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Subject: Re: White wins........old 1860 chess problem (solution Qc4)

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 14:22:03 05/21/04

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On May 21, 2004 at 16:50:19, Rob Basham wrote:

>[D]1qr3kr/5pb1/7p/p1P3pn/Bp1Q1p2/1P3P2/PBP1R2P/4R1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>found in an old chess book...
>
>no solution given..
>
>was it Qc4, or maybe Re8+....?

Shredder 8  UCI1: (P4 1.8/32 MB hash, Arena 1.0.8)
 1-  00:01 -2.58   Qxg7+ Nxg7 Bxg7
 1-  00:01 -5.82   Qxg7+ Nxg7 Bxg7 Kxg7
 1   00:01 -5.58   Qxg7+ Nxg7 Bxg7 Kxg7
 1+  00:01 -4.09   Qd6 Bxb2
 1+  00:01 -3.33   Qd6 Bxb2
 1   00:01 -3.18   Qd6 Qxd6 cxd6 Bxb2
 1+  00:01 -1.77   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 1+  00:01 -0.72   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 1   00:01 -0.56   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 2   00:01 -0.56   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 3   00:01 -0.56   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 4   00:01 -0.56   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4
 5+  00:01 -0.31   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kh7 Rxh8+ Kg6 Rxb8
 5   00:01 -0.28   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Rh7
 6   00:01 -0.33   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Ng7 Bd7 Kf8
 7+  00:01 -0.08   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Kh7 Qd6 Bxb2
 7   00:01  0.18   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Ng7 Bd7 Kf8 c6
 8+  00:01  0.43   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Kh7 Qd6 Rxe8 Bxg7 Re1+ Kf2 Kxg7
 8   00:01  0.43   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Qd3 Qxa4 bxa4 Bxb2 Qh7+ Kxh7
 9+  00:01  0.68   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Ng7 Bd7 Kh7 c6 Kg6 c7
Rd8 cxd8Q
 9   00:01  0.68   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Ng7 c6 Nxe8 c7 Nxc7 Bxh8
10+  00:02  0.93   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Ng7 Bd7 f6 c6 Kf7 c7 Ne6
Bb6 Ke7
10   00:02  0.97   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bxh8 Kxe8 c6 Kd8 Be5
f6
11+  00:02  1.22   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bxf7 Ng7 Bd5 Ke8
Bxg7
11   00:02  1.22   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bc6 Ng7 Bd7 Rg8 c6
Nh5
12-  00:03  0.97   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bxh8 Kxe8 c6 Kd8 Kg2
Kc7 c4
12   00:04  0.90   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bxf7 Ng7 Bd5 Rh7 c6
Nf5 Bb6 Ne7 c7 Ke8 Bxa5
13   00:07  1.01   Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Bxd4+ Bxd4 Kf8 Bxf7 Ng7 Bd5 Rh7 Be4
Ne6 Bxh7 Nxd4 Be4 Ne6 c6
13+  00:10  1.02   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7+ Ng7 Qf5+ Kg8 Qg6 Bd4+ Kh1 Rf8 Bd7 Bxc5
Qxg7+
13+  00:12  1.37   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7+ Ng7 Qf5+ Kg8 Qg6 Bd4+ Kh1 Rf8 Bd7 Rh7
Re8 Qc8 Bxc8
13   01:00  3.15   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rh7 Re8+ Rxe8 Rxe8+ Qxe8 Bxe8 Nf6 Ba4 Be5 c6 Bc7
Qxf7+ Kxf7 c4
14   01:19  3.39   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rc8 c7 Be5
Qd5 Bc3 Qxa5 Rd8 cxd8Q
15+  01:45  3.64   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rc8 c7 Be5
Qd5 Bc3 Qxa5 Rd8 cxd8Q





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