to a Bishop, you
>can capture en passant for checkmate -- fun stuff.

Here's another study from my Quicktest, by Von Witonsti (1913). It doesn't have
so much "features" like the other one though, which was by Balasz (1934).

[D]1n1r1rk1/ppq2ppp/3p2b1/3B1NP1/4PB1R/bP2P2P/P1P5/3KQ1R1 w - - bm Qc3; id
Quick-01;

I've tested The King 3.12d Selektive Search=10 (32 MB hash), and it's quite fast
here compared to some othere engines (as usual in mate combinations). Fastest in
my tests was Little Goliath 3.5c UCI, in this position.

I think the solution is especially difficult because of a "silent" 5th move in
between, and in the 6th move white must sac another piece, but it's not a
checking move. It's the most difficult in that test suite.

Regards,
M.Scheidl


P.S. P3/700 results:
http://meineseite.i-one.at/PermanentBrain/quick/quick3.htm

description in english:
http://meineseite.i-one.at/PermanentBrain/quick/quicke.htm



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