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Subject: Re: Endgame position

Author: Roy Brunjes

Date: 06:54:25 03/22/05

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On March 21, 2005 at 15:31:58, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>[D]6k1/p5p1/K6P/8/4p3/4p1p1/4P1P1/8 w - - 0 1
>
>1. h7+!
>(1. hxg7? Kf7! 2. Kxa7 Kxg7= {Black gains the opposition and will deny
>White access to the key squares e4, e5, and e6.})
>1... Kxh7
>(1... Kh8 2. Kxa7 Kxh7 3. Kb7 {White controls the opposition and wins as in the
>main line.})
>2.Kxa7 Kg6 (2... g6 3. Kb6 Kh6 4. Kc6+-)
>3. Ka6! {White takes the opposition.} Kg5
>4. Ka5 Kg6
>(4... Kg4 5. Kb6 Kf4 6. Kc6 Kg4 7. Kd6 Kf5 8. Kd5 {Transposes in main line.})
>5. Kb4 {White uses the opposition to gain access to the key squares e4 or e6.}
>Kh5 6.
>Kb5 Kh4 7. Kc6 Kg5 8. Kc5 Kg6 9. Kd4 Kf5 10. Kd5 {The last zugzwang, White
>wins only because it's Black's move. With best play, White wins in the
>subsequent positions no matter who is on move. On his next move Black must
>either give up e4 or e6, or occupy a coordinate square needed by his king with
>the extra g-pawn. For example:} g6 11. Kc5
>{Kc6 immediately, allows Black to postpone the inevitable one move.} Kg5 12. Kc6
>Kg4 13. Kd6 Kf5 14. Kd5 g5 15. Kc5 Ke5 16. Kc4 Ke6 17. Kd4 Kf5 18. Kd5 g4 19.
>Kc4 Kg5 20. Kc5 Kg6 21. Kd4 Kf5 22. Kd5 Kf4 23. Ke6+-
>
>Here is the remarkable output of Yace:
>
>6k1/p5p1/K6P/8/4p3/4p1p1/4P1P1/8 w - -
>
>Engine: Yace Paderborn (256 MB)
>by Dieter Buerssner
>
>24/29  0:01   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (800.058) 578
>
>25/29  0:01   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (872.203) 572
>
>25/32  0:01   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.044.731) 532
>
>26/32  0:02   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.175.895) 529
>
>26/33  0:02   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.388.463) 537
>
>27/33  0:02   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.554.650) 532
>
>27/34  0:03   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.801.317) 552
>
>28/34  0:03   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.108.856) 560
>
>28/37  0:04   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.382.568) 560
>
>29/37  0:04   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.678.114) 577
>
>29/37  0:05   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.901.143) 569
>
>30/37  0:06   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (3.716.771) 593
>
>30/37  0:07   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (3.943.326) 537
>
>31/37  0:08   0.00     1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6
>                       4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4 Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5
>                       8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (4.692.760) 572
>
