The brilliant chess move (36)

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Glarean
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The brilliant chess move (36)

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There's a new "Brilliant" in 'Glarean Magazin':

The Brilliant Chess Move #36 (Zugzwang)
http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2009 ... achzug-36/

You can download the PGN-, CBH- and EPD-files #1-36

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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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[d] 8/7p/5P1k/1p5P/5p2/2p1p3/P1P1P1P1/1K3Nb1 w - -

Q6600
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19/57 1:09 +0.59 1.a3 Bf2 2.f7 Kg7 3.Ka2 Bh4 4.Kb3 Kxf7 5.Kxc3 Be7 6.Kd4 Kf6 7.g3 fxg3 8.Nxg3 Kg5 9.Kxe3 Bxa3 10.Kf3 Bb2

19/57 2:31 +9.67 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka1 Bg1 4.Ka2 Bf2 5.Kb1 Be1 6.Kc1 Bf2 7.Kd1 Bg1 8.Ke1 Kxh5 9.f7 Kg5 10.f8Q Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Be1 12.Qe7+ Kg6 13.Qxe3 Bd2 14.Qe6+

20/59 7:47 +10.59 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka1 Bg1 4.Ka2 Bf2 5.Kb1 Be1 6.Kc1 Bf2 7.Kd1 Bg1 8.Ke1 Bf2+ 9.Kf1 Kxh5 10.f7 Kg5 11.f8Q h5 12.Qg7+ Kf5 13.Qxc3 h4 14.Qd3+
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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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kgburcham wrote: 19/57 2:31 +9.67 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka1 Bg1 4.Ka2 Bf2 5.Kb1 Be1 6.Kc1 Bf2 7.Kd1 Bg1 8.Ke1 Kxh5 9.f7 Kg5 10.f8Q Bf2+ 11.Kf1 Be1 12.Qe7+ Kg6 13.Qxe3 Bd2 14.Qe6+

20/59 7:47 +10.59 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka1 Bg1 4.Ka2 Bf2 5.Kb1 Be1 6.Kc1 Bf2 7.Kd1 Bg1 8.Ke1 Bf2+ 9.Kf1 Kxh5 10.f7 Kg5 11.f8Q h5 12.Qg7+ Kf5 13.Qxc3 h4 14.Qd3+
Which engine?

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kgburcham
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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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Zappa Modified
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16/51 0:16 +0.55 1.a3 Bf2 2.f7 Kg7 3.Ka2 Bh4 4.Kb3 Kxf7 5.Kxc3 Be7 6.Kd4 Kf6 7.g3 fxg3 8.Nxg3 Kg5 9.Kxe3 Kg4 10.Ne4 Bxa3 11.Nf6+ Kg5 12.Nxh7+ Kxh5 13.Kf4
17/51 0:20 +0.55 1.a3 Bf2 2.f7 Kg7 3.Ka2 Bh4 4.Kb3 Kxf7 5.Kxc3 Be7 6.Kd4 Kf6 7.g3 fxg3 8.Nxg3 Kg5 9.Kxe3 Kg4 10.Ne4 Bxa3 11.Nf6+ Kg5 12.Nxh7+ Kxh5 13.Kf4
17/53 0:32 +4.73 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka1 Bg1 4.Ka2 Bh2 5.Kb1 Bg1 6.Kc1 Bh2 7.Kd1 Bg1 8.Ke1 Bh2 9.Kf1 Kxh5 10.f7 Kg6 11.f8Q Kg5 12.Qg8+ Kh4 13.Qxh7+
18/55 1:35 +10.37 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka2 Bg1 4.Ka1 Bf2 5.Kb1 Bg1 6.Kc1 Kxh5 7.f7 Bf2 8.Kd1 Kg5 9.f8Q Kg6 10.Qe8+ Kf6 11.Qc6+ Kf7 12.Qxb5 h6 13.Qd7+ Kf8 14.Qd8+
19/57 1:55 +10.37 1.Ng3 fxg3 2.a3 Bf2 3.Ka2 Bg1 4.Ka1 Bf2 5.Kb1 Bg1 6.Kc1 Kxh5 7.f7 Bf2 8.Kd1 Kg5 9.f8Q Kg6 10.Qe8+ Kf6 11.Qc6+ Kf7 12.Qxb5 h6 13.Qd7+ Kf8 14.Qd8+
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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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kgburcham wrote:[d] 8/7p/5P1k/1p5P/5p2/2p1p3/P1P1P1P1/1K3Nb1 w - -

Zappa Modified
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Which "modifications", please?

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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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Glarean wrote:
kgburcham wrote:[d] 8/7p/5P1k/1p5P/5p2/2p1p3/P1P1P1P1/1K3Nb1 w - -

Zappa Modified
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Which "modifications", please?

Regards: Walter

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I have never asked him this, because I get the feeling he will never tell. :lol:
"Good decisions come from experience, and experience comes from bad decisions."
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Edmund
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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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AdminX wrote:
Glarean wrote:
kgburcham wrote:[...]
Zappa Modified
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Which "modifications", please?

