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Subject: Re: rules for KBPKP endgames

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 01:08:22 12/29/01

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On December 28, 2001 at 15:27:43, Rafael Andrist wrote:

>On December 28, 2001 at 09:10:27, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>Today Hossa played a blitz game with Tinker at ICC where a KBPKP endgame was on
>>the board:
>>
>>[D]8/8/p4b1P/3K4/8/8/8/1k6 b
>>
>>Hossa evaluates this as a win for black, because the black pawn has a black
>>promotion square and there is no white pawn on the b file in front of the black
>>pawn. Unfortunately this position is a draw. Can you define a rule for such a
>>position class ("search will do it" doesn't count;
>
>my prog needs 7 ply and a bit less than a second to see the draw. Can you please
>post the game + time?

I no longer have the time which was spent for each move but only the game score:

[Event "ICC 3 1"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2001.12.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Tinker"]
[Black "Hossa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, open variation"]
[ECO "C07"]
[NIC "FR.19"]
[Time "08:15:24"]
[TimeControl "180+1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O a6
8. Ne4 Qc7 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qc3 e5 11. Bd5 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bd2 Be6 14.
Be4 O-O-O 15. Qe3 h5 16. Bc3 Be7 17. a3 Rhg8 18. Bh7 Rh8 19. Bd3 Bf8 20.
Rfe1 Bh6 21. Qe4 Ne7 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Qc6 24. Bxh8 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxh8
26. Rb1 Nc6 27. Rbe1 Rd8 28. Be2 Bg7 29. b3 Rd2 30. c4 Nd4 31. Bd1 Bf8 32.
b4 f5 33. R4e3 Bh6 34. Rh3 Bxc4 35. Bxh5 Rb2 36. Bd1 Bg5 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38.
Rh7+ Kc6 39. h4 Bf4 40. Rh8 Bc7 41. Bh5 Be6 42. Rh6 Bd6 43. Rc1+ Kb6 44. Re1
Kc6 45. Rc1+ Kb6 46. Rg6 Bb8 47. Rd1 Be5 48. Rxd4 Bxd4 49. Rxe6+ Kb5 50.
Be8+ Kc4 51. Bf7 Kb5 52. Kh2 Ka4 53. f4 Kxa3 54. Bg6 Bf2 55. h5 Rxb4 56.
Bxf5 Rxf4 57. g4 Kb2 58. h6 Bd4 59. Re1 b5 60. Rb1+ Ka2 61. Rh1 b4 62. Kg3
Rxf5 63. gxf5 b3 64. f6 Bxf6 65. Kf4 b2 66. Ke4 b1=Q+ 67. Rxb1 Kxb1 68. Kd5
a5 69. Kc5 Bc3 70. h7 Ka2 71. Kc4 Kb2 72. Kb5 Bh8 73. Ka4 Ka1 74. Ka3 Bg7
75. Kb3 Be5 76. Ka4 Bh8 77. Ka3 Bc3 78. Kb3 Bb2 79. Ka4 Bh8 80. Ka3
{Game drawn by repetition}
1/2-1/2

Greetings,
Steffen.



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