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Subject: Re: Yet another practical endgame...

Author: Mark Young

Date: 15:14:50 09/25/99

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On September 25, 1999 at 15:28:47, Andrew Dados wrote:

> Below position occured in a blitz 5 5 game my program played against
>PostModernist on ICC today:
>
>6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - bm g5xh6 id MissSilicon-PostModernist
>
>I wonder how long does it take for your program to find gxh here... I am not
>sure if g6 does not win, however after g6 the above game ended in a draw, while
>gxh wins 'easily'. On a K6-450 it takes mine 11 seconds at depth 13 to find gxh
>(unfortunately only 8 seconds were allocated for search during game). I have a
>feeling that even 1800 player would play gxh in no time... that's why I ask your
>oppinion here.
>
>-Andrew-

New position
6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Hiarcs 7.32:

1.gxh6
  +-  (2.00)   depth: 1   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7
  +-  (1.62)   depth: 2/2   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  ±  (1.01)   depth: 2/7   00:00:00
1.g6 Ne8 2.gxf7+ Kxf7 3.e6+ Ke7
  +-  (1.53)   depth: 2/7   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.e6+ Ke7
  +-  (1.62)   depth: 3/9   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.e6+ Ke7
  +-  (1.62)   depth: 4/12   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.e6+ Kf6 4.Kd4
  +-  (1.65)   depth: 5/12   00:00:00  2kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 Kg8 3.gxf7+ Kxf7 4.e6+ Ke7
  +-  (1.66)   depth: 6/15   00:00:00  8kN
1.g6 Ne8
  +-  (1.41)   depth: 7/17   00:00:00  30kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.gxf7+ Kxf7 4.Kc5
  ±  (1.06)   depth: 7/24   00:00:00  34kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.e6 fxe6 4.fxe6 Kxh6 5.e7 Kxh5
  +-  (1.80)   depth: 7/24   00:00:00  42kN
1.gxh6 Kf8
  +-  (2.05)   depth: 8/24   00:00:01  66kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6
  +-  (2.62)   depth: 8/24   00:00:02  206kN
1.gxh6 Kh7
  +-  (2.87)   depth: 9/26   00:00:03  275kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Kxh6 3.Kd6 Nb5+ 4.Ke7 Nc3 5.Kxf7 Nxe4 6.e6 Nd6+ 7.Kf6 Kxh5 8.e7
  +-  (3.27)   depth: 9/27   00:00:04  301kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5 6.Kxf7
  +-  (3.42)   depth: 10/27   00:00:06  442kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5 6.Kxf7 Ng3 7.e6 Nxe4
  +-  (3.37)   depth: 11/28   00:00:10  751kN, tb=4
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5 6.Kxf7 Ng3 7.e6 Nxe4
  +-  (3.37)   depth: 12/30   00:00:20  1460kN, tb=79
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5 6.Kxf7 Kg5 7.e6 Nf6 8.e5
  +-  (3.51)   depth: 13/30   00:00:37  2694kN, tb=244
1.gxh6 Kh7
  +-  (3.76)   depth: 14/30   00:01:10  5184kN, tb=489

(Young, 9/25/99)

New position
6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Fritz 5.00/16Bit:

1.gxh6
  ±  (1.00)   depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7
  ±  (0.81)   depth: 2/2   00:00:00
1.gxh6
  ±  (1.38)   depth: 3/3   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 f6
  +-  (1.53)   depth: 4/4   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6
  ±  (0.94)   depth: 5/5   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 f6 3.e5 fxe5
  ±  (0.94)   depth: 6/6   00:00:00  2kN
1.g6
  ±  (0.97)   depth: 6/12   00:00:00  5kN
1.g6 fxg6 2.hxg6 h5 3.Kc5 h4 4.f6 h3
  ±  (0.97)   depth: 7/7   00:00:01  10kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7
  ±  (0.88)   depth: 8/8   00:00:01  28kN
1.gxh6
  ±  (0.91)   depth: 8/15   00:00:01  45kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6 4.Kd5 Nf4+
  ±  (1.03)   depth: 8/15   00:00:01  50kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.e6 f6
  ±  (1.19)   depth: 9/9   00:00:01  61kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (1.50)   depth: 10/10   00:00:01  96kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxf5+
  +-  (2.44)   depth: 10/18   00:00:01  131kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxf5+
  +-  (2.38)   depth: 11/11   00:00:01  236kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (2.69)   depth: 12/12   00:00:02  363kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Kxh6 3.Kd6 Nb5+ 4.Ke7 Nc3 5.Kxf7 Nxe4
  +-  (2.94)   depth: 12/21   00:00:02  500kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5
  +-  (2.91)   depth: 13/13   00:00:03  785kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5
  +-  (2.91)   depth: 14/14   00:00:04  1231kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (3.22)   depth: 15/15   00:00:07  2083kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5
  +-  (3.31)   depth: 15/26   00:00:08  2762kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (3.00)   depth: 16/16   00:00:15  4212kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (3.31)   depth: 17/17   00:00:33  8983kN

