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Subject: Re: endgame position

Author: Colin Frayn

Date: 17:23:16 04/07/00

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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

I ran ColChess on this for quite some time.  The (defintive, accurate) analysis
is below.
(Please excuse the thinking times... no pawn extensions and no guesswork
algorithms)

..and yes, that _was_ 1/8 of a billion nodes at 20 ply :)

Current Position
----------------
. . . . . . . .
. p . k . . . .      pP=Pawn
. . . . . . . .      rR=Rook
. P p . . p . .      nN=Knight     lower=Black
. . P . . P p p      bB=Bishop      CAPS=White
P . . . K . . P      qQ=Queen
. . . . . . . .      kK=King
. . . . . . . .

[1]W:>comp
Thinking [7 Moves]
Current Position=-0.14
{L2} :::. E3 - F2 (-2.27)   Nodes=101  Eval=45  [0.01s]
{L3} :::. E3 - F2 (-2.77)   Nodes=257  Eval=130  [0.01s]
{L4} :::. E3 - F2 (-2.96)   Nodes=614  Eval=223  [0.02s]
{L5} :::. H3 x G4 (-1.00)   Nodes=3242  Eval=1801  [0.06s]
{L6} :::. H3 x G4 (-1.22)   Nodes=4354  Eval=1696  [0.10s]
{L7} :::. H3 x G4 (-1.03)   Nodes=7114  Eval=3178  [0.17s]
{L8} :::. E3 - F2 (-1.19)   Nodes=44204  Eval=18588  [0.62s]
{L9} :::. E3 - F2 (-1.14)   Nodes=36371  Eval=16058  [0.98s]
{L10} :::. E3 - F2 (-1.14)   Nodes=67146  Eval=24331  [1.52s]
{L11} :::. E3 - F2 (-1.14)   Nodes=90616  Eval=35388  [2.33s]
{L12} :::. E3 - F2 (-1.14)   Nodes=172071  Eval=57921  [3.66s]
{L13} :::. A3 - A4 (-1.15)   Nodes=848157  Eval=355282  [11.97s]
{L14} :::. A3 - A4 (-1.15)   Nodes=725651  Eval=214735  [17.39s]
{L15} :::. A3 - A4 (-1.15)   Nodes=662658  Eval=225873  [23.25s]
{L16} :::. H3 x G4 (-0.36)   Nodes=7169806  Eval=3023056  [91.57s]
{L17} :::. A3 - A4 (-1.15)   Nodes=10164383  Eval=4261553  [197.8s]
{L18} :::. H3 x G4 (0.08)    Nodes=77122057  Eval=39094439  [5502s]
{L19} :::. H3 x G4 (-0.60)   Nodes=22456689  Eval=8064228  [5768s]
{L20} :::. H3 x G4 (0.90)    Nodes=125453830  Eval=49517030  [3163s]

PV : h3g4 f5g4  b5b6 h4h3  e3f2 d7c6  f4f5 h3h2  f2g2 g4g3  a3a4 c6d7  a4a5 d7c8
 f5f6 c8d8  f6f7 d8e7  a5a6 b7a6



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