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Subject: Re: Searching some testpositions for kingsavety

Author: Mike S.

Date: 03:02:14 04/19/03

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On April 19, 2003 at 05:46:11, Werner Schuele wrote:

>Where can I find some testpositions to test kingsavety of a chess program?

http://meineseite.i-one.at/PermanentBrain/quick/quick2.htm (dt.)
http://meineseite.i-one.at/PermanentBrain/quick/quicke.htm (engl.)

Especially king safety related are nos. 4,5,7,8!,11,14,15,17,18,20,24. The
higher numbers may seem (too) easy for very strong engines, but are interesting
from the human viewpoint still (or for quick testing and/or engines of medium
strength).

mfg.
Michael Scheidl

[D]4qrk1/3nppb1/R1Np2p1/3P2P1/1Pr5/4B3/5Q1P/5R1K w - - bm Ra8;
Quick-04 1.Ra8
[D]r3r3/2R2pk1/p2p1bpp/3P4/q2pQ3/5N1P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - bm Rxf7+;
Quick-05 1.Rxf7+ (draws)
[D]r5k1/Rb4p1/2q2pBp/1pp5/1b4QN/1P2P2P/5PP1/6K1 w - - bm Rxb7;
Quick-07 1.Rxb7
[D]3R4/5r1p/5ppk/8/1Q3PPq/5P2/6K1/8 w - - bm Rg8;
Quick-08 1.Rg8 (is even stronger than Re8-e1-h1, winning the queen for the
rook).



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