New Zugzwang Testsuite
Posted: 14 Oct 2004, 18:16
I have collected Zugzwang positions from various sources (CCC, Rebel, Internet, Books etc.) and put them together into a small testsuite of Zugzwang positions. There is no originality to this, but having those positions in one place may be interesting for some people, I hope.
It is obvious that running this test suite only makes sense without tablebases.
All comments welcome!
Robert
8/8/1p1r1k2/p1pPN1p1/P3KnP1/1P6/8/3R4 b - - bm Nxd5; id "ZPTS.01"; CCC post 27.4.2004 by Gerd Isenberg
4KBkr/7p/6PP/4P3/8/3P1p2/8/8 w - - bm g7; id "ZPTS.02"; CCC post 27.4.2004 by Gerd Isenberg
8/6B1/p5p1/Pp4kp/1P5r/5P1Q/4q1PK/8 w - - bm Qxh4; id "ZPTS.03"; CCC post 10.9.2004 by Alvaro Begue
8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/1pprp2P/qnkbK3 w - - bm h3; id "ZPTS.04"; CCC post by Joachim Rang, mate in 15
6Q1/8/8/7k/8/8/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - - bm Qg7; id "ZPTS.05"; CCC post by Joachim Rang, mate in 4
n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Bc7; id "ZPTS.06"; CCC post
3nQ1k1/p2P2p1/1p6/8/5q1P/8/PP6/1K6 b - - bm Kh7; id "ZPTS.07"; CCC post
8/8/8/1B6/6p1/8/4KPpp/3N2kr w - - bm Kd3 Ke3; id "ZPTS.08"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "MES.831"
8/3p1p2/5Ppp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - bm Nc3; id "ZPTS.09"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321751"
8/1B6/8/5p2/8/8/5Qrq/1K1R2bk w - - bm Qa7; id "ZPTS.10"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321759"
5R2/2K5/1pP5/4k2p/3pp3/2p4N/B4N1b/n1R1B2b w - - bm Rxc4; id "ZPTS.11"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321966"
4B3/8/p7/k2N4/7p/K6p/PP5P/2q5 w - - bm Ba4; id "ZPTS.12"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.347609"
3k4/8/4K3/2R5/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Rc6; id "ZPTS.13"; CCC post
1k6/7R/2K5/8/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Rh8; id "ZPTS.14"; CCC post
8/3k4/8/8/3PK3/8/8/8 w - - bm Kd5; id "ZPTS.15"; CCC post
2k5/8/1K1P4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Kc6; id "ZPTS.16"; white wins
1b6/8/8/7p/6k1/6P1/8/6K1 w - - bm Kg2; id "ZPTS.17"; CCC post by Dr. Robert Hyatt, draw
k2N2K1/8/8/8/5R2/3n4/3p4/8 w - - bm Rf7; id "ZPTS.18"; CCC post by Ed Schroeder, Troitzky
2n5/8/Pp5n/5N2/8/5k2/3P4/7K w - - bm d4; id "ZPTS.19"; CCC post by Ed Schroeder, Troitzky
