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Subject: Re: Tactical moves...again..but it's fun!

Author: Sarah Bird

Date: 06:17:15 04/02/99

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On April 02, 1999 at 09:15:34, Sarah Bird wrote:

>On April 02, 1999 at 07:16:46, Alain Lyrette wrote:
>
>>While reading the dec 98 issue of Europe-Echecs i came across this and i was
>>wondering if any top programs could solve to it to the end  in tournament time.
>>
>>White:Kb1,Qd1,Ra1,Rf1,Bb5,Bh6,Nf5 and pawns on a2,b2,c2,g2,h2
>>                         Black:Kg8,Qc7,Ra8,Rh8,Bc8,Be5,Nb8 and pawns on
>>a7,b7,e7,f7,g6,h7....Solution:Nxe7!!,Qxe7,Rxf7!!,Kxf7,Qd5+,Qe6,Rf1+,Bf6,Rxf6!!,Kxf6,Qd4+,Ke7,Bg5+,Kf7,Bc4,Re8,Qf6+,Kg8,Bh6!
>>and mate is inevitable.i think that this problem is at the limit of what today's
>>programs can see at tournament time.At longer time controls(Hello Ed 2010!) of
>>course that should not be too difficult to solve..am i wrong?
>
>
>Something is wrong here, you have the white rook on a1 and king on b1 yet in
>your solution:
>1)Nxe7,Qxe7 2)Rxf7,Kxf7 3)Qd5+,Qe6 4)Rf1+ This rook moves to F1 despite being
>blocked by the king on b1, maybe it should be on

(I mean c1) :-)

f1 at the start ? or the king
>and rook positions reversed.
>UltraB
>
>



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