Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 09:24:44 10/12/00
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On October 12, 2000 at 12:03:35, Howard Exner wrote: >Here is a position with that c/f pawn draw theme lurking in the background. >White must avoid greedy pawn grabbing moves like Qa8 or similar. Some best moves >are Qh1 (the obvious one), Qh7, and Kg6. There are more, but anything that >basically stops the advanced c pawn will work. > >How do TableBase and non TB programs compare on this one? > >[D]7Q/6K1/p1p5/8/1Pk5/2p5/8/8 w - - Like this: (4) 6-> 0.56 6.89 1. Qc8 Kb5 2. Qb7+ Ka4 3. Qxa6+ Kb3 4. Qb7 Kc4 7 0.59 ++ 1. Qc8!! (3) 7 1.14 7.65 1. Qc8 Kb5 2. Kf8 a5 3. bxa5 c5 4. a6 7-> 1.44 7.65 1. Qc8 Kb5 2. Kf8 a5 3. bxa5 c5 4. a6 8 1.53 ++ 1. Qc8!! 8 2.48 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> 8-> 3.06 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> 9 3.25 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> (4) 9-> 4.50 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> (3) 10 4.98 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> (4) 10-> 7.72 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> (3) 11 9.21 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> (4) 11-> 13.53 Mat16 1. Qc8 Kb3 2. Qxa6 c2 3. Qxc6 <HT> :) Bob
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