8/5b2/p2k4/1p1p1p1p/1P1K1P1P/2P1PB2/8/8 w - - bm Be2; id "ZPTS.20"; CCC post by Sune Fischer, white wins
8/8/p3R3/1p5p/1P5p/6rp/5K1p/7k w - - bm Re1; id "ZPTS.21"; CCC post by Eduard Nemeth, mate in 7
8/p7/1p6/p7/kq1Q4/8/K7/8 w - - bm Qd3; id "ZPTS.22"; post in Avler chess forum
8/8/8/4N3/8/7p/8/5K1k w - - bm Ng4; id "ZPTS.23"; white mates
1r4RK/2n5/7k/8/8/8/8/8 b - - bm Ne8; id "ZPTS.24"; Polgar - Kasparov, 1996: black wins after 91. Rf8, Kg6 92. Rg8+, Kf7
8/8/1p1K4/Pp6/2k1p3/8/1P6/8 w - - bm a6; id "ZPTS.25"; Kubbel 1927, 1 ... e3 2 a7 e2 3 a8/Q e1/Q 4 Qd5+ Kb4 5 Qd3!, white wins
6k1/3p4/P2P4/8/5Kp1/1p4Q1/p5p1/b7 w - - bm Qxg2; id "ZPTS.26"; Kasparyan 1959, 1 ... Be5+ 2 Kf5! a1/Q 3 a7! Qxa7 4 Kg6! Qa1! 5 Qd5! Kh8 6 Qe4!!, white wins
8/5p2/4b1p1/7R/5K1P/2r3B1/7N/4b1k1 w - - bm Nf3; id "ZPTS.27"; Noam Elkies 1984, 1 Nf3+! Rxf3+! 2 Kxf3 Bg4+! 3 Kf4!! Bxg3+ 4 Kxg4 gxh5+ 5 Kh3!! Kf1 6 Kxg3 Ke2 7 Kf4 f6 8 Kf5 Kf3 9 Kxf6 Kg4 10 Ke5 Kh4 11 Kf4, draw
8/8/7p/2R5/4pp1K/8/8/3k2b1 w - - bm Rc4; id "ZPTS.28"; Kricheli 1986, 1 Rc4! e3 2 Rd4+! Kc2 3 Rxf4 e2 4 Re4 Kd2 5 Rxe2+ Kxe2 6 Kg4!, draw
8/1p5k/1P1p4/3p4/3Pp2p/2K1P2p/7P/8 w - - bm Kb2; id "ZPTS.29"; 1 Kb2! Kg8 2 Ka1!!, draw
8/3p1N2/8/4B3/2K2p2/b3P3/pP2P3/k7 b - - bm d6; id "ZPTS.30"; Noam Elkies 1987, 1 ... d6! 2 Bc3!! Bxb2 3 Kb3! Bxc3 4 Kc2 fxe3 5 Nd6 Ba5! 6 Nf5 Bb6 7 Ne7 Bd4 8 Nd5 Bc5 9 Nf4 Bb4(d6,e7,f8) 10 Ne6 Bc5! 11 Nd8! Bd4 12 Nb7! Bb6 13 Kc1!, mate in 16
It is obvious that running this test suite only makes sense without tablebases.
All comments welcome!
Robert
8/8/1p1r1k2/p1pPN1p1/P3KnP1/1P6/8/3R4 b - - bm Nxd5; id "ZPTS.01"; CCC post 27.4.2004 by Gerd Isenberg
4KBkr/7p/6PP/4P3/8/3P1p2/8/8 w - - bm g7; id "ZPTS.02"; CCC post 27.4.2004 by Gerd Isenberg
8/6B1/p5p1/Pp4kp/1P5r/5P1Q/4q1PK/8 w - - bm Qxh4; id "ZPTS.03"; CCC post 10.9.2004 by Alvaro Begue
8/8/8/2p5/1pp5/brpp4/1pprp2P/qnkbK3 w - - bm h3; id "ZPTS.04"; CCC post by Joachim Rang, mate in 15
6Q1/8/8/7k/8/8/3p1pp1/3Kbrrb w - - bm Qg7; id "ZPTS.05"; CCC post by Joachim Rang, mate in 4
n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Bc7; id "ZPTS.06"; CCC post
3nQ1k1/p2P2p1/1p6/8/5q1P/8/PP6/1K6 b - - bm Kh7; id "ZPTS.07"; CCC post
8/8/8/1B6/6p1/8/4KPpp/3N2kr w - - bm Kd3 Ke3; id "ZPTS.08"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "MES.831"
8/3p1p2/5Ppp/K2R2bk/4pPrr/6Pp/4B2P/3N4 w - - bm Nc3; id "ZPTS.09"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321751"
