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Subject: Re: Composed Problems Useful as Test Positions?

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 13:33:43 06/21/02

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On June 21, 2002 at 11:27:40, Art Basham wrote:

>Hi..
>For the most part,
>I think they are the best kind of test positions available to us!
>
>Example, this mate in 10...
>
>[D]8/8/4k3/2K1N1B1/5Pp1/8/2B2P1p/6n1 w - -
>

On my AMD 1.2, Fritz 7 announced mate in 10 almost instantly.  The main line is:

1.Ba4 Kf5 2.Bd7+ Ke4 3.Be8 Kf5 4.Bg6+ Ke6 5.Bh5 Kf5 6.Bxg4+ Ke4 7.Bd1 Kf5 8.Bc2+
Ke6 9.f5+ Kxe5 10.f4#



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