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Subject: Re: Hard pawn endgame?

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 07:45:20 11/17/05

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On November 17, 2005 at 10:12:25, Kolss wrote:

>On November 17, 2005 at 08:59:39, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>>This pawn endgame has only 7 pieces.
>>Yace shines bright in this type of position.
>>Gambitfruit finds the right move early, but fails to give a high score.
>>Running it for 15 min on a AMD XP 1800 MHz let it reach a depth of 31,
>>but the score remains at 1.76.
>>What's the reason?
>>Kind regards
>>Bernhard
>>
>>[D]8/4k1p1/8/4KPp1/6P1/7P/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>
>According to Ikarus, both Kd4 and Ke4 are mate in (at most) 37, so I am not sure
>if it is a good test position in terms of finding the correct move... (Of
>course, if you want to see how long a program needs to display a really good
>score, it is fine.)
>
>Best regards - Munjong.

I didn't meant it as a test position. It's just about finding a win. Of course
this win begins with a triangle manoevre, so Kd4 or Ke4 are about equal.
Great that Ikarus finds a mate in 37!
Kind regards
Bernhard



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