BWTC.0031 is position #31 from Reinfeld's 1,001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate and it appeared over the board in a game played (and won) by Alexander Alekhine (in the early 1930s, I believe). It's a mate-in-10 and it has appeared multiple times in the early computer chess literature.
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Here's what happens when BWTC.0031 meets Symbolic and a first generation Raspberry Pi:
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[] sf 2qrr1n1/3b1kp1/2pBpn1p/1p2PP2/p2P4/1BP5/P3Q1PP/4RRK1 w - - 0 1
::bQbRbR::bN::
:: ::bB::bKbP
::bPwBbPbN bP
::bP:: wPwP::
bP:: wP :: ::
::wBwP :: ::
wP:: ::wQ::wPwP
:: :: wRwRwK
[w - - 0 1] Available move count: forty-four
[] sbo tras trfv trpv trsi
[] s 10000
SI: Iteration 0: begin
PV: [-1.290/1/0.084/126] 1. exf6 axb3 2. fxg7 Kxg7 3. axb3 exf5
SI: Iteration 0: end
SI: Iteration 1: begin
PV: [-1.290/2/0.118/698] 1. exf6 axb3 2. fxg7 Kxg7 3. axb3 exf5
SI: Iteration 1: end
SI: Iteration 2: begin
PV: [-0.015/3/0.174/4,573] 1. exf6 Nxf6 2. fxe6+ Bxe6
SI: Iteration 2: end
SI: Iteration 3: begin
PV: [+0.118/4/0.322/14,301] 1. exf6 Nxf6 2. fxe6+ Bxe6 3. Qh5+ g6 4. Bxe6+ Rxe6
SI: Iteration 3: end
SI: Iteration 4: begin
PV: [-0.029/5/0.671/67,149] 1. exf6 Nxf6 2. fxe6+ Bxe6 3. Bxe6+ Rxe6 4. Be5
SI: Iteration 4: end
SI: Iteration 5: begin
PV: [-0.041/6/2.368/337,603] 1. exf6 Nxf6 2. Bxe6+ Bxe6 3. fxe6+ Rxe6 4. Be5 Rde8 5. Rb1
PV: [Even/6/7.880/1,275,933] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf3+ Kg5 6. Rf5+
SI: Iteration 5: end
SI: Iteration 6: begin
PV: [Even/7/13.284/2,288,436] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf3+ Kg5 6. Rf5+
SI: Iteration 6: end
SI: Iteration 7: begin
PV: [MateIn10/8/2:34.621/27,315,920] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf6+ Kg5 6. Rg6+ Kh4 7. Re4+ Nf4 8. Rxf4+ Kh5 9. Rg3 Bxe6 10. Bg6#
SI: Iteration 7: end
SI: Iteration 8: begin
PV: [MateIn10/9/16:18.789/174,506,822] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf6+ Kg5 6. Rg6+ Kh4 7. Re4+ Nf4 8. Rxf4+ Kh5 9. Rg3 Bxe6 10. Bg6#
SI: Iteration 8: end
FV: [MateIn10/9/16:18.789/174,506,822] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf6+ Kg5 6. Rg6+ Kh4 7. Re4+ Nf4 8. Rxf4+ Kh5 9. Rg3 Bxe6 10. Bg6#
AS: Count: 369,658,427 Pt: 34:50.746 Wt: 34:44.575 U: 1.00296 177.33 KHz 5.63919 us
[MateIn10/9/16:18.789/174,506,822] 1. Qh5+ Nxh5 2. fxe6+ Kg6 3. Bc2+ Kg5 4. Rf5+ Kg6 5. Rf6+ Kg5 6. Rg6+ Kh4 7. Re4+ Nf4 8. Rxf4+ Kh5 9. Rg3 Bxe6 10. Bg6#
[] exit