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Subject: Re: Endgame test position

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 22:29:39 03/20/02

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On March 21, 2002 at 00:37:32, Steve wrote:

>[D]8/8/2b5/8/1k2p3/1p2K3/1B6/8 w - -
>
>I believe this position is a draw (although I can't be sure, because I don't
>have 5-man tablebases).  Hiarcs 7.32 evaluates this as a 1.46 pawn advantage for
>Black at depth 13/23.  Rebel Century 3 evaluates it as a 1.44 pawn advantage for
>Black at depth 15.00.  If I am correct that this is a draw, are other programs
>(without 5-man tablebases) able to see it?  Does additional ply depth on faster
>computers enable Hiarcs and Rebel Century to see it?
>
>Any feedback appreciated.
>
>                                            Thanks,
>                                            Steve

Shredder Paderborn - W,S
8/8/2b5/8/1k2p3/1p2K3/1B6/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Shredder Paderborn:

1.Kd2
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 1/2   00:00:00
1.Kd2 Kc4
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bb5
  -+  (-2.23)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Kb5 2.Ba1
  -+  (-2.18)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Bc1
  -+  (-2.46)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Bc1
  -+  (-2.46)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kd2 Bb7 2.Bh8
  -+  (-2.30)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kd2 Bb7 2.Bh8
  -+  (-2.30)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kf4 Bb7 2.Be5
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kf4 Bb7 2.Bf6
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
1.Kf4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Kc4
  -+  (-2.30)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bb7
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Bc1 Bc6
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Bb7 3.Kd2 Bd5 4.Ba1
  -+  (-2.36)   Depth: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 Bb5+ 2.Kd2 Bd7
  -+  (-2.35)   Depth: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Be5
  -+  (-2.32)   Depth: 5/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Kd2 Bd5 3.Ke2
  -+  (-2.36)   Depth: 6/12   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bd7 2.Kxe4
  -+  (-2.33)   Depth: 6/12   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Bc1 Bb7 3.Bb2 Bc6
  -+  (-2.08)   Depth: 6/12   00:00:00
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Bc1 Bb7 3.Bb2 Bc6 4.Bc1
  -+  (-2.35)   Depth: 7/14   00:00:00  6kN, tb=239
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Bb7 3.Kd2 Bd5 4.Ba1
  -+  (-2.36)   Depth: 7/14   00:00:00  7kN, tb=309
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Bd5 3.Kd2 Bb7 4.Ke3 Bd5 5.Kd2 Bb7 6.Ke3 Bd5
  -+  (-2.35)   Depth: 7/14   00:00:00  8kN, tb=347
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Bd5 3.Kd2 Bb7 4.Ke3 Bd5 5.Kd2 Bb7 6.Ke3 Bd5
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 7/14   00:00:00  9kN, tb=391
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Bd5 3.Kd2 Bb7 4.Ke3 Bd5 5.Kd2 Bb7 6.Ke3 Bd5
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 8/16   00:00:00  13kN, tb=514
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Kb5 3.Ke2 Ka6
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 9/18   00:00:01  24kN, tb=838
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Kc4 3.Bg7 Kd5 4.Bb2 Bc6 5.Kd2 Bb5
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 10/20   00:00:01  39kN, tb=1179
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Kc4
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 11/22   00:00:01  50kN, tb=1462
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8
  -+  (-2.27)   Depth: 12/24   00:00:01  79kN, tb=1909
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Be5 Bb7 6.Ke2
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 12/24   00:00:01  80kN, tb=1926
