Theban and other standard variants

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JohnWoe
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Theban and other standard variants

Post by JohnWoe »

Which engines are capable to play these w/o crashing?
My tests: Mayhem 6.3 / SF14.1 / Glaurung 2.2

Theban
[fen]1p6/2p3kn/3p2pp/4pppp/5ppp/8/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPKN w[/fen]

Upside down
[fen]RNBQKBNR/PPPPPPPP/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/rnbqkbnr w - - 0 1[/fen]

Pawns pushed
[fen]rnbqkbnr/8/8/pppppppp/PPPPPPPP/8/8/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1[/fen]

Pawns passed
[fen]rnbqkbnr/8/8/PPPPPPPP/pppppppp/8/8/RNBQKBNR w - - 0 1[/fen]

Sample game Theban:
[pgn][Event "Local Event"]
[Site "Local Site"]
[Date "2021.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mayhem 6.3"]
[Black "Glaurung 2.2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "60+1"]
[Time "13:59:00"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:34.614"]
[BlackClock "0:00:42.944"]
[Variant "Normal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1p6/2p3kn/3p2pp/4pppp/5ppp/8/PPPPPPPP/PPPPPPKN w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 1... b7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 2...
fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 3... hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4.
fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4... hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. c4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5...
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. f2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6... f4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. b3
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 7... h5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 8. d4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8... exd4
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 9. fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 9... fxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. d2
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 10... h4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. b2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11... h3
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 12. c2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 12... h2+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. Kh1
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 13... Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 14. e3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14... Nf2+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. exf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 15... gxf2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Kxh2
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 16... f1=Q {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17... Qe1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. c3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18... Qh4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Kg1
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 19... g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20... Qg4
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21... Qd1# {[%emt 0:00:00]} 0-1

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