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Subject: Re: Interesting endgame (PostModernist vs Tinker)

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 18:27:15 07/19/00

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On July 19, 2000 at 09:33:55, Andrew Williams wrote:

>Here is a position that arose in a game on ICC today (PGN below):
>
>[D] 8/1N6/6p1/2K1k2p/8/1PP5/8/8 w - -  acd 11; acn 576768; acs 5; ce 772; fmvn
>60; hmvc 0; id "PostModernist vs Tinker"; pm Kc6 ; pv 60. Kc6 h4 61. Nc5 Kf4 62.
>Kd5
>
>Notice that my program gives a score of +7.72 after a depth 11 search. What
>happened in fact is that Tinker managed to force home its g-pawn and win. I
>was wondering whether PM missed something here. After a longer search, PM
>prefers Kc4, but it's not clear if White can do better than draw.
>
>I'd be interested in any opinions on this position, either silicon- or
>carbon-generated :-)

Here's some output from a modified Crafty:

19->  27:41   4.41   60. Kc4 Ke4 61. Nc5+ Ke3 62. b4 h4
                     63. b5 h3 64. b6 h2 65. b7 h1=Q 66.
                     b8=Q Qf1+ 67. Kb4 Qb1+ 68. Nb3 Ke4
                     69. Qb6 Kf3 70. Qf6+ Ke3 <HT>
20    41:31     --   60. Kc4
20    50:49  -1.33   60. Kc4 h4 61. Nc5 Kf4 62. Kd3 h3 63.
                     Ke2 h2 64. Nd3+ Kg3 65. Nf2 Kg2 66.
                     b4 g5 67. b5 g4 68. b6 g3 69. Nh1 Kxh1
                     70. b7 g2 71. b8=Q g1=Q
20    64:00     ++   60. Nd8!!
20    68:04  -0.60   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qg1+ 66. Kb5
                     Qb1+ 67. Nb4 Qf1+ 68. c4 Qf5+ 69. c5
                     Qf1+ 70. Kb6 Qf8 71. Na6 Qd8+ 72. Ka7
                     Qd7 73. c6
20->  69:20  -0.60   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qg1+ 66. Kb5
                     Qb1+ 67. Nb4 Qf1+ 68. c4 Qf5+ 69. c5
                     Qf1+ 70. Kb6 Qf8 71. Na6 Qd8+ 72. Ka7
                     Qd7 73. c6
21    71:22     --   60. Nd8
21    95:30  -0.62   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qg1+ 66. Kb5
                     Qb1+ 67. Nb4 Qf1+ 68. c4 Qf5+ 69. c5
                     Qd7+ 70. c6 Qf5+ 71. Kb6 Qf2+ 72. Kc7
                     Qf4+ 73. Kc8 Qf5+ 74. Kc7 Qe5+ 75.
                     Kc8
21-> 114:18  -0.62   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qg1+ 66. Kb5
                     Qb1+ 67. Nb4 Qf1+ 68. c4 Qf5+ 69. c5
                     Qd7+ 70. c6 Qf5+ 71. Kb6 Qf2+ 72. Kc7
                     Qf4+ 73. Kc8 Qf5+ 74. Kc7 Qe5+ 75.
                     Kc8
22   116:18     ++   60. Nd8!!
22   121:31   0.00   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qc1 66. b8=Q
                     Qxc3+ 67. Kd6 Qg3+ 68. Ke7 Qxb8 69.
                     Nxb8 Ke3 70. Ke8 Kf2 71. Kf7 Kg3 72.
                     Kxg6 Kf3 73. Kh7
22-> 152:57   0.00   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qc1 66. b8=Q
                     Qxc3+ 67. Kd6 Qg3+ 68. Ke7 Qxb8 69.
                     Nxb8 Ke3 70. Ke8 Kf2 71. Kf7 Kg3 72.
                     Kxg6 Kf3 73. Kh7
<SNIP the same>
25   506:24   0.00   60. Nd8 h4 61. Nc6+ Ke4 62. b4 h3 63.
                     b5 h2 64. b6 h1=Q 65. b7 Qc1 66. b8=Q
                     Qxc3+ 67. Kd6 Qg3+ 68. Ke7 Qxb8 69.
                     Nxb8 Ke3 70. Ke8 Kf2 71. Kf7 Kg3 72.
                     Kxg6 Kf3 73. Kh7 Kg4 74. Kh8 Kh4



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