Author: Charlie GOLD
Date: 13:22:28 06/18/99
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On June 18, 1999 at 15:13:00, Heiner Marxen wrote: >On June 18, 1999 at 12:39:18, Charlie GOLD wrote: > >> >> I received an interesting position from the British Chess Problem Solving >>Society > white:Kh5;Qc1;Bd3,h2;Nb4,g3;Pd2,e2,f5 / >>black:Kf4;Rf3;Ne7,g1;Pb56,e5,f6,g4,h3. It is white to mate in 2. I set the time > ^^^^ I guess this is a pawn at b6, >since neither a pawn at b5 nor two pawn at b5 and b6 yield a mate in 2 > >>control to 40moves in 2hours. Only Genius 5.0, Rebell 9.0, and Chess Champion >>found the answer(less than two minutes). Fritz 4.0, Hiarcs 6.0, Junior 5.0, >>Chessica, and ChessMasters 2100 thru 6000 did not find the answer. They came up >>with Pe3 or Qc6 and announced mate in 2 more moves. >> I was wonering what other machines will/would come up with. > >W: Kh5 Qc1 Bd3 Bh2 Nb4 Ng3 Pd2 Pe2 Pf5 (9) there is a BLACK pawn on B6. there are 9 white pieces and 10 black ones. There IS a mate in 2,,,charlie >B: Kf4 Rf3 Ne7 Ng2 Pb6 Pe5 Pf6 Pg4 Ph3 (9) >FEN: 8/4n3/1p3p2/4pP1K/1N3kp1/3B1rNp/3PP1nB/2Q5 w - - > >1.Qc4+ e4 2.Qc7+/Qe4:+ > >Does not look very impressive to me. May be I guessed wrong. > >Heiner
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