(Young, 9/25/99)


New position
6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Junior 5.0:

1.gxh6 Kh7
  ²  (0.47)   depth: 3   00:00:01
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 6   00:00:01
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 6   00:00:01
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 9   00:00:01  5kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 9   00:00:01  6kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 12   00:00:01  19kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.fxe6 Nxe6
  =  (0.00)   depth: 12   00:00:01  63kN
1.gxh6
  =  (0.15)   depth: 15   00:00:02  295kN
1.gxh6
  =  (0.15)   depth: 15   00:00:02  342kN
1.gxh6
  ²  (0.45)   depth: 18   00:00:04  1084kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.f6 Kg8 4.Kc5 Ne8 5.e5 Nc7 6.Kd6 Nd5 7.Kxe6 Nf4+ 8.Kf5 Ne2
9.e6 Nd4+ 10.Ke5
  +-  (2.11)   depth: 18   00:00:10  2922kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6 3.f6 Kg8 4.Kc5 Ne8 5.e5 Nc7 6.Kd6 Nd5 7.Kxe6 Nf4+ 8.Kf5 Ne2
9.e6 Nd4+ 10.Ke5
  +-  (2.11)   depth: 18   00:00:10  2962kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (2.41)   depth: 20   00:00:18  5029kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (2.41)   depth: 20   00:00:19  5153kN

(Young, 9/25/99)


New position
6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Crafty 16.15:

1.gxh6
  ±  (1.06)   depth: 1   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7
  ±  (0.72)   depth: 2   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.gxf7 Kxf7
  ±  (1.03)   depth: 2   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.Kd3
  ±  (1.28)   depth: 3   00:00:00
1.g6 Kf8 2.gxf7 Kxf7
  ±  (1.23)   depth: 4   00:00:00
1.g6 Kg7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.gxf7+ Kxf7 4.Kd4 Ke6
  ±  (1.32)   depth: 5   00:00:00
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Kf8 3.gxf7 Kxf7 4.Kd3 Nxf6 5.exf6 Kxf6
  ±  (1.07)   depth: 6   00:00:00  6kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7
  +-  (1.46)   depth: 7   00:00:00  12kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd4 Ne8 4.gxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ke3 Nxf6 6.exf6 Kxf6
  ±  (1.27)   depth: 8   00:00:01  25kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Kf8 3.e6 Nxf6 4.exf7 Nxe4 5.Kd3 Nf6
  +-  (1.45)   depth: 9   00:00:01  66kN, tb=1
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.gxf7+ Kxf7 5.Ke3 Nc5 6.Kd4 Nd7
  +-  (1.44)   depth: 10   00:00:01  140kN, tb=2
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Ke3 Ng5 5.g7 Ne6 6.Kf3 Nxg7 7.fxg7 Kxg7
  ±  (1.28)   depth: 11   00:00:02  279kN, tb=7
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Ke3 Kf8 5.g7+ Kg8 6.Kf3 Nxg7 7.fxg7 Kxg7
  ±  (1.28)   depth: 12   00:00:03  632kN, tb=29
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Ke3 Kf8 5.Kf3 Kg8 6.gxf7+ Kf8 7.Kg4 Kxf7
  +-  (1.61)   depth: 13   00:00:07  1480kN, tb=112
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Ke3 Ng5 5.Kf4 Ne6+ 6.Kg4 Nd4
  +-  (1.50)   depth: 14   00:00:12  2532kN, tb=274
1.gxh6
  +-  (2.01)   depth: 14   00:00:18  3943kN, tb=753
1.gxh6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Kh7 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.f6 Kxh5 5.Kd7 Nc7 6.Kxc7 Kg6 7.Kd6 Kg5
  +-  (2.44)   depth: 14   00:00:20  4388kN, tb=916
1.gxh6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Kh7 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.f6 Kxh5 5.Kd7 Nc7 6.Kxc7 Kg6 7.Kd6 Kg5
  +-  (2.84)   depth: 15   00:00:23  5122kN, tb=1403
1.gxh6 Ne8 2.Kd5 Kh7 3.Kc6
  +-  (4.49)   depth: 15   00:00:31  6568kN, tb=2847

