Computer-Generated Chess Problem 02954

Here is a 'KNPP vs krnn' study-like chess puzzle or problem (whichever you wish to call it) composed by the prototype computer program, Chesthetica, using the relatively new computational creativity approach called the 'DSNS'. There is also no proven limit to the quantity or type of legal compositions that can be automatically generated. The position below contains 8 pieces which means it simply could not have been derived even from an existing endgame tablebase which is presently limited to 7 pieces.

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8/5n2/P1Pr4/5n2/3N4/3k4/1K6/8 w - - 0 1
White to Play and Draw
Chesthetica v11.75 (Selangor, Malaysia)
Generated on 17 Jun 2020 at 1:42:09 PM

White actually has less material than Black yet manages to play for a draw. The white army is down by about 6 (Shannon) pawn units in value. If this one is too easy or too difficult for you, try out some of the others. Feel free to copy the position into a chess engine and discover even more variations of the solution. If you're bored of standard chess, though, why not try this?

Solution

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