Author: F. Huber
Date: 15:48:29 04/16/05
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On April 16, 2005 at 18:38:59, John Merlino wrote:
>Indeed, by my playing around, it appears that all Black pawns except for the
>g-pawn will definitely be captured. White's d-pawn will queen, and White's h3
>and g4 pawns will be captured.
>
>Here's what I believe to be best play:
>
>[Event ""]
>[Site ""]
>[Date "2005.4.16"]
>[Round ""]
>[White "Merlin"]
>[Black "Merlin"]
>[TimeControl "-"]
>[Result "*"]
>[Setup "1"]
>[FEN "8/8/pp1p4/6p1/2ppK1Pk/3P3P/5PP1/8 w - - 0 1"]
>
>1.dxc4 a5 2.Kxd4 a4 3.Kc3 d5 4.cxd5 b5 5.d6 b4+ 6.Kxb4 a3 7.g3+ Kxh3
>8.Kxa3 Kxg4 {and now White has a Mate in at most 12 moves with 9.d7, resulting
>in a total mate sequence of at most 20 moves -- slightly better than my initial
>estimate}
>
>The other main option for White is:
>
>6.Kb2 a3+ 7.Kb3 a2 8.Kxa2 b3+ 9.Kb1 b2 {and now 10.f3, 10.f4 or 10.g3+ are
>required, and all lead to slower mates than the line above -- The King reports
>that 10.f3 is a Mate in 14, for a total length of at most 23 moves}
>
>jm
Thanks John, I´ll analyze that tomorrow - now my bed is crying for me ... ;-)
But without these hard restrictions I´m quite sure this will be hopeless for
ChestUCI, at least on my not-so-awesome machine! ;-(
Good night,
Franz.
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