(Young, 9/25/99)


New position
6k1/2n2p2/7p/4PPPP/2K1P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by EXchess 2.51:

1.gxh6
  +-  (1.48)   depth: 1   00:00:00
1.gxh6
  +-  (4.00)   depth: 1   00:00:00
1.gxh6
  +-  (4.00)   depth: 1   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kf8
  +-  (3.95)   depth: 2   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kf8
  +-  (3.95)   depth: 2   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kf8
  +-  (3.62)   depth: 3   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6
  +-  (2.62)   depth: 3   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6
  +-  (2.62)   depth: 3   00:00:00
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.e6 fxe6
  +-  (2.62)   depth: 4   00:00:00
1.g6
  +-  (2.87)   depth: 4   00:00:00  1kN
1.g6 Kf8 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.f6
  +-  (2.92)   depth: 4   00:00:00  2kN
1.g6 Kf8 2.gxf7 Kxf7 3.f6
  +-  (2.92)   depth: 4   00:00:00  2kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.g7 Ne6 4.Kd5
  +-  (3.06)   depth: 5   00:00:00  3kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.g7 Ne6 4.Kd5
  +-  (3.06)   depth: 5   00:00:00  4kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.gxf7+ Kxf7 4.Kd4 Ne6+ 5.Kd5
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 6   00:00:00  7kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.f6+ Kg8 3.gxf7+ Kxf7 4.Kd4 Ne6+ 5.Kd5
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 6   00:00:00  9kN
1.g6
  +-  (3.14)   depth: 7   00:00:00  20kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 Kf8 3.e6 Nxe6+ 4.fxe6 fxe6
  +-  (3.36)   depth: 7   00:00:00  27kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 Kf8 3.e6 Nxe6+ 4.fxe6 fxe6
  +-  (3.36)   depth: 7   00:00:00  31kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 Kf8 3.e6 Nxe6+ 4.fxe6 fxe6
  +-  (3.11)   depth: 8   00:00:01  56kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 fxg6 3.hxg6 h5 4.Kc6 Ne8
  +-  (3.05)   depth: 8   00:00:01  81kN
1.g6 Kg7 2.Kc5 fxg6 3.hxg6 h5 4.Kc6 Ne8
  +-  (3.05)   depth: 8   00:00:01  87kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Ng7 3.e6 fxe6 4.f6 Nxh5 5.f7+ Kg7
  +-  (3.29)   depth: 9   00:00:02  160kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Ng7 3.e6 fxe6 4.f6 Nxh5 5.f7+ Kg7
  +-  (3.29)   depth: 9   00:00:02  180kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Ng7 3.e6 fxe6 4.f6 Nxh5 5.f7+ Kg7
  +-  (3.04)   depth: 10   00:00:02  254kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Ng7 3.e6 fxe6 4.f6 Nxh5 5.f7+ Kg7 6.e5
  +-  (2.93)   depth: 10   00:00:03  358kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.Kc5 Ng7 3.e6 fxe6 4.f6 Nxh5 5.f7+ Kg7 6.e5
  +-  (2.93)   depth: 10   00:00:03  389kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.gxf7+ Kxf7
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 11   00:00:05  662kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.gxf7+ Kxf7
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 11   00:00:06  761kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.gxf7+ Kxf7 7.Kf3
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 12   00:00:10  1306kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.gxf7+ Kxf7 7.Kf3
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 12   00:00:11  1503kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.Ke2 Nf4+
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 13   00:00:21  2985kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.Ke2 Nf4+
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 13   00:00:26  3703kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.Kf3 Kf8 7.gxf7 Kxf7 8.Ke3
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 14   00:00:37  5379kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Ke3 Ne6 6.Kf3 Kf8 7.gxf7 Kxf7 8.Ke3
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 14   00:00:46  6798kN
1.g6 Ne8 2.f6 Nc7 3.Kd3 Ne6 4.Kd2 Nf4 5.Kc3 Ne6 6.Kd3 Nf4+ 7.Ke3 Ne6 8.gxf7+
Kxf7 9.Kf3
  +-  (2.89)   depth: 15   00:01:04  9589kN
1.gxh6
  +-  (3.14)   depth: 15   00:01:39  15519kN
1.gxh6 Kh7 2.Kc5 Ne8 3.Kc6 Kxh6 4.Kd7 Ng7 5.Ke7 Nxh5 6.Kxf7
  +-  (3.32)   depth: 15   00:01:51  17647kN

(Young, 9/25/99)




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