Author: Larrry Smith
Date: 12:33:46 07/25/00
I was interested in what would happen -- with perfect play -- if I gave both sides in a chess game just the kings and the pawns in initial position, with no pieces, and White to move. I don't know if this "endgame" has been solved yet, but when I pit Chessmaster 6000 against itself at 5 and 10 minutes I keep getting the same results, move for move. I wonder if it is possible for Black to win or draw here -- it seems logical that is is, but Chessmaster hasn't deviated even one ply after 10 games. What would happen if two grand-masters sat down to this position? [D]4K3/PPPPPPPP/8/8/8/8/pppppppp/4k3 W [Title "pawngame"] [Date "2000.07.25"] [White "Chessmaster"] [Black "Chessmaster"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Ke2 Ke7 3. Ke3 c5 4. c3 Kd6 5. d4 b5 6. f4 exd4+ 7. cxd4 c4 8. g4 f6 9. h4 b4 10. h5 a5 11. Ke2 a4 12. Kd2 Kc6 13. Kc2 Kc7 14. Kd2 Kd6 15. f5 h6 16. a3 c3+ 17. bxc3 bxa3 18. Kc2 Kc6 19. Kb1 Kb5 20. e5 Kc6 21. c4 Kc7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Ka2 Kd6 24. Kxa3 Kc7 25. Kxa4 Kd8 26. Kb5 Kc7 27. Kc5 Kc8 28. Kd6 Kd8 29. c5 Kc8 30. Ke7 Kc7 31. d5 Kc8 32. d6 Kb7 33. Kxd7 Ka6 34. c6 Kb5 35. c7 Kc4 36. c8=Q+ Kd3 37. Ke6 Ke4 38. Qc3 Kf4 39. Qh3 Kg5 40. d7 Kf4 41. d8=Q Ke4 42. Qg2+ Ke3 43. Qdd2# 1-0
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