>31/37  0:08   +0.01++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 g6 10.Kf6 g5 11.Ke6 g4
>                       12.Kd6 Kf5 13.Kd5 Kf4 14.Ke6 (4.797.364) 572
>
>31.02  0:08   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 g6 10.Kf6 g5 11.Ke6 g4
>                       12.Kd6 Kf5 13.Kd5 Kg6 14.Ke6 (4.831.854) 574
>
>31/37  0:08   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 g6 10.Kf6 g5 11.Ke6 g4
>                       12.Kd6 Kf5 13.Kd5 Kg6 14.Ke6 (4.968.387) 580
>
>32/37  0:09   0.00     1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kf4 10.Kd4 g5 11.Kc4 Kf5
>                       12.Kd5 g4 13.Kd4 Kg5 14.Kxe4 (5.436.192) 589
>
>32/40  0:11   0.00     1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kf4 10.Kd4 g5 11.Kc4 Kf5
>                       12.Kd5 g4 13.Kd4 Kg5 14.Kxe4 (7.180.253) 621
>
>33/40  0:12   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kf4 10.Kd6 Kf5 11.Kd5 Kf4
>                       12.Ke6 Kg4 13.Ke5 g5 14.Kxe4 (7.684.451) 628
>
>33/40  0:16   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kf4 10.Kd6 Kf5 11.Kd5 Kf4
>                       12.Ke6 Kg4 13.Ke5 g5 14.Kxe4 (10.836.561) 652
>
>34/40  0:17   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 Kg5 10.Ke5 Kg4
>                       11.Kxe4 Kg5 12.Kxe3 Kg4 13.Kd3 Kf5
>                       14.Kd4 (11.263.642) 648
>
>34/45  0:44   +0.01    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 Kg5 10.Ke5 Kg4
>                       11.Kxe4 Kg5 12.Kxe3 Kg4 13.Kd3 Kf5
>                       14.Kd4 (34.273.150) 762
>
>35/45  0:45   +0.41++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 Kg5 10.Ke5 Kg6
>                       11.Kxe4 Kf6 12.Kxe3 Ke6 13.Kd4 Kf6
>                       14.e3 (34.762.575) 766
>
>35/45  0:45   +1.41++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5 Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 Kg4 10.Ke5 Kg5
>                       11.Kxe4 Kf6 12.Kxe3 Kg6 13.Kd4 Kh5
>                       14.Ke4 (34.983.113) 767
>
>35/45  0:46   +6.41++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Kf6 5.Kc4 Ke6 6.Kd4 Kd6 7.Kxe4 Kc7
>                       8.Kxe3 Kb8 9.Kd4 Ka7 10.e4 Kb6
>                       11.Ke5 Kc5 12.Ke6 Kc4 13.e5 Kd3
>                       14.Kf5 (35.772.845) 769
>
>35/45  0:52   +6.43    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kf4 6.Kd4 Kf5 7.Kd5 Kf4
>                       8.Ke6 Kg5 9.Ke5 Kg6 10.Kxe4 Kh7
>                       11.Kxe3 Kh6 12.Kf3 Kg6 13.Kxg3 Kf5
>                       14.Kf3 (41.275.684) 785
>
>35/45  0:57   +6.43    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kf4 6.Kd4 Kf5 7.Kd5 Kf4
>                       8.Ke6 Kg5 9.Ke5 Kg6 10.Kxe4 Kh7
>                       11.Kxe3 Kh6 12.Kf3 Kg6 13.Kxg3 Kf5
>                       14.Kf3 (45.911.752) 792
>
>36/45  0:58   +6.03--  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kb7 Kh6 3.Kc6 Kg5 4.Kd5 Kg4
