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Subject: Re: Try this position with Shredder 9.1 UCI

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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