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Subject: hard positions from the past

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 16:05:24 12/30/05


Something to chew for your favorite engine during the new year's eve ;o)

12 in epd + 6 in PGN

7b/8/kq6/8/8/1N2R3/K2P4/8 w - - 0 1 Nd4!!
r1b1k3/2q1ppb1/2p2n2/3p1PBB/2nP3P/Pp5N/1P2Q1P1/2KR3R b q - Rxa3
2k1r3/3q4/8/8/8/8/5RK1/6Q1 w - -  Rc2+ (with >+2 for white because:) Kb8 2. Rb2+
Ka8 3. Qa1+ Qa7 4. Qh1 !! Rb8 5. Kh2+ Rb7 6. Qd5 Qb8+ 7. Kg2 Qc7 8. Ra2+ Kb8 9.
Qg8+ Qc8 10. Ra8+ Kxa8 11. Qxc8+ *
7Q/3k2p1/6p1/8/1K2Np2/8/8/5q2 w - - 0 1 Nc5+
2rr1nk1/1p2bp2/1q2p1p1/p1p4R/P2P3P/1B2PPB1/1PQ2P2/2R4K w - - Be5!
8/4K2p/6pr/5pk1/1pB2R2/p4PP1/8/8 w - - Rg4+!! 1. Rg4+ fxg4 2. f4+ Kh5 3. Kf8!
r3r1nk/pp3bb1/2pq1p1p/5Pp1/1P1PP3/2B3N1/P1Q3BP/1R3R1K w - - e5!
3r2k1/ppq2pp1/2b1p2p/8/5n2/2P4P/PP3PP1/RN2QBK1 b - - Nxh3+!
q7/8/5p1p/k1pBpPpP/1p1pP1P1/1P1P4/1KP5/8 b - - Qxd5!!
3r1brk/1p3p1p/p1npp1p1/3Nn1Q1/P1P1PN2/1q4R1/5PPP/B1R3K1 b - - how much time to
see black is lost (less than -2)?
4k2r/1pp1bppp/p3bn2/2p3B1/4P3/2N2P2/PPP1N1PP/3K3R b k - avoid Ng4 because N is
lost
r1b2k1r/ppppq1p1/6p1/2b5/2Bnn3/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - d5 mate in 10

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troitzky, A."]
[Black "[+0000.55f1b5]"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2pp1p2/1p6/1kPP4/5Pp1/8/6PP/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. c6 !! (1. h4 ? gxh3 2. gxh3 (2. c6 hxg2+ 3. Kxg2 dxc6) 2... Kxc5 3.
h4 Kd6 4. h5 Ke7 5. h6 Kf8 !) (1. d6 ? c6 2. cxb6 Kxb6 3. h4 gxh3 4. gxh3 Kc5
5. h4 Kxd6 6. h5 Ke7 7. h6 Kf8) 1... dxc6 2. d6 !! cxd6 3. h4 gxh3 4. gxh3 Kc5
5. h4 Kd5 6. h5 Ke6 7. h6 Kf6 8. f5 b5 9. Ke2 b4 10. Kd3 d5 11. Kc2 d4 12. Kc1
! c5 13. Kc2 c4 14. Kc1 ! b3 (14... d3 15. Kd2) (14... c3 15. Kc2) 15. Kb2
1-0

[Event "tn24"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troitzky, A."]
[Black "[+0300.43d1b7]"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k4p1/3pP3/pP5P/8/8/1r5P/3K4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. h6 ! gxh6 2. e7 Rb1+ 3. Kd2 Rb2+
4. Kd3 Rb3+ 5. Kd4 Rb4+ 6. Kd5 Rxb5+ 7. Kxd6 Rb6+ 8. Kd5 (8. Kd7 ? Rb1) 8...
Rb5+ 9. Kd4 Rb4+ 10. Kd3 Rb3+ 11. Ke2 Rb2+ 12. Kf3 Rb3+ 13. Kf4 Rb4+ 14. Kf5
Rb5+ 15. Kf6 Rb6+ 16. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R3/P7/2bB2p1/r3pk2/2p2p1P/2P2P1K/6P1/8 w - - 0 54"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

54. Rxe5+ ! Rxe5 55. Bxe5 Kxe5 (55...
Bb7 56. Bc7 Bc6 {and Black has no defence against the march of the White king:
Kh2-g1-f1-e1-d1-c1-b2-a3-b4-c5.}) 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. Kxf4 Bb7 58. g4 Bc6 59. Ke3
Ke5 60. f4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troitzky, A."]
[Black "[+0340.30h4d7"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3kP3/3br1P1/6P1/7K/8/8/7B w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. Bc6+ ! Kxe7 2. Bd5 (2. g7 Rg6 3. Bd5 Rxg7 4. Kh5 Kf8 -+) 2... Rxg6 3. Kh5
Rg7 4. g6 Kf6 5. Bf7 Kf5 6. Kh4 Kf4 7. Kh3 ! Be7 8. Kg2 Bh4 9. Kf1 ! = *

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, E."]
[Black "Kupreichik, V."]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2n1rk1/pp1q3p/2ppb2b/1P3p2/2PP1R2/4N1P1/P5BP/1RBQ2K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{48/(20)} 19. d5 !! Bxf4 20. gxf4 cxd5 21. cxd5 h6 [] (21... Bf7 22. Qd4 {
/\ Bb2+-}) 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Qd5 Kh7 24. Nxf5 Nc7 25. Qxd6 Qxf5 26. Qxc7+ Rf7
27. Qe5 +- *

[Event "Palma de Mallorca (G"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkov, M."]
[Black "Hernandez, Rom"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4qk1/1Q1n1p1p/p1rpb1p1/6B1/N2bP3/1P3PK1/P3B1PP/2R4R b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

20... Nf6 !! 21. Bxf6 (21. Rxc6 Nh5+ 22. Kh4 f6 -+) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxf6
$146 {Hernandez,Rom} *




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