Regards: Walter

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I have never asked him this, because I get the feeling he will never tell. :lol:
With Nullmove disabled this position is not so hard to solve.
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Spock

Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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Quad Shredder 11 on default settings does not find it after two and a half hours:

18/35 0:01 +0.94 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Kb3 Kxf7 7.Nd4 Bf6 8.Nxb5 f3 9.gxf3 h5 10.a4 h4 11.Nd6+ Ke6 12.Ne4 (3.889.633) 3463 SB:208
19/35 0:02 +0.89 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Nd4 Kxf7 7.Nxb5 Ke6 8.Kb3 Kd5 9.Kxc3 Kc5 10.a4 Bf6+ 11.Kb3 Bd8 12.c3 Ba5 13.Nd4 (8.539.671) 4147 SB:293
20/40 0:08 +0.84 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Nd4 Kxf7 7.Nxb5 Ke6 8.Kb3 Kd5 9.Kxc3 Kc5 10.a4 Bd8 11.Na3 Ba5+ 12.Kb3 Kd4 13.Nc4 Bc3 (49.153.291) 5636 SB:460
21/44 1:37 +0.92 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Nd4 Kxf7 7.Nxb5 Ke6 8.Kb3 Kd5 9.Kxc3 Kc5 10.a4 Bd8 11.Kb3 Kd5 12.c3 Bb6 13.Kb4 (625.285.265) 6397 SB:1.258
22/45 1:40 +1.01 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Nd4 Kxf7 7.Nxb5 Ke6 8.Kb3 Kd5 9.Kxc3 Kc5 10.a4 Bd8 11.Kd3 Kb4 12.Ke4 Bg5 13.c3+ Kxa4 14.Nd4 (635.969.247) 6350 SB:3.053
23/49 1:56 +0.77 1.a3 Bf2 (720.646.264) 6178 SB:15.051
24/52 56:11 +0.73 1.a3 Bf2 2.Nh2 Bh4 3.Ka2 Kxh5 4.f7 Be7 5.Nf3 Kg6 6.Nd4 Kxf7 7.Kb3 h5 8.Kxc3 Bxa3 9.Nxb5 Bf8 10.Kd4 Kg6 11.Ke5 Kg5 12.c4 Kg4 13.Nd4 Bg7+ 14.Kd5 (21.733.572.141) 6447 SB:35.406
best move: a2-a3 time: 149:22.117 min n/s: 6.474.677 CPU 399.3% n/s(1CPU): 1.621.506 nodes: 58.026.620.922 SB: 38.694
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Edmund
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Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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Edmund wrote:With Nullmove disabled this position is not so hard to solve.
SOS does petty good on solving this position.

Anyway, what do your engines think about
1. f7 Kg7 2. a3 Kxf7 3. Ka2 .. ?

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Spock

Re: The brilliant chess move (36)

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8/5k1p/8/1p5P/5p2/P1p1p3/K1P1P1P1/5Nb1 b - - 1 3

Quad Glaurung 2.2 x64 has this to say (remember Galurung does not use tablebases):

