Author: Paul
Date: 07:04:03 12/19/00
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On December 19, 2000 at 03:16:06, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On December 18, 2000 at 12:52:43, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >>>8/1k/p/p2p2K/P2P/8/8/8 w >>I think the above is cooked, both Kf5 and Kf6 seem to win. > >Position FEN: 8/1k/p/p2p2K/P2P/8/8/8 w >is from M. Botwinnik, 1939 according to J. Awerbach. > >If I do a search for 1. Kf6 Crafty gives a draw > 60-> 16.89 0.01 1. Kf6 Kb6 2. Ke6 Kc6 3. Ke5 Kc7 4. > Kxd5 Kd7 5. Kc4 Kd6 6. d5 Kc7 7. Kc5 > Kd7 8. d6 Kd8 9. Kc6 Kc8 10. Kb6 Kd7 > 11. Kxa6 <HT> >If I, however, search for 1. Kf5 Crafty gives a winning line > > 34-> 12.92 9.04 1. Kf5 Kb6 2. Kf6 Kb7 3. Kf7 Kb6 4. > Ke8 Kc6 5. Kd8 Kd6 6. Kc8 Ke6 7. Kb7 > Kf5 8. Kc6 Ke4 9. Kc5 Ke3 10. Kxd5 > Kd3 11. Ke5 Kc4 12. d5 Kc5 13. d6 Kb6 > 14. Ke6 Kc6 15. d7 Kc7 16. Ke7 <HT> Hi ... My program (using 5piece etbs) says Kf5 is a mate in 27 max, and Kf6 gives back a perfect (0.0) draw score. Still ironing out the bugs in the code however, so I'm curious as to if what Bruce says is true? Paul
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