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Subject: Re: Great position

Author: Enrique Irazoqui

Date: 06:42:40 02/13/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 09:35:52, Albert Silver wrote:

>On February 13, 2000 at 06:58:08, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:
>
>>Yesterday I found this 1965 study of Hasek, perfect for a "secret" test set, but
>>too beautiful to keep it hiding. I find amazing how the g pawn wins the game and
>>also the traveling of black's king to its original e8 square, as if in aeternal
>>return.
>>
>>Of the engines I tried, Nimzo is the fastest in finding 1.b6+ in 44'', followed
>>by Hiarcs 8 pre-alpha in 275'', F6a in 432'', and J6a in 554''. Other programs I
>>tried didn't solve it in less than 15 minutes on a PIII-500. Enjoy.
>
>As a means of comparison, how long does Hiarcs 7.32 take to solve it?

It didn't solve it in less than 15 minutes, when I stopped it.

> BTW, as a
>player, I think it's a great position, and want to thank you for introducing me
>to it.

I'm glad you like it. The beauty of this position has nothing to do with
programs and extensions. Like you, I like it as a chess player.

Enrique

>                                       Albert Silver
>
>>
>>Enrique
>>
>>[D]1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>[Event "?"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "1965.??.??"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "Hasek, J."]
>>[Black "Study"]
>>[Result "1-0"]
>>[Annotator ""]
>>[SetUp "1"]
>>[FEN "1NQ5/k1p1p3/7p/pP2P1P1/2P5/2pq4/1n6/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
>>[PlyCount "17"]
>>
>>1. b6+ (1. Qxc7+ Ka8 $11) (1. Nc6+ Kb6 2. Qb8+ Kc5 3. Qa7+ Kxc4 $19) 1... Kxb6
>>2. Nd7+ Kc6 3. Qa6+ Kxd7 4. e6+ Ke8 5. Qa8+ Qd8 6. g6 Qxa8 7. g7 Qf3 8. g8=Q+
>>Qf8 9. Qg2 1-0



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