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Subject: Re: Some new test positions

Author: José Carlos

Date: 16:30:06 06/02/02

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On June 02, 2002 at 12:46:55, Jon Dart wrote:

>Some new test positions from Arasan games:
>
>This one is pretty elementary but still cute. White can rip the pawn with Nxc5.
>Check extensions are essential to see that the knight can't be touched.
>
>[D] r1br2k1/2q1p2p/p4ppB/npp5/2n1P3/2PN1QP1/P4PBP/1R1R2K1 w - -
>
>Here is another nice sac. After Rxc6, the Black rook on e4 can be trapped:
>
>[D] 5rk1/1p3p1p/p1bRpBp1/4P3/1P2r3/2P3K1/1P4PP/7R w - -
>
>This one is from a test game vs. Phalanx (always a good opponent). Arasan played
>Rb8? and lost, but Qg5! wins. Pharaon finds this pretty quickly, but both Crafty
>18.10 and Arasan take quite a long time:
>
>[D] r2qkb1r/pB1n1ppp/4p3/3p4/8/1P2Pb2/P1QP1PPP/RNB2RK1 b kq -

  Thanks for the positions. Averno finds them three, but takes a while,
specially the last one.

  José C.

• Re: Some new test positions Uri Blass 04:28:35 06/03/02
  • Re: Some new test positions Rafael Andrist 06:07:13 06/03/02
    • Re: Some new test positions Uri Blass 06:28:27 06/03/02

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