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Subject: Re: endgame test position

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 00:56:20 10/22/04

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On October 21, 2004 at 23:20:16, Jon Dart wrote:

>from a game Naum-Arasan:
>
>[D] 6q1/7k/3pQp1p/8/p5PP/P7/1P6/3K4 w - -
>
>Naum played Qxg8+, which is winning. Arasan finds this, but different versions
>take  quite varying amounts of time. After the exchange, White can get an
>outside passer with b3. Black can stop this passer, but if he does so his King
>will be out of position and White can attack the remaining pawns. Crafty
>(slightly old version) took 18 seconds and ply 12 to play Qxg8+.
>
>--Jon

PostModernist v1015 gets this fairly quickly, albeit without such a convincing
score as The Baron:

bm:Qxg8 successfully translated

8  . . . . . . q .
7  . . . . . . . k
6  . . . o Q o . o
5  . . . . . . . .
4  o . . . . . P P
3  P . . . . . . .
2  . P . . . . . .
1  . . . K . . . .

   a b c d e f g h


 1>  +0.82   00:00:00.00        42   1.Qd7
 1<  +1.85   00:00:00.00       102   1.Qd7
 1b  +1.83   00:00:00.00       129   1.Qe4 Qg6 2.Qxa4
 1=  +1.84   00:00:00.00       131   1.Qe4 Qg6 2.Qxa4
 2>  +1.84   00:00:00.00       141   1.Qe4 Qg6 2.Qxa4
 2<  +1.85   00:00:00.00       182   1.Qe4
 2=  +1.84   00:00:00.00       182   1.Qe4 Qg6 2.Qxa4
 3>  +1.84   00:00:00.00       192   1.Qe4 Qg6 2.Qxa4
 3b  +1.85   00:00:00.00       254   1.Qd7 Kg6 2.h5
 3<  +1.91   00:00:00.00       528   1.Qd7
 3=  +1.90   00:00:00.00       532   1.Qd7 Kg6 2.h5 Kg5 3.Qxa4
 4>  +1.90   00:00:00.00      1550   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3
 4<  +2.86   00:00:00.00      1623   1.Qxg8
 4=  +2.85   00:00:00.00      1627   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4
 5>  +2.85   00:00:00.00      1653   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4
 5<  +2.86   00:00:00.02      3830   1.Qxg8
 5=  +2.85   00:00:00.02      3830   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4
 6<  +2.85   00:00:00.04      9326   1.Qxg8
 6>  +2.70   00:00:00.05     12101   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6
 6=  +2.71   00:00:00.05     12880   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6
 7>  +2.71   00:00:00.05     13036   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.Kc2
 7<  +3.18   00:00:00.10     26017   1.Qxg8
 7=  +3.12   00:00:00.10     28262   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5
 8<  +3.12   00:00:00.22     61607   1.Qxg8
 8>  +1.57   00:00:01.29    393367   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.Kd2 Kd5
 8=  +1.59   00:00:01.38    420844   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.Kd2 Kd5
 9>  +1.59   00:00:01.39    421728   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.Kd2 Kd5
                                     5.Kd3
 9<  +2.31   00:00:01.89    549457   1.Qxg8
 9=  +2.26   00:00:01.94    564615   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6
10>  +2.26   00:00:01.94    567199   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6
10<  +2.38   00:00:03.18    864068   1.Qxg8
10=  +2.37   00:00:03.18    864072   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6 Kc6
11>  +2.37   00:00:03.19    868163   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6 Kc6 6.Kc2
11<  +2.69   00:00:05.71   1511961   1.Qxg8
11=  +2.63   00:00:06.13   1701922   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6 Kc6 6.a7 Kb7
12<  +2.63   00:00:12.16   3214003   1.Qxg8
12>  +2.20   00:00:24.88   8697760   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6 Kc6 6.a4 Kb6
12=  +2.23   00:00:27.64   9977617   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a6 Kc6 6.a4 Kb6
13<  +2.23   00:00:42.83  14126342   1.Qxg8
13>  +2.14   00:00:55.79  19322539   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a4 Kc6 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Kd3
13=  +2.17   00:00:55.79  19322541   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a4 Kc6 6.Kd2 Kd5 7.Kd3
14>  +2.17   00:00:55.93  19358738   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a4 Kc6 6.Ke2 Kd5 7.a6
14<  +2.23   00:01:33.50  28348035   1.Qxg8
14=  +2.20   00:01:45.49  32552276   1.Qxg8 Kxg8 2.b3 Kf7 3.bxa4 Ke6 4.a5 Kd5
                                     5.a4 Kc6 6.Ke2 Kd5 7.a6


Andrew




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