21.01 0:01 +1.62 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Ke6 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Kxb5 Bxa3 6.c4 Kd6 7.Nh2 Bb2 8.Nf3 Bf6 9.c5+ Kc7 10.Kc4 Kc6 11.h6 Kd7 12.Kd5 Kc7 (8.634.529) 4652
21.04 0:02 +1.56 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kd5 4.Kb4 Kc6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Kxc4 Bf2 7.Nh2 Bh4 8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 Kb6 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Kd5 Bb4 12.Nc4+ Kc7 (9.818.498) 4805
22.01 0:02 +1.52 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kd5 4.Kb4 Kc6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Kxc4 Bf2 7.Nh2 Bh4 8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 Kb6 10.Kd5 Ka5 11.Ke4 Kxa4 12.Kxf4 Bc5 (11.016.570) 4973
23.01 0:02 +1.68 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kd5 4.Kb4 Kc6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Kxc4 Bf2 7.Nh2 Bh4 8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 Kb6 10.Kd5 Ka5 11.Ke4 Kxa4 12.Kxf4 Bc5 13.Ne5 (15.446.655) 5352
24.01 0:04 +1.80 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kd5 4.Kb4 Kc6 5.c4 bxc4 6.Kxc4 Bf2 7.Nh2 Bh4 8.a4 Be7 9.Nf3 Bd8 10.Ne5+ Kb6 11.Kd5 Bg5 12.Nc4+ Ka6 13.Kd4 Bh4 14.Ne5 Kb6 (25.626.605) 5825
25.01 0:07 +2.07 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Bf4 9.c3 Kc6 10.Nf5 Bc1 11.Nd4+ Kb6 12.e4 Bxa3 13.e5 Be7 14.Nf5 Bc5 (50.169.861) 6331
25.02 0:09 +1.86 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Ke6 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Kxb5 Bxa3 6.c4 Be7 7.Nh2 Kd7 8.Nf3 Kc7 9.c5 Bf6 10.Ne1 Be7 11.Nd3 Bg5 12.Kc4 Kc6 13.Kd4 Be7 14.Ne5+ Kc7 (60.174.478) 6505
26.01 0:14 +2.03 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Ke6 4.Kb4 Be7+ 5.Kxb5 Bxa3 6.c4 Be7 7.Nh2 Kd6 8.c5+ Kd5 9.c6 Bd8 10.Nf3 Kd6 11.h6 Kc7 12.Nd4 Kd6 13.Nf5+ Kc7 14.Ng7 Kc8 (99.846.383) 6838
27.01 0:20 +2.19 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Ke6 8.Kc4 Kd7 9.g3 fxg3 10.Nxg3 Kc6 11.Nf5 Bc5 12.a5 Ba7 13.a6 Kb6 14.Nxe3 Kxa6 (147.885.161) 7074
27.03 0:24 +2.07 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Bf4 9.c3 Bh6 10.Nc2 Bc1 11.e3 Kd5 12.Nd4 Bxa3 13.Nxb5 Bc5 14.c4+ Ke5 (173.193.196) 7116
28.01 0:27 +2.03 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Bf4 9.Ng4 Bg5 10.Ke4 Kc4 11.Ne3+ Kc3 12.Nf5 Kxc2 13.Nd4+ Kc3 14.Nxb5+ Kb3 (197.694.699) 7139
29.01 0:35 +2.25 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Be5 9.c4 Bb2 10.cxb5 Bxa3 11.Nc4 Bb4 12.b6 Kc6 13.e4 Bc5 14.e5 Bxb6 (253.623.471) 7193
30.01 0:57 +2.17 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Be5 9.Ng4 Bg7 10.c3 Kc6 11.e4 Bf8 12.Nf6 h6 13.Ng4 Kd7 14.e5 Ke6 (422.453.695) 7324
31.01 1:20 +2.41 1...Ke7 2.Kb3 Kd6 3.Kxc3 Kc5 4.Kd3 Kd5 5.g3 fxg3 6.Nxg3 Bh2 7.Nf5 Kc5 8.Nxe3 Be5 9.Ng4 Bg7 10.c3 Kd5 11.e4+ Kc6 12.c4 Bb2 13.cxb5+ Kxb5 14.a4+ Kxa4 (586.255.425) 7325
31.02 1:54 +2.31 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Kg5 8.Kc4 Kxh5 9.a5 Bd6 10.Kb5 Bb8 11.Kb6 Be5 12.Nh2 Bd4+ 13.Kc6 Ba7 14.Kb7 Bc5 (850.416.734) 7438
32.01 2:25 +2.11 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Bc5 8.Kc4 Ba7 9.a5 Kg5 10.a6 Kxh5 11.Kd5 Kg5 12.Kc6 f3 13.gxf3 Kf4 14.Kb7 Bc5 (1.076.042.178) 7395
33.01 3:17 +2.35 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Bc5 8.Kc4 Ba7 9.a5 Kg5 10.a6 Kxh5 11.Kd5 Kg5 12.Kc6 Kf5 13.Nh2 Ke6 14.Kb7 Bc5 (1.436.656.017) 7277
34.01 4:38 +2.41 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Bc5 8.Kc4 Ba7 9.a5 Kg5 10.a6 Kxh5 11.Kd5 Kg5 12.Kc6 Kf5 13.Nh2 Kg5 14.Kb7 Bc5 (2.020.882.350) 7256
35.01 7:29 +2.50 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 c3 7.Kxc3 Bc5 8.Kc4 Ba7 9.a5 Kg5 10.a6 Kxh5 11.Kd5 Kg5 12.Kc6 Kf5 13.Nh2 Kg5 14.Kb7 Bc5 (3.304.433.047) 7357
36.01 19:36 +1.41 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 Bc5+ 7.Kxc4 Ba7 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Ke4 Bb6 10.g3 fxg3 11.Nxg3 Kg4 12.Nf5 Kxh5 13.Nxe3 Kg5 14.Nc4 Ba7 (8.694.300.304) 7391
37.01 30:22 +1.21 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 Bc5+ 7.Kxc4 Ba7 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Ke4 Bb8 10.Kf3 Kxh5 11.g3 fxg3 12.Nxg3+ Kg5 13.Ne4+ Kf5 14.a5 Ke5 (13.421.340.106) 7365
38.01 44:35 +1.23 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 Bc5+ 7.Kxc4 Ba7 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Ke4 Bb8 10.Kf3 Kxh5 11.g3 fxg3 12.Nxg3+ Kg5 13.Ne4+ Kf5 14.a5 Ke5 (19.717.574.091) 7369
39.01 80:05 +1.05 1...Bf2 2.Kb3 Bh4 3.Kxc3 Be7 4.Kd4 Kf6 5.c4 bxc4 6.a4 Bc5+ 7.Kxc4 Ba7 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Ke4 Bb8 10.Kf3 Kxh5 11.g3 fxg3 12.Nxg3+ Kg5 13.Ne4+ Kf5 14.a5 Ke5 (35.298.340.103) 7344
best move: Bg1-f2 time: 82:30.988 min n/s: 7.347.127 nodes: 36.375.364.314
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