Author: Lieven Clarisse
Date: 12:44:00 01/05/03
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On January 05, 2003 at 14:43:52, Jonas Cohonas wrote: >On January 05, 2003 at 14:18:39, Lieven Clarisse wrote: > >>A month ago or so, there was this great post about the russian peasant. It >>involved a great mate, but I am unable to find it, with CCC search function. >> >>Anyone has the position+the comments that were made on it? >> >>thanks in advance, >> >>lieven. > >The Georgian peaseant: > >I found this wonderful position in Peter Durfeld's "Skakmyter" (Chessmyths) >And the story is losely translated by me. > >The story behind it is equally wonderful: > >In this position: > >[D] 8/3P3k/n2K3p/2p3n1/1b4N1/2p1p1P1/8/3B4 w - - 0 1 > >White chose to resign as he is behind with a knight and a few pawns, and >promoting the d pawn results in a simple knight fork on f7... > >With this position starts the story of a young Georgian pessant who, while >visiting the Zar capital had been a spectator to this game. The end position had >made a great impression on him, the young chess enthusiast had instinctively >sensed that white was not lost! He then wrote down the position and went home to >his farm in the south of Russia. > >In the following days and weeks he increasingly became more and more fascinated >with this position, until it became an obsession for him to figure out how white >could save this game and maybe even win! > >He would frequently setup the position while working the fields and wherever he >went and the weeks turned into months and the months turned into years. > >It would take more than 30 years before one day he ran off his field screaming, >iv'e got it! white can win this game! > >He then sent his lifes analysis of this game to the then famous chess magazine >"64" who's editor in 1963-69 was Tigran Petrosjan, but Petrosjan for unknown >reasons never recieved the letter and the letter remained unopened until 1984 >when Karpov was editor, however the one to open the letter was no less than Tal >who upon reading the letter was moved and excited by this complex solution, that >turned out to be a forced mate in 14! > >They went out to his farm to congratulate him and shower him with some sybolic >gifts for his remarkable analysis and dedication, but as it turned out the >pessant had died 2 days prior... > >As far as i know this is a real life story and the solution i will provide >tomorrow, it is truely spectacular, try and see if your program can solve it >overnight, but don't get fooled by the eval, DF7 when fed the moves had as high >as -11.20 before realizing it was lost for black! heck try and see if your prog >can even find the first move :) > >Regards >Jonas > >Solution: >1.Nf6+ Kg7 2.Nh5+ Kg6 3.Bc2+ Kxh5 4.d8Q Nf7+ 5.Ke6 Nxd8+ 6.Kf5 e2 #9/15 4 >7.Be4 #9/14 2 e1N #8/10 2 8.Bd5 #8/11 1 c2 #7/8 2 >9.Bc4 #7/7 8 c1N #6/8 2 10.Bb5 #6/7 2 Nc6 #5/7 2 >11.Bxc6 #5/5 1 Nc7 #4/5 1 12.Ba4 #4/6 1 Nc2 #3/5 1 >13.Bxc2 #3/4 1 Ne2 #2/4 1 14.Bd1 #2/3 1 Nd5 #1/2 1 >15.Bxe2# #1/2
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