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Subject: Re: 1959 Kashdan endgame study

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 18:17:53 11/12/00

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On November 12, 2000 at 18:41:13, Ricardo Gibert wrote:

>Here is an endgame study that I think everybody will find entertaining:
>[D]8/1p6/1p6/2k4P/7P/5ppK/7P/8 w - - 0 0
>
>Fritz4 is hopeless in solving this position. I was wondering if newer engines
>with 5-man EGTBs would stand a better chance of solving it.
>
>Hint: White Queens all three of his pawns.

This is what Tiger 13 produces when given 5 seconds per side using an Athlon
900.

1.Kxg3 Kd4 2.h6 Ke3 3.h7 f2 4.h8Q f1Q 5.Qe5+ Kd2 6.Qd4+ Kc2 7.Qf2+ Qxf2+ 8.Kxf2
b5 9.h5 b4 10.h6 b3 11.h7 b2 12.h8Q b1Q 13.Qh7+ Kc1 14.Qxb1+ Kxb1 15.h4 1-0

Is this on the right track?



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