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Subject: Re: White wins........old 1860 chess problem

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:28:45 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...
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>no solution given..
>
>was it Qc4, or maybe Re8+....?

CM_SKR finds Qc4 in 0:02 on an AMD 2500:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.53	1228		1.Re5 Bxe5 2.Rxe5 Nf6
0:00	1/3	-0.03	1459		1.Qd7 Bxb2 2.Re8+ Kh7 3.Qxf7+ Ng7
0:00	1/4	-1.02	4485		1.Qd7 Bxb2 2.c3 Bxc3 3.Re8+ Kh7
					4.Qxf7+ Ng7
0:00	1/4	-0.52	5434		1.Qd5 Bxb2 2.Re8+ Kg7 3.R1e7 Rf8
0:00	1/4	-0.46	9297		1.Re8+ Rxe8 2.Rxe8+ Qxe8 3.Bxe8
					Bxd4+ 4.Bxd4 Ng7 5.Bd7
0:00	1/4	0.31	9663		1.Re5 Bxe5 2.Rxe5 Nf6 3.Qd3
0:00	1/5	-0.12	11398		1.Re5 Bxe5 2.Rxe5 Nf6 3.Qd3 Qc7
0:00	1/6	0.95	42861		1.Re5 Rd8 2.Qe4 Bxe5 3.Bxe5 Qc8
					4.Bxh8 Kxh8
0:00	1/7	0.82	127145		1.Re5 Rd8 2.Qxd8+ Qxd8 3.Re8+ Kh7
					4.Rxd8 Rxd8 5.Bxg7 Kxg7 6.Re7
0:01	1/8	0.95	283288		1.Re5 Rd8 2.Bd7 a4 3.Qc4 Bxe5 4.Bxe5
					Qb7 5.c6
0:02	1/8	1.40	406812		1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Kh7 3.Qxf7+ Ng7
					4.Qf5+ Kg8 5.Rxg7+ Bxg7 6.Bd7 Bd4+
					7.Kg2 Qc7 8.Bxc8 Bxc5
0:04	1/9	1.64	1082421		1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Rh7 3.Re8+ Rxe8
					4.Rxe8+ Qxe8 5.Bxe8 Nf6 6.Bc6 Kg7
					7.Qd3 Rh8
0:07	1/10	1.71	2065172		1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Rh7 3.Re8+ Rxe8
					4.Rxe8+ Qxe8 5.Bxe8 Nf6 6.Bb5 Kg7
					7.Qd3 Rh8
0:18	1/11	1.74	5274027		1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Rf8 3.Re8 Rxe8
					4.Rxe8+ Kg7 5.Rxb8 Rxb8 6.Bd7 Nf6
					7.c6 Rd8 8.c7
0:46	1/12	1.99	13771239	1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Rf8 3.Re8 Rxe8
					4.Rxe8+ Kg7 5.Rxb8 Rxb8 6.c6 Be5
					7.Qc5 Bc7 8.Qe7 Bb6+ 9.Kg2
2:12	1/13	2.04	39610066	1.Qc4 Bxb2 2.Re7 Rf8 3.Re8 Rxe8
					4.Rxe8+ Kg7 5.Rxb8 Rxb8 6.Bd7 Nf6
					7.c6 Nxd7 8.cxd7 Bf6 9.Qc5

jm



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