>                       5.Kxe4 a5 6.Kxe3 a4 7.Kd3 a3 8.e4 a2
>                       9.e5 a1Q 10.e6 (46.072.211) 793
>
>36/45  0:58   +5.03--  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kb7 Kh6 3.Kc6 Kg5 4.Kd5 Kg4
>                       5.Kxe4 a5 6.Kxe3 a4 7.Kd3 a3 8.e4 a2
>                       9.e5 a1Q 10.e6 (46.303.489) 795
>
>36/45  1:01   +5.03    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kf7 6.Kc4 Kf8 7.Kd4 Ke8
>                       8.Kxe4 Ke7 9.Kxe3 Kf7 10.Kf3 Kf6
>                       11.Kxg3 Ke5 12.Kf3 Kf5 13.g3 Kg5
>                       14.e4 (49.241.115) 803
>
>36/45  1:10   +5.03    1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kf7 6.Kc4 Kf8 7.Kd4 Ke8
>                       8.Kxe4 Ke7 9.Kxe3 Kf7 10.Kf3 Kf6
>                       11.Kxg3 Ke5 12.Kf3 Kf5 13.g3 Kg5
>                       14.e4 (59.300.020) 840
>
>37/45  1:10   +5.43++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kd6 6.Kd4 Kc6 7.Kxe4 Kb5
>                       8.Kxe3 Ka4 9.Kd3 Ka3 10.e4 Kb2
>                       11.Ke3 Kc1 12.Kd4 Kb2 13.e5 Ka2
>                       14.Kc5 (59.659.713) 841
>
>37/45  1:12   +6.43++  1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kd6 6.Kd4 Kc6 7.Kxe4 Kb5
>                       8.Kxe3 Ka4 9.Kd3 Ka3 10.e4 Kb2
>                       11.Ke3 Kc1 12.Kd4 Kb2 13.e5 Ka2
>                       14.Kc5 (61.914.684) 851
>
>37/46  2:25   +11.43++ 1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Ke5 5.Kc4 Kd6 6.Kd4 Kc6 7.Kxe4 Kb5
>                       8.Kxe3 Ka4 9.Kd3 Ka3 10.e4 Kb2
>                       11.Ke3 Kc1 12.Kd4 g5 13.e5 Kd1 14.e6 (150.760.935) 1037
>
>37/47  3:09   +11.45   1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Kg6 5.Kc6 Kg5 6.Kc5 Kg6 7.Kd4 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Kf4 10.Kd5 Kf5 11.Kd4 Kf4
>                       12.Kd5 Kf5 (206.566.751) 1089
>
>37/47  3:26   +11.45   1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kf5
>                       4.Kb5 Kg6 5.Kc6 Kg5 6.Kc5 Kg6 7.Kd4 Kf5
>                       8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Kf4 10.Kd5 Kf5 11.Kd4 Kf4
>                       12.Kd5 Kf5 (224.700.583) 1088
>
>38/54  4:04   +11.28   1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kf4 5.Kb6 Kg4 6.Kc6 Kg5 7.Kc5 Kg6
>                       8.Kd4 Kf5 9.Kd5 g6 10.Kd4 Kf4 11.Kc4 Kg4
>                       12.Kc5 Kg5 13.Kc6 Kg4 14.Kd6 (277.187.442) 1135
>
>38/54  4:29   +11.28   1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5
>                       4.Ka5 Kf4 5.Kb6 Kg4 6.Kc6 Kg5 7.Kc5 Kg6
>                       8.Kd4 Kf5 9.Kd5 g6 10.Kd4 Kf4 11.Kc4 Kg4
>                       12.Kc5 Kg5 13.Kc6 Kg4 14.Kd6 (307.426.295) 1141
>
>39/54  4:55   +11.68++ 1.h7+ Kf8 2.h8Q+ Ke7 (341.763.067) 1155
>
>39/54  4:59   +12.68++ 1.h7+ Kf8 2.h8Q+ Ke7 (346.525.569) 1155
>
>39/54  5:00   +M51++   1.h7+ Kf8 2.h8Q+ Ke7 (346.645.619) 1154
>
>(P4 3.0 GHz)


