Author: Dan Newman
Date: 03:54:52 07/26/00
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On July 26, 2000 at 01:12:05, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>Here is yet another endgame position:
>
>[D]3R4/8/6p1/p1p2bk1/P1Pb4/1P5P/6B1/7K w
>
>It's from a game MissSilicon (nut) - Hossa. Misssi found the nice move b4!
>Andrew Dados told me that his program needs about 14 seconds (Andrew, do I
>remember right?) to find this move. I tried it with Hossa and it took ages. How
>does your favourite program perform? And another important question: is there
>another way to win this position for white?
>
>Best wishes,
>Steffen.
Shrike fails high on b4 in 4.58s on a PIII/600(512k), 32MB hash:
9> 242 0.71 247892 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Bc2 Bd5 Bd4 Ra8 Bc3 Rb8
10. 240 1.00 361896 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Bd4 Rf8 Kh4 Ra8 Bc3 Rf8 <TT>
10> 240 1.22 471118 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Bd4 Rf8 Kh4 Ra8 Bc3 Rf8 <TT>
11. 241 1.56 660446 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Bd4 Rf8 Bc2 Rf3 Kh4 Kh2 <TT>
11> 241 1.73 760805 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Bd4 Rf8 Bc2 Rf3 Kh4 Kh2 <TT>
12. 243 2.72 1326863 Rb8 Bc3 Re8 Kf4 Re2 Be5 Kg1 Bd3 Re1 Bc3
Rd1 Bf5
12+ 261 4.58 2384807 b4
12. 335 7.66 4207790 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Kh2 b3
Be4 Bxe4 Rf4+ Kg5 Rxe4
12> 335 7.75 4257011 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Kh2 b3
Be4 Bxe4 Rf4+ Kg5 Rxe4
13. 333 11.54 6522006 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Kh2 Bxa4
Rxg6 b3 Rh6+ Kg5 Rh3
13> 333 11.68 6608183 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Kh2 Bxa4
Rxg6 b3 Rh6+ Kg5 Rh3
14+ 351 18.90 10812271 b4
14. 365 28.17 16219043 b4 Bf6 Rf8 axb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bd3 Rb6 Bxc4
Rxg6 Bd3 Rb6 Kg3 a5
14> 365 28.35 16319942 b4 Bf6 Rf8 axb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bd3 Rb6 Bxc4
Rxg6 Bd3 Rb6 Kg3 a5
15. 370 50.27 28965784 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Ra6 Bxa4
Rxa5 Be8 Ra8 Bf7 Rb8 b3 Rxb3 Bxc4
15> 370 50.55 29132532 b4 Bf6 Rf8 cxb4 h4+ Kxh4 Rxf6 Bc2 Ra6 Bxa4
Rxa5 Be8 Ra8 Bf7 Rb8 b3 Rxb3 Bxc4
16+ 388 1:28 50685130 b4
16- 387 1:48 62520958 b4
16. 398 3:29 119497005 b4 axb4 a5 Bf6 a6 Bxd8 a7 Bf6 a8=Q Bd4
Qf3 Bc2 Qg4+ Kh6 Qf4+ g5 Qf8+ Kh5
16> 398 3:30 120208088 b4 axb4 a5 Bf6 a6 Bxd8 a7 Bf6 a8=Q Bd4
Qf3 Bc2 Qg4+ Kh6 Qf4+ g5 Qf8+ Kh5
-Dan.
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