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Subject: Re: What is the principle continuation of Rxb2?

Author: Larry Griffiths

Date: 09:47:18 08/30/00

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On August 30, 2000 at 09:51:25, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On August 30, 2000 at 09:32:28, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>
>>On August 30, 2000 at 08:59:51, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>>
>>>On August 30, 2000 at 08:35:26, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>>>
>>>>I am testing the following WAC position...
>>>>
>>>>[D]8/7p/5k2/5p2/p1p2P2/Pr1pPK2/1P1R3P/8 b - - bm Rxb2; id "WAC002";
>>>>What is the principle contiunation after Rxb2.  I figure that it promotes a pawn
>>>>somehow.
>>>8/7p/5k2/5p2/p1p2P2/Pr1pPK2/1P1R3P/8 b - - acd 14; acn 114206936; ce 322; pv Rxb
>>>2 Rxb2 c3 Rb6+ Ke7 Rb7+ Kd6 Rb6+ Kc5 Rb7 c2 Rxh7 d2 Rc7+ Kd6 Rxc2 d1=Q+ Re2 Qf1+
>>> Rf2 Qd3 h4 Qxa3; pm Rxb2; bm Rxb2; id "WAC.002";
>>
>>It looks like I must run this to 17 or 18 plys deep then.  I thought the
>>promotion might occur before 17 or 18 plys.
>
>If you have search extensions, you may need quite a few plies less. Before the
>promotion, there are 3 checks, 1 recapture and one pawn push to the 7th row.
>This may save 5 plies. Also, if you promote in qsearch, this can save another
>ply. I.e. Yace finds this allways at depth 10, and depending on settings, can
>find it also at depth 9.
>
>Dieter

Bob and Dieter,

Bummer, no qsearch or extensions in my program yet.

It chooses Rxb2 at 15 plys, but chooses C3 again at 16 plys.  I have not seen if
it locks in to Rxb2 at higher plys as my last run wanted to spend eternity at
ply 16...



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