New unsolvable Nolot position

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Vinvin
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Re: New unsolvable Nolot position

Post by Vinvin »

Waiting for Kim Burcham record for this one :-)
tano-urayoan
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Re: New unsolvable Nolot position

Post by tano-urayoan »

It was analyzed here by Charles Sullivan and errors corrected by Kornrade on Sullivan's analysis

This position and eight others from Der brillante Schachzug were posted by Dann Corbit at the Rybka Forum
Kornrade
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Re: New unsolvable Nolot position

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Perhaps you may be interested in other such studies, rather difficult for computers:

FEN: 6Nk/pp2Np1p/2p2Pp1/2R2bP1/7K/P7/1q1n1Q2/5n2 w - - 0 1
White to move and win
Published in Glarean, december 2009
http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2009 ... n-magazin/

FEN: 7q/b1p5/1p1Npkb1/pPP2ppP/P1P5/3B2P1/5P1R/K3R3 w - - 0 1
White to move and win
Published in Euxinus Pontus, September 2010
Unfortunately, no link available, but the main line goes like this:
1. hxg6 Qxh2 2. Rxe6+ Kxe6 3. g7 Qh1+ 4. Kb2 Qa8 5. Bxf5+ Kf6 6. Nc8 Kxg7 7. c6 Kf6 8. Bd7 Ke5 9. f3 Kf6 (9... Kd4 10. f4) 10. Kc3 Kg6 11. Kd4 Kf6 12. f4 gxf4 13. gxf4 Qb8 14. f5 Qa8 15. Ke4 Qb8 16. Kf4 Qa8 17. Kg4 Qb8 18. Kh5 Qa8 19. Kh6 Qb8 20. Kh7 Kf7 21. Be6+ Kf6 22. Kg8 Qa8 23. Kf8 Qb8 24. Ke8 Qa8 25. Kd8 Qb8 26. Kd7 Qa8 (26... Kg7 27. Ke7) 27. Kxc7
Ignacio
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Re: New unsolvable Nolot position

Post by Ignacio »

Kornrade wrote:Perhaps you may be interested in other such studies, rather difficult for computers:

FEN: 6Nk/pp2Np1p/2p2Pp1/2R2bP1/7K/P7/1q1n1Q2/5n2 w - - 0 1
White to move and win
Published in Glarean, december 2009
http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/2009 ... n-magazin/
In the first study, the right is 14.Kh4 not 14.Nhxf5.
Best.
ernest
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Re: New unsolvable Nolot position

Post by ernest »

JuLieN wrote:new position submitted to them by Pierre Nolot
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This position was created by Mihai Neghana and Peter Martan.
So this position is not to be called a "Nolot position"