Author: Vincent Lejeune
Date: 10:31:31 01/01/06
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On January 01, 2006 at 11:42:20, Joachim Rang wrote:
>On January 01, 2006 at 11:28:40, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>http://isbn.nu/1579125549
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>>big book - buy.com has it for $10.98, 38% lower than Amazon
>>
>>1120 pages -- it's a big book for an $11 paperback
>>
>>http://www.buy.com/prod/Chess/q/loc/106/31303786.html
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>>although I have the hardcover - I may buy the paperback as my "working copy"
>>
>>......
>
>hardcopy or paperback does not matter. What I would buy is an electronic version
>with the 5000 positions collected as FENs.
>
>Joachim
I found all the positions in PGN format here :
http://www.qno.de/schach/polgar.zip
There 4463 mate in 1,2 or 3 moves and some very easy tactic so :
more than 99% of them are found in less than a second by modern engines: happy
diging !
Here's one interresting :
[Event "#5215 Chess: 5334 Problems, Combination"]
[Site "Copyright 1994 Könemann"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar sisters' tournament-ga"]
[Black "White to move and win"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1k1nr/r5b1/pp1P1pp1/2p3B1/q1P1PQ2/2P3Pp/4B2P/2NR1RK1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
1. e5 fxg5 2. Qe4 Bf5 3. Rxf5 gxf5 4. Qxf5 Ne7 5. dxe7 Rxe7 6. Qc8+ Kf7 7. Rf1+
Kg6 8. Bd3+ {+-} *
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