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Subject: End Game Positions

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 18:12:46 10/19/97


From the 10/97 Issue of Chess Life (the one with the strange look by GM
Joel Benjamin (US Champion)      in the funky shirt ..:)

7B/3N4/8/4K3/3p4/5k2/8/b7 w - - - - ;bm Kf5

white lets the black pawn queens and runs to cover on the h7 - g8 screen
...good test for programs with 5 man EGTB --which I don't have

8/1p6/8/8/8/p1P3K1/5B2/5k2 w - - - -;bm c4

1.c4 Ke2 are the easy moves for programs to find ...the secret is after
those two moves is to find 2.Bc5

here  a beta crafty does in 63 seconds

 13->   7.79  -3.290   Bd4 Kd3 Be5 Kxc4 Kf4 a2 Ba1 b5 Ke3   b4 Kd2 b3
Kc1 Kb4 Kb2               14    13.38  -6.905   Bd4 Kd3 Be5 Kxc4 Kf4 b5
Ba1 b4 Ke3  b3 Kd2 Kb4 Bc3+ Ka4 Ke3 a2 Be5
14     1:03  -3.490   Bc5 a2 Bd4 Kd3 Ba1 Kxc4 Kf4 b5 Ke3  b4 Kd2 b3 Kc1
Kb4 <HT>
14->   1:03  -3.490   Bc5 a2 Bd4 Kd3 Ba1 Kxc4 Kf4 b5 Ke3



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