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Be5 Bb7 6.Ke2
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 12/24   00:00:02  82kN, tb=1941
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Be5 Bb7 6.Ke2
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 13/25   00:00:02  100kN, tb=2178
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Be5 Bb7 6.Ke2
  -+  (-2.26)   Depth: 14/26   00:00:02  117kN, tb=2394
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Ke3 Bd5 3.Kd2 Bg8
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 15/27   00:00:03  183kN, tb=3333
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Bd5 3.Kd2 Bg8 4.Ke3 Bh7
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 15/27   00:00:03  216kN, tb=3952
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Kc4 3.Ke2
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 15/27   00:00:03  252kN, tb=4127
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 e3
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 16/28   00:00:05  370kN, tb=6116
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 e3 4.Kxe3
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 16/28   00:00:05  374kN, tb=6261
1.Kd4 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Ke2 Kb5 6.Kd1 Kc4 7.Bc1
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 16/28   00:00:05  394kN, tb=6646
1.Kd4 Bd5 2.Ke3 Kc4 3.Ke2 Bb7
  -+  (-2.29)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:06  463kN, tb=7840
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Ke2 Bb7
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:06  485kN, tb=8659
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Ke3 Ba8 3.Ke2 Bd5 4.Kd2 Kc4 5.Ke2 Bb7
  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:06  509kN, tb=8828
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Kd1 Ba8 3.Ke1 Bd5 4.Kd1 Ba8 5.Ke1 Bd5 6.Kd1 Ba8 7.Ke1
  -+  (-2.27)   Depth: 18/30   00:00:10  731kN, tb=15892
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Kd1 Bd5 3.Kd2 Kc4 4.Ke2 Bc6 5.Ke3 Kb5 6.Ke2 e3
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 19/31   00:00:11  1003kN, tb=19268
1.Ke2 Bb7 2.Kd1 Bd5 3.Kd2 Kc4 4.Bg7 Kb5
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 20/32   00:00:13  1249kN, tb=25790
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Kc4 3.Bg7 Bg8 4.Ke3 Kb5
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 21/33   00:00:26  3923kN, tb=79718
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Kc4 3.Bg7 Bb7 4.Bb2 Ba8 5.Bg7 Kd5 6.Ke3 Kc6
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 22/34   00:00:31  5219kN, tb=108149
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Ke2 Bc6 4.Kd2 Bd5 5.Bc3+ Ka3 6.Kc1 Ka2 7.Bb4
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 23/35   00:00:36  7044kN, tb=150528
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Ke2 Bc6 4.Kd2 Bd5 5.Bc3+ Ka3 6.Kc1 Ka2 7.Bb4
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 24/36   00:00:45  10226kN, tb=242278
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Ke2 Bc6 4.Kd2 Bd5 5.Bc3+ Ka3 6.Kc1 Ka2 7.Bb4 Ba8 8.Kd1
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 25/37   00:00:54  14206kN, tb=322104
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Ke2 Bc6 4.Kd2 Bd5 5.Bc3+ Ka3 6.Kc1 Ka2 7.Bb4 Ba8 8.Kd1
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 26/38   00:01:05  20276kN, tb=457969
1.Ke2 Bd5 2.Kd2 Bb7 3.Ke2 Bc6 4.Ke3 Ba8 5.Ke2 Kc4 6.Kd2 Kb5 7.Kc3 Ka4 8.Bc1 Bb7
9.Bb2 Bc8 10.Bc1 Ba6 11.Kd4 Ka5
  -+  (-2.20)   Depth: 27/39   00:02:05  40149kN, tb=920509
1.Ke2 Kc4 2.Kd2 Ba8 3.Ba3 Bd5 4.Bc1 Be6 5.Bb2 Bg4 6.Ke3 Bf3 7.Kd2
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 28/40   00:03:05  53514kN, tb=1375878
1.Ke2 Kc4 2.Kd2 Ba8 3.Ba3 Bd5 4.Bc1 Be6 5.Bb2 Bg4 6.Ke3 Bf3 7.Kd2
  -+  (-2.25)   Depth: 29/41   00:03:59  63915kN, tb=1638597

(W,  21.03.2002)


Notice the score is the same from start to finish.  Notice there are no captures
in the mainline.  I am 99.99% it's a draw.



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