Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes
Date: 06:02:30 05/28/02
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On May 27, 2002 at 19:56:19, Richard Pijl wrote: >Hi, > >I don't know the proper English term for it but in Dutch it is called 'Dolle >Toren' (means something like mad rook) >Basically one party is in a stalemate position except for one rook. The party >with the rook tries to force his opponent to take the rook by giving continuous >check. ============================================================ Tim Krabbé (who is Dutch) proposed the term "Rambling Rook". http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/tour/horse.htm Google even tells me there is in Kentucky a "Rambling Rook Chess Club". Rambling Rook Chess Club c/o Crawford Engineering 13 Whitco Loop Whitesburg, KY 41858 (606) 633-2226 ======================== Such a position could emerge from the following position (from a testgame >KnightX-Baron): > >8/4kp1Q/5p2/4p3/5n2/3r4/r7/4R2K b - - > >The trap is 1..Rh3 2.Qxh3 Nxh3 3.Rxe5 and white continues to give check. >Much better would be 1..Kd6 and the trap is disabled. >The latest Crafty (18.15) cannot find the solution in a reasonable amount of >time (at least not on my machine (Mobile P-II 500Mhz), it's at ply 15 after 68 >minutes). >It's current pv: > >15 68:09 -5.31 1..Rb2 2.Qf5 Rh3+ 3.Qxh3 Nxh3 4.Rxe5+ Kd6 5.Rd5+ Kc6 6.Rd6+ Kb7 >7.Rxf6 Rf2 8.Rb6+ Kc7 9.Rc6+ Kd8 <HT> > >What does your program find? > >Richard.Hi, > >I don't know the proper English term for it but in Dutch it is called 'Dolle >Toren' (means something like mad rook) >Basically one party is in a stalemate position except for one rook. The party >with the rook tries to force his opponent to take the rook by giving continuous >check. Such a position could emerge from the following position (from a testgame >KnightX-Baron, courtesy of Roger Brown): > >8/4kp1Q/5p2/4p3/5n2/3r4/r7/4R2K b - - > >The trap is 1..Rh3 2.Qxh3 Nxh3 3.Rxe5 and white continues to give check. >Much better would be 1..Kd6 and the trap is disabled. >The latest Crafty (18.15) cannot find the solution in a reasonable amount of >time (at least not on my machine (Mobile P-II 500Mhz), it's at ply 15 after 68 >minutes). >It's current pv: > >15 68:09 -5.31 1..Rb2 2.Qf5 Rh3+ 3.Qxh3 Nxh3 4.Rxe5+ Kd6 5.Rd5+ Kc6 6.Rd6+ Kb7 >7.Rxf6 Rf2 8.Rb6+ Kc7 9.Rc6+ Kd8 <HT> > >What does your program find? > >Richard.
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