Author: Vasik Rajlich
Date: 10:05:35 08/16/04
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On August 16, 2004 at 08:46:12, Vincent Lejeune wrote: >I found this position here http://www.fierz.ch/pontresina.htm , after I searched >10 min with no board and then 10 with a board and then 20 with chessengine, I >gave up ... is this position buggy ?? > >pasting : > > A cool (and very instructive) position which occurred in round 5: black to move >and win! This one is harder than you think :-) >Click here for a hint! >The obvious 1... c4+ only draws. To win, you need to know something about >'corresponding squares'. > >[d]8/8/4p2p/1kp1P1p1/1p4P1/1P1K2P1/7P/8 b - - 0 1 That is a cool anti-computer problem! White's possibilities with the h-pawn will keep any engine from getting it. Try putting the white h2 pawn on h5 and with a reasonable hash table any engine should handle it. As for the correspondences, start with b5 & d3 (else .. c4) c6 & e4 (else .. kd5) and it's easy from there ... Vas
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