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

Author: Bryan Hofmann

Date: 04:42:24 05/22/04

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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..
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>was it Qc4, or maybe Re8+....?

Tao Says Qc4 wins....

Tao57-2 Beta
 1   00:00 -1.70   Qc4 Bxb2
 1   00:00  0.08   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5
 2   00:00  0.08   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5
 3   00:00  0.08   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5
 4   00:00 -0.06   Re5 Bxe5 Qxe5 Qxe5 Rxe5
 5   00:00 -0.15   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5 Kh7 Qd3+ Kg7
 6   00:00  0.27   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5 Rh7 Re7 Rg7
 7   00:00  0.48   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5 Rh7 Re7 Rg7 Qe4
 8   00:01  0.50   Re5 Bxe5 Rxe5 Rh7 Re7 Rd8 Qe4 Rd1+ Kg2
 8+  00:01  0.50   Qc4
 8   00:01  1.31   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Kh7 Qxf7+ Ng7 Qf5+ Kg8 Qg6 Rf8 Be8 Qc8
 9   00:03  1.05   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Ng7 Qxf7+ Kh7 Qf5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Bxg7 Bd7 Bd4+ Kg2
Rc7 Qg6+ Kf8 Re8+ Qxe8 Qxe8+ Kg7
10   00:09  2.13   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rc8
11   00:19  2.55   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rc8 c7
12   00:35  2.55   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rd8 c7 Rc8
13   02:14  2.68   Qc4 Bxb2 Re7 Rf8 Re8 Rxe8 Rxe8+ Kg7 Rxb8 Rxb8 c6 Rd8 c7 Rc8
Kg2




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