Author: David Dahlem
Date: 10:56:56 01/01/06
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On January 01, 2006 at 13:31:31, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>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
>>>
>>>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
>>>
>>>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+ {+-} *
After removing the mate in 1,2 or 3 positions, of the remaining positions, 588
are from the start position with moves, so would have to be edited to use as a
test suite. That leaves 284 positions in proper epd format for a test suite. :-)
Regards
Dave
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