I get a different result and am a bit puzzled as to why.  I used Yace (version
unknown but downloaded directly from the Yace website as most current Windows
version). I have loaded all of the 3-4-5 piece TBs from Bob Hyatt's ftp site.

Here is the result of letting Yace analyze this position:

Shredder 9 UCI by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen, www.shredderchess.com
CPU0: GenuineIntel x86 Family 6 Model 13 Stepping 6 1794 MHz
GUI: Tablebases with 5 pieces found! [Cache: 32 MB + internal 11.63 MB]
Engine: Yace Paderborn (512 MB)
by Dieter Buerssner
  9/27	 0:01 	-1.17 	1.Ra8 exf4 2.Bxf4 g5 3.Ng6 Qe8 4.Qc8 Bxg6 5.Qxd8 Rxf4
(1.505.010) 1087
 10/27	 0:02 	-1.20 	1.Ra8 exf4 2.Bxf4 g5 3.Qc8 Rxf4 4.Nf5 Qe8 5.Qxd8 Qxd8
6.Rxd8+ Kh7 (3.096.666) 1128
 10/29	 0:05 	-1.19++	1.Rb8 exf4 2.Bxf4 g5 3.Ng6 Bxg6 4.Qxg6+ Kf8 5.Qxh5 Qe8
6.Qxe8+ Kxe8 (6.065.577) 1107
 10.02	 0:06 	-1.07 	1.Rb8 exf4 2.Bxf4 g5 3.Ng6 Qe8 4.Qc8 Kg7 5.Qxd8 Qxd8 6.Rxd8
gxf4 (7.418.077) 1092
 10/37	 0:07 	-1.06++	1.Ng6 Qe8 2.Nxe5 fxe5 3.Qxe5 Qxe5 4.fxe5 Rd1 5.Bh4 Be6
6.Rxd8+ Kh7 (8.119.137) 1090
 10.03	 0:07 	-0.77++	1.Ng6 Qe8 2.Nxe5 fxe5 3.Qxe5 Qxe5 4.fxe5 Rd1 5.Bh4 Be6
6.Rxd8+ Kh7 (8.540.141) 1087
 10/37	 0:08 	-0.65 	1.Ng6 Qe8 2.Nxe5 fxe5 3.Qxe5 Qd7 4.Qb8 Rd1 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bxg5
(8.921.281) 1084
 10/37	 0:08 	-0.65 	1.Ng6 Qe8 2.Nxe5 fxe5 3.Qxe5 Qd7 4.Qb8 Rd1 5.Bh4 g5 6.Bxg5
(9.402.595) 1088
 11/37	 0:11 	-0.41 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 exf4 3.Bh4 Rd1 4.Qxh5 Qd7 5.Rb8 b6 6.Bf2
Qd6 (12.066.782) 1089
 11/37	 0:12 	-0.41 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 exf4 3.Bh4 Rd1 4.Qxh5 Qd7 5.Rb8 b6 6.Bf2
Qd6 (13.778.330) 1099
 12/37	 0:17 	-0.24 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 exf4 3.Bh4 Rd1 4.Qxh5 Qd7 5.Rb8 Rd3 6.Qg6
Kf8 7.Kg1 (19.643.197) 1094
 12/37	 0:20 	-0.24 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 exf4 3.Bh4 Rd1 4.Qxh5 Qd7 5.Rb8 Rd3 6.Qg6
Kf8 7.Kg1 (22.236.499) 1102
 13/37	 0:31 	-0.04 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 h4 3.Bxh4 Rxf4 (34.700.855) 1094
 13/37	 0:40 	-0.04 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 h4 3.Bxh4 Rxf4 (44.290.575) 1100
 13/37	 0:46 	-0.04 	1.Ng6 Bxg6 2.Qxg6 h4 3.Bxh4 Rxf4 (50.872.362) 1099
interior recognizer probes 170, found 35 egtb probes 0, found 0 max_depth 37
best move: Nh4-g6 time: 0:46.337 min  n/s: 1.099.182  nodes: 50.872.362
Position:  0 1
 20/25	 0:01 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (284.584) 202
 21/25	 0:01 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (312.746) 177
 21/27	 0:02 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (365.743) 173
 22/27	 0:02 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (404.868) 170
 22/27	 0:02 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (478.556) 171
 23/27	 0:03 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (522.267) 151
 23/29	 0:03 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (612.811) 156
