Author: Mike Hood
Date: 07:05:33 10/24/05
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On October 24, 2005 at 09:55:40, Kurt Utzinger wrote: >On October 24, 2005 at 09:51:01, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>[D]N7/PPPPPPPP/K1k3qB/brpnn3/7N/6rb/8/8 w - - >> >>I don't know if it's legal (from old CSS magazine). >> >>Jouni > > This position is of no practical interest > and therefore (for me) not worth testing. > It's also an illegal (impossible) position. > Regards > Kurt Kurt, I agree that it's a highly unlikely position. But illegal? Impossible? If you'll lay your money on the table, I bet that I can give you the notation for a legal chess game resulting in this position. It won't be a sensible game, but I only want to prove the possibility of reaching this position. Apart from this, extreme positions are often useful to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of engines.
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