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François Labelle
Phénix 2014
P1381525
(10+11) C+
BP in 10,0
1. e3 d6 2. La6 Lh3 3. Lxb7 Lxg2 4. Lxa8 Lxh1 5. Le4 Lxe4 6. c3 Lxb1 7. Db3 Lxa2 8. Dxa2 f6 9. Dxg8 h6 10. Dxf8 Kxf8
play all play one stop play next play all
AB: I too made this one yesterday but alas on checking in WinChloe found that Francois’ software had got there first! This shows the utility of WinChloe and the power of Francois’ approach. And at least I can be grateful I didn’t try to publish!

This proof game is too long to be found by François’ general mining program, but he can adapt his program specifically to find ornamental problems such as this where the final positions are highly constrained and he can count whether any move is taking him nearer or further away from the right kind of position. The definitively unproductive lines can easily be pruned. Homebases and symmetric positions are also amenable to this kind of attack

See P1381496.
Henrik Juel: Solution
1.Be2-e3 Bd7-d6 2.Lf1-a6 Lc8-h3 3.La6xb7 Lh3xg2
4.Lb7xa8 Lg2xh1 5.La8-e4 Lh1xe4 6.Bc2-c3 Le4xb1
7.Dd1-b3 Lb1xa2 8.Db3xa2 Bf7-f6 9.Da2xg8 Bh7-h6
10.Dg8xf8 Ke8xf8
was found by Natch 3.1, which was stopped before completion
The C+ was probably found by construction, not by testing
The light-colored bishops do most of the work, with the white queen sweeping up at the end (2020-11-04)
A.Buchanan: Thanks Henrik - Natch 3.2 did complete in about 90 minutes. Oh the sadness of anticipation... (2020-11-05)
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Keywords: Unique Proof Game, Ornament
Genre: Retro
Computer test: C+ Natch 3.2 in 1hr 32 mins
FEN: 1n1q1k1r/p1p1p1p1/3p1p1p/8/8/2P1P3/1P1P1P1P/R1B1K1N1
Input: A.Buchanan, 2020-11-04
Last update: A.Buchanan, 2020-11-05 more...
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