 24/29	 0:04 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (679.835) 158
 24/30	 0:04 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (788.259) 159
 25/30	 0:05 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (859.424) 152
 25/32	 0:07 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.026.539) 140
 26/32	 0:08 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.157.811) 137
 26/33	 0:09 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.356.048) 138
 27/34	 0:19 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (1.897.911) 97
 27/34	 0:21 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.156.828) 101
 28/34	 0:23 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.406.782) 103
 28/37	 0:25 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (2.705.639) 107
 29/37	 0:28 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (3.228.182) 112
 29/37	 0:30 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (3.454.483) 114
 30/37	 0:34 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (4.042.478) 117
 30/38	 0:37 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (4.285.336) 115
 31/38	 0:40 	 0.00 	1.hxg7 Kh7 2.Kxa7 Kxg7 3.Kb6 Kf6 4.Kc5 Kg5 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kd4
Kf4 7.Kd5 Kf5 8.Kd4 Kf4 9.Kd5 Kf5 10.Kd4 Kf4 (4.843.036) 119
 31/38	 0:41 	+0.01++	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 Kg4 10.Ke5 g6 11.Kxe4 g5 12.Kxe3 Kf5 13.Kd3 Kf4
14.e4 (4.940.079) 118
 31.02	 0:42 	+0.01 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 g6 10.Kf6 g5 11.Ke6 g4 12.Kd6 Kf5 13.Kd5 Kf4
14.Ke6 (5.029.527) 119
 31/41	 0:42 	+0.01 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kf4 9.Ke6 g6 10.Kf6 g5 11.Ke6 g4 12.Kd6 Kf5 13.Kd5 Kf4
14.Ke6 (5.118.768) 119
 32/43	 0:45 	 0.00 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Kf4 10.Kd5 Kf5 11.Kd4 Kf4 12.Kd5 Kf5 (5.507.507)
122
 32/43	 0:53 	 0.00 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Kf4 10.Kd5 Kf5 11.Kd4 Kf4 12.Kd5 Kf5 (6.811.819)
126
 33/43	 0:57 	 0.00 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Ke6 10.Kxe4 (7.361.812) 128
 33/45	 1:37 	 0.00 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kd4 Ke6 10.Kxe4 (10.796.921) 110
 34/45	 1:40 	+0.04 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kg5 10.Kc6 Kf4 11.Kd6 Kf5 12.Kd5 Kf4 13.Ke6 Kg4
14.Ke5 (11.387.775) 113
 34/45	 2:23 	+0.04 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 g6 9.Kc5 Kg5 10.Kc6 Kf4 11.Kd6 Kf5 12.Kd5 Kf4 13.Ke6 Kg4
14.Ke5 (16.725.992) 116
 35/45	 2:25 	+0.44++	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Kxe4 g6 10.Kxe3 Kf5 11.Kd4 Ke6 12.e4 Kd7 13.e5 Kc6
14.Ke4 (17.063.242) 117
 35/45	 2:25 	+1.44++	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Kxe4 Kg4 10.Kxe3 Kf5 11.Kd3 Kg5 12.e4 Kg4 13.Ke3 Kg5
14.Kf3 (17.353.848) 119
 35/45	 2:28 	+6.44++	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg4 5.Kb6 Kf5 6.Kb5
Kf4 7.Kc6 Kf5 8.Kd5 Kg5 9.Kxe4 Kg4 10.Kxe3 Kf5 11.Kd3 Kg5 12.e4 Kg4 13.Ke3 Kg5
