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Subject: Re: Difficult endgame position

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 04:14:31 06/07/00

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On June 07, 2000 at 06:06:40, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>Fritz 6b takes 18' 26'' on a P600E with 184MB hash to pick 1.h6, but it doesn't
>see the winning line yet after one hour of being stuck at ply 20/43, eval -0.12.
>How long does it take for other programs to play h6 with a winning evaluation?
>
>Enrique
>
>[Event ""]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "1895.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Troitzky, A."]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "8/1k4p1/3pP3/pP5P/8/8/1r5P/3K4 w - - 0 1"]
>[PlyCount "31"]
>[EventDate "1895.??.??"]
>
>1. h6 $1 gxh6 2. e7 Rb1+ 3. Kd2 Rb2+ 4. Kd3 Rb3+ 5. Kd4 Rb4+ 6. Kd5 Rxb5+ 7.
>Kxd6 Rb6+ 8. Kd5 (8. Kd7 $2 Rb1) 8... Rb5+ 9. Kd4 Rb4+ 10. Kd3 Rb3+ 11. Ke2
>Rb2+ 12. Kf3 Rb3+ 13. Kf4 Rb4+ 14. Kf5 Rb5+ 15. Kf6 Rb6+ 16. Kf7 1-0
>
>13. Kf4 Rb4+ 14. Kf5
>Rb5+ 15. Kf6 Rb6+ 16. Kf7 1-0

Interesting position, but is black forced to take  from h6 (gxh6)? May be -Kc8
is better?

Which version is Fritz6b?

Jouni

• Re: Difficult endgame position Enrique Irazoqui 04:44:40 06/07/00
  • Re: Difficult endgame position Simon Finn 10:46:29 06/07/00
    • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Simon Finn 10:55:38 06/07/00
      • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Enrique Irazoqui 11:47:53 06/07/00
        • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Charlie GOLD 13:01:30 06/07/00
          • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Simon Finn 14:22:58 06/07/00
            • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Jorge Pichard 15:23:59 06/07/00
              • Re: Difficult endgame position (corrected analysis) Enrique Irazoqui 15:49:31 06/07/00
                • Endgame knowledge Simon Finn 13:48:35 06/08/00

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