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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