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Subject: Re: Start your engine

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:01:19 01/25/04

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On January 25, 2004 at 13:58:04, John Merlino wrote:

>On January 25, 2004 at 08:20:33, Thao Tak-Sen wrote:
>
>>test position
>>
>>[D] 8/2B2pPb/7k/4K3/3p2P1/8/8/8/ w
>>
>>White to play and win:
>>1. g8=N+ Bxg8 2. Kf6 Kh7 3. g5 d3

I should also point out that 1...Bxg8 is the worst move Black can play, as it
leads to a forced mate in 10:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	3/10	-0.14	63589		2.Kxd4 Kg5 3.Bd8+ Kxg4 4.Bf6 Kf5
					5.Bd8 Kg6 6.Ke4 f5+ 7.Kf4 Bc4 8.Bc7
0:00	4/11	-0.14	105032		2.Kxd4 Kg5 3.Bd8+ Kxg4 4.Bf6 Kf5
					5.Bd8 Kg6 6.Ke3 f5 7.Bh4 Bc4 8.Kf4
0:00	4/11	0.00	236052		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bf4
0:00	5/12	0.00	275471		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bf4
0:01	6/13	0.00	502673		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bf4
0:02	7/14	0.29	1049419		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.Bd2 Kh8 5.Bc3
					d2 6.Bxd2 Bh7 7.Kxf7 Bg8+ 8.Kg6
					Bh7+ 9.Kh5 Kg8 10.Bc3 Kf7 11.g5
					Bg6+ 12.Kh6
0:04	8/15	0.30	1984492		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.Bd2 Kh8 5.Bc3
					d2 6.Bxd2 Bh7 7.Kxf7 Bg8+ 8.Kg6
					Bh7+ 9.Kh5 Kg8 10.Bc3 Kf7 11.g5
					Kf8 12.Kh6 Kg8
0:09	9/16	0.54	4014523		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bc3 d2 7.Bxd2 Kh8 8.Bc3 Kh7
					9.Bd4 Kh8 10.Kf5+ Kh7 11.Be5 f6
					12.g6+ Kg7 13.Bxf6+ Kf8 14.Bc3
0:16	10/17	Mate10	7289744		2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bc3 d2 7.Bxd2 Kh8 8.Bc3 Kh7
					9.Bd4 Kh8 10.g6 fxg6 11.Kxg6#
0:25	11/18	Mate10	12340494	2.Kf6 d3 3.Bf4+ Kh7 4.g5 Kh8 5.Be5
					Kh7 6.Bc3 d2 7.Bxd2 Kh8 8.Bc3 Kh7
					9.Bd4 Kh8 10.g6 fxg6 11.Kxg6#

jm



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