14.Kf3 (17.794.515) 120
 35/45	 2:30 	+6.46 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kh5 5.Kb5 Kh6 6.Kc4
Kg5 7.Kc5 Kg4 8.Kd6 Kf5 9.Kd5 Kf6 10.Kxe4 Ke6 11.Kf3 Kf6 12.Kf4 Ke6 13.Kxe3 Kd5
14.Kf3 (18.470.296) 122
 35/46	 2:57 	+6.46 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kh5 5.Kb5 Kh6 6.Kc4
Kg5 7.Kc5 Kg4 8.Kd6 Kf5 9.Kd5 Kf6 10.Kxe4 Ke6 11.Kf3 Kf6 12.Kf4 Ke6 13.Kxe3 Kd5
14.Kf3 (23.489.814) 132
 36/47	 3:00 	+6.06--	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kb7 Kh6 3.Kc6 Kg5 4.Kd5 Kg4 5.Kxe4 a5 6.Kxe3
Kf5 7.Kd4 Kf4 8.Kd5 a4 9.e4 a3 10.e5 a2 11.e6 a1Q 12.e7 (24.514.458) 135
 36/47	 3:03 	+5.06--	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kb7 Kh6 3.Kc6 Kg5 4.Kd5 Kg4 5.Kxe4 a5 6.Kxe3
Kf5 7.Kd4 Kf4 8.Kd5 a4 9.e4 a3 10.e5 a2 11.e6 a1Q 12.e7 (27.500.253) 150
 36/49	 3:42 	+5.06 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kf5 6.Kb5
Ke5 7.Kc5 Ke6 8.Kd4 Kd6 9.Kxe4 Kc5 10.Kxe3 Kc4 11.Ke4 Kc3 12.Kf4 Kc2 13.Kg5 Kc3
14.Kg4 (37.271.110) 167
 36/49	 4:21 	+5.06 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kf5 6.Kb5
Ke5 7.Kc5 Ke6 8.Kd4 Kd6 9.Kxe4 Kc5 10.Kxe3 Kc4 11.Ke4 Kc3 12.Kf4 Kc2 13.Kg5 Kc3
14.Kg4 (45.113.243) 172
 37/49	 4:22 	+5.46++	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kf5 6.Kb5
Ke5 7.Kc5 Ke6 8.Kd4 Kd6 9.Kxe4 Kc5 10.Kxe3 Kc4 11.Ke4 Kc3 12.Kf4 Kc2 13.Kg5 Kc3
14.Kg4 (45.415.171) 172
 37/49	 4:25 	+6.46++	1.h7+ Kf8 2.h8Q+ Ke7 (46.247.285) 174
 37/49	 4:47 	+11.46++	1.h7+ Kf8 2.h8Q+ Ke7 (53.350.648) 185
 37/49	26:31 	+4.66--	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kb7 a5 3.Ka7 g6 4.Kb6 a4 5.Kc5 Kg7 6.Kd5 g5
7.Kxe4 Kf6 8.Kxe3 Ke5 9.Kf3 a3 10.Kg4 a2 11.Kxg3 a1Q 12.Kh3 (2.159.643.036) 1357
 37/49	26:33 	+4.66 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kg5 6.Kc5
Kg6 7.Kd4 Kh5 8.Kxe3 Kh4 9.Kxe4 Kg4 10.Ke5 Kg5 11.e4 Kg4 12.Kd6 Kg5 13.e5 Kf4
14.e6 (2.161.195.111) 1356
 37/49	27:20 	+4.66 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kg5 6.Kc5
Kg6 7.Kd4 Kh5 8.Kxe3 Kh4 9.Kxe4 Kg4 10.Ke5 Kg5 11.e4 Kg4 12.Kd6 Kg5 13.e5 Kf4
14.e6 (2.179.966.588) 1328
 37/49	27:27 	+4.66 	1.h7+ Kxh7 2.Kxa7 Kg6 3.Ka6 Kg5 4.Ka5 Kg6 5.Kb4 Kg5 6.Kc5
Kg6 7.Kd4 Kh5 8.Kxe3 Kh4 9.Kxe4 Kg4 10.Ke5 Kg5 11.e4 Kg4 12.Kd6 Kg5 13.e5 Kf4
14.e6 (2.182.112.503) 1324
interior recognizer probes 329271, found 116529 egtb probes 1234829, found
957080 max_depth 49
best move: h6-h7 time: 27:27.269 min  n/s: 1.324.689  nodes: 2.182.112.503 TB:
957.080

A couple of things are strange here:

1.  Look at how much slower things progress on my system. I am using a Centrino
1.8 GHz laptop (certainly not a whole lot slower than a 3 GHz P4). Perhaps the
results above had much of the TBs already in RAM from previous accesses to them?

2.  At one point, Yace sees an eval of 11.46 and with additional searching it
drops its eval to 4.66 .  That was not seen in the post above either.

Can anyone shed some light on why these results are so different?

Thanks,

Roy



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