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Subject: Re: Test: quiet move and Zugzwang

Author: Kurt Utzinger

Date: 02:30:58 07/29/04

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On July 29, 2004 at 02:06:42, Scott Gasch wrote:

>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

     Fantastic: monsoon [a private engine?] finds
     the solution of this very difficult test position.
     Kurt [http://www.utzingerk.com]



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