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Subject: Re: Test: quiet move and Zugzwang

Author: Scott Gasch

Date: 23:06:42 07/28/04

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On July 28, 2004 at 20:49:22, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 28, 2004 at 20:17:31, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On July 28, 2004 at 19:38:16, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On July 28, 2004 at 18:44:03, Ignacio Santos Crespo wrote:
>>>
>>>>2. Bb6!
>>>>
>>>>1. Rb5+ Nb6 2. Bxb6
>>>
>>>2...Rh2 3.Kg3 Rxh1.
>>>
>>>Now what?
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>
>>I know this study
>>
>>2...Rh2 3.Kg4! Rxh1 4.Bg1+ with the idea 5.Rb1 and the black rook has no moves
>>and the black king cannot move forever to white squares so white wins.
>>
>>Uri
>
>So, indeed, the hard part (for chess engines) is not finding 1.Rb5+, but rather
>finding 2.Bxb6, 3.Kg4 and 4.Bg1+.
>

monsoon:

 1.  +9.46    0.01     127              Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6
 2-  +8.43    0.01     983              **FL** --
 2-  +6.65    0.02     1132             **FL** --
 2.  +8.61    0.02     1547             Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Ka7 Rb7+ Ka8 Rc7+ Kb8
 3-  +7.01    0.04     4321             **FL** --
 3-  +5.72    0.05     5383             **FL** --
 3.  +4.88    0.06     6889             Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Kc8
 4.  +4.67    0.10     13851            Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Kc8 Bb7+ Kxd8 Rxh6 Rh2+ K
g5 Rxh6 Kxh6
 5.  +4.53    0.29     35594            Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Kc8 Rb1 Kxd8 Bc6 Rd4+ Kh5

 6.  +4.59    0.91     83699            Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Kc8 Bb7+ Kxd8 Bf3 Rd3 Rb8
+ Kc7
 7.  +4.41    2.53     201758           Rb5+ Nb6 Rxb6+ Kc8 Bf3 Rxd8 Ra6 Kc7 Rxh6

 8.  +4.43    8.64     763084           Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6 Rh2+ Kg4 Rxh1 Bg1+ Kc7 Rb1
 h5+ Kg3 h4+ Kf4
 9.  +4.38   13.97     1438663          Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6 Rh2+ Kg4 Rxh1 Bg1+ Kc7 Rb1
 Kc8
10.  +4.48   27.00     3117698          Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6 Rh2+ Kg4 Rxh1 Bg1+ Kc7 Rb1
 Kc8
11.  +4.53   49.45     7423620          Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6 Rh2+ Kg4 Rxh1 Bg1+ Kc7 Rb1
 Kc8
12.  +4.43   108.30     22916743         Rb5+ Nb6 Bxb6 Rh2+ Kg4 Rxh1 Bg1+ Kc7 Rb
1 Kc8



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