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Subject: Re: endgame position

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 00:09:34 04/07/00

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On April 07, 2000 at 02:28:15, Pete Galati wrote:

>On April 07, 2000 at 01:47:44, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>This occurred in a game tonight on ICC.  A program that considers king position
>>and pawn majorities should be able to solve it quickly (mine doesn't).  Might be
>>a good test position for amateur programs.  The winning move appears to be hxg4.
>>
>>[D]8/1p1k4/8/1Pp2p2/2P2Ppp/P3K2P/8/8 w - - 0 45
>[...]
>>45. hxg4 fxg4 46. a4 b6 47. f5 h3 48. Kf2 h2 49. Kg2 g3 50. f6 Kd6 51. f7
>>Ke7 52. a5 bxa5 53. b6 Kxf7 54. b7 Ke6 55. b8=Q Kd7 56. Qxg3 a4 57. Kxh2 Kc6
>>58. Qa3 Kb7 59. Qxa4 Kc7 60. Kg3 Kd6 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. Qa6+ Kd7 63. Ke5 Kc7
>>64. Kd5 Kb8 65. Qh6 Kb7 66. Kxc5 Kc8 67. Qh7 Kd8 68. Kd6 Ke8 69. Qe7#
>>{Black checkmated}
>>1-0
>
>Amy didn't look at PxP for very long.  I probably would have been shortsighted
>enough to take the pawn though, depends on how clearly I was thinking.
>
>Pete
>
>
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>
>Hashtable sizes: 16384 k, 2048 k, 2048 k
>Found 4-men endgame table bases.
>
>White(1): White(1): TC: 60 moves in 300 secs
>TL: 4/16
>GamePhase: Middlegame

middlegame?




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