Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 09:52:04 01/01/03
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On December 28, 2002 at 23:42:15, Mike Byrne wrote: >[d]1NBk4/p2p4/8/3K4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 > >The trick of course is how do you save the Bishop and the Knight. Which seems >impossible at first glance. > >Have you ever heard of the "Troitzky mate" before. You have now. > >This position was from the Chessbase puzzle page. > >http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/puzzle11/index.htm > >Michael Byrne It's strange how this is so difficult for Palm programs (e.g., Chess Tiger 15 on my 66 MHz Palm took about 2:40 to see that White gets an advantage with 1.Bb7; it took a couple more minutes to see that White is winning). I am not the strongest player, but I solved it within a few seconds, and it looks to me like the solution isn't that deep (yet Tiger did not see it until ply 16).
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