8/1B6/8/5p2/8/8/5Qrq/1K1R2bk w - - bm Qa7; id "ZPTS.10"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321759"
5R2/2K5/1pP5/4k2p/3pp3/2p4N/B4N1b/n1R1B2b w - - bm Rxc4; id "ZPTS.11"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.321966"
4B3/8/p7/k2N4/7p/K6p/PP5P/2q5 w - - bm Ba4; id "ZPTS.12"; CCC post by Tim Foden, id "CCC.347609"
3k4/8/4K3/2R5/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Rc6; id "ZPTS.13"; CCC post
1k6/7R/2K5/8/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Rh8; id "ZPTS.14"; CCC post
8/3k4/8/8/3PK3/8/8/8 w - - bm Kd5; id "ZPTS.15"; CCC post
2k5/8/1K1P4/8/8/8/8/8 w - - bm Kc6; id "ZPTS.16"; white wins
1b6/8/8/7p/6k1/6P1/8/6K1 w - - bm Kg2; id "ZPTS.17"; CCC post by Dr. Robert Hyatt, draw
k2N2K1/8/8/8/5R2/3n4/3p4/8 w - - bm Rf7; id "ZPTS.18"; CCC post by Ed Schroeder, Troitzky
2n5/8/Pp5n/5N2/8/5k2/3P4/7K w - - bm d4; id "ZPTS.19"; CCC post by Ed Schroeder, Troitzky
8/5b2/p2k4/1p1p1p1p/1P1K1P1P/2P1PB2/8/8 w - - bm Be2; id "ZPTS.20"; CCC post by Sune Fischer, white wins
8/8/p3R3/1p5p/1P5p/6rp/5K1p/7k w - - bm Re1; id "ZPTS.21"; CCC post by Eduard Nemeth, mate in 7
8/p7/1p6/p7/kq1Q4/8/K7/8 w - - bm Qd3; id "ZPTS.22"; post in Avler chess forum
8/8/8/4N3/8/7p/8/5K1k w - - bm Ng4; id "ZPTS.23"; white mates
1r4RK/2n5/7k/8/8/8/8/8 b - - bm Ne8; id "ZPTS.24"; Polgar - Kasparov, 1996: black wins after 91. Rf8, Kg6 92. Rg8+, Kf7
8/8/1p1K4/Pp6/2k1p3/8/1P6/8 w - - bm a6; id "ZPTS.25"; Kubbel 1927, 1 ... e3 2 a7 e2 3 a8/Q e1/Q 4 Qd5+ Kb4 5 Qd3!, white wins
6k1/3p4/P2P4/8/5Kp1/1p4Q1/p5p1/b7 w - - bm Qxg2; id "ZPTS.26"; Kasparyan 1959, 1 ... Be5+ 2 Kf5! a1/Q 3 a7! Qxa7 4 Kg6! Qa1! 5 Qd5! Kh8 6 Qe4!!, white wins
8/5p2/4b1p1/7R/5K1P/2r3B1/7N/4b1k1 w - - bm Nf3; id "ZPTS.27"; Noam Elkies 1984, 1 Nf3+! Rxf3+! 2 Kxf3 Bg4+! 3 Kf4!! Bxg3+ 4 Kxg4 gxh5+ 5 Kh3!! Kf1 6 Kxg3 Ke2 7 Kf4 f6 8 Kf5 Kf3 9 Kxf6 Kg4 10 Ke5 Kh4 11 Kf4, draw
8/8/7p/2R5/4pp1K/8/8/3k2b1 w - - bm Rc4; id "ZPTS.28"; Kricheli 1986, 1 Rc4! e3 2 Rd4+! Kc2 3 Rxf4 e2 4 Re4 Kd2 5 Rxe2+ Kxe2 6 Kg4!, draw
8/1p5k/1P1p4/3p4/3Pp2p/2K1P2p/7P/8 w - - bm Kb2; id "ZPTS.29"; 1 Kb2! Kg8 2 Ka1!!, draw
8/3p1N2/8/4B3/2K2p2/b3P3/pP2P3/k7 b - - bm d6; id "ZPTS.30"; Noam Elkies 1987, 1 ... d6! 2 Bc3!! Bxb2 3 Kb3! Bxc3 4 Kc2 fxe3 5 Nd6 Ba5! 6 Nf5 Bb6 7 Ne7 Bd4 8 Nd5 Bc5 9 Nf4 Bb4(d6,e7,f8) 10 Ne6 Bc5! 11 Nd8! Bd4 12 Nb7! Bb6 13 Kc1!, mate in 16