Author: Sanjiv Karnataki
Date: 06:50:51 02/13/00
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On February 13, 2000 at 09:42:40, Enrique Irazoqui wrote: >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 I would also like to thank you for this post. It is a great position... to me both as a chess player and even from a program and extensions point of view... Keep sending these ! Sanjiv
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