[Retros] Is this a cook or a new problem?

[CAILLAUDM at aol.com]

Hello,
 
When I saw the new stipulation by Olli, I thought something should be done  
with Queens.
And, surprise, it allows to crush the existing realizations with old  
stipulation...
Proof-game in 20,5 moves!!
1.Sa3 Sa6 2.Sb5 Sb4 3.Sf3 Sf6 4.Sd6+ exd6(Sg1) 5.Sg5 Sa6 6.Se4 Sb4 7.Sh3  
Sd3+ 8.exd3(Sg8) Se7 9.Dh5 Sg6 10.Da5 Se5 11.Dxe5(Sb8)+ De7 12.Da5 Dxe4(Sb1)+  
13.dxe4(Dd8) Sc6 14.La6 Se5 15.Lf1 Sxe4(e2) 16.Dxe5(Sb8)+ dxe5(Dd1) 17.Sg5 La3  
18.Sf3 Lf8 19.Sxe5(e7) Sf6 20.Sf3 Sg8 21.Sg1
(doing black to play with an odd  number of moves is easy using a black 
tempo-winning move like 18.Sxa3(Lf8)  )
Maybe some improvement is possible but I must leave for Torquay BCPS  
week-end.
 
Best,
 Michel
 
Dans un e-mail daté du 29/03/2007 12:42:53 Europe de l'Ouest,  
olli.heimo at luukku.com a écrit :

CAILLAUDM at aol.com kirjoitti 29.03.2007 kello 01:09:
Thank You  Michel, a splended game. I spent some restless
nights thinking how this can  be possible. I tried via
queenside like 4. - Nd3+, but it seems to last  28,5 moves.
I abandoned castling, because it seemed to make a lot  of
problems in future game. Surprising, how You did it. 
Forcing wK to  h3 seems to be a waste of time, but after-
wards we gain it back. And of  course this with opposite
colours can be extended to 27,5 moves and it  finally
guarantees, that the original problem by Peter Wong
has been  cooked.
I just composed a new problem, I dont know the solution.
How  long is a shortest game where both sides have made
odd number of moves  (final position is starting position,
Circe and double maximummer).  Michel's work suggests, that
at least 55,0 moves is possible, but how about  53.0 or
still less?

>  

> Hello,

>  

>  Here is my solution in 26,5 moves :

> 1.Sf3 Sc6 2.Sh4 Sd4 3.Sg6 Sf6  4.Sa3 Sf3+ 5.gxf3(Sg8) Sh6 6.Lh3 Sf5 7.0-0

> Se4 

> 8.Lxf5(Sg8)  Sg5 9.Ld3 Sf6 10.La6 Sh5 11.Ld3 Sh3+ 12.Kh1 Sg3+

>   13.fxg3(Sb8)  

> Sf2+ 14.Kg2 Sg4 15.La6 Se3+ 16.Kh3 Sxf1(Th1)  17.Ld3 Sxg3(g2) 18.La6

> Sxa6(Lf1)  

> 19.Se5 Sh5 20.Sg4 Sf4+  21.Kg3 Sh5+ 22.Kf2 Sf6 23.Se5 Se4+ 24.Ke1 Sg5

>  25.Sb1

>  

> Sxf3(f2)+ 26.Sxf3(Sg8) Sb8 27.Sg1

> (the sequence from 13th  white move to 22nd white move seems to be 

>  forced)

>   

> Best,

>  Michel 

>  

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