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Subject: Re: Simple end position but surprisingly difficult for some programs

Author: Peter McKenzie

Date: 00:51:47 04/22/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 11:27:05, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

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>Hello,
>
>White to play and win. How long will your favorite engines like 1. Qxe5?

Interesting position thanks, what is the source?

Its not totally simple:
After 1.Qxe5 Kxe5 2.f4+ Kd4

[D]8/8/6p1/5p1p/1P1k1P2/6P1/8/6K1 w - -

3.Kg2 perhaps allows black to draw with h4!

but 3.Kf2 seems to win

Well, according to my quick analysis anyway.

cheers,
Peter

>
>Regards,
>Dinan
>
>8/8/5kp1/4qp1p/1P6/2Q3P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 47



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