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Subject: Re: Testposition - good knight vs bad bishop II

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 18:30:46 02/26/01

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On February 26, 2001 at 17:08:51, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]4b3/5k2/4p1p1/3pP2p/2pP1P1P/2P5/6N1/2K5 w - - 0 1
>
>               Burn-Alekhine Karlsbad 1911
>
>
>  Amos Burn's only victory over Alekhine, in a good knight versus bad bishop
>  ending, is virtually a walk-over. The game went like this:
>
>  1.Kb2 Ba4 2.Ne3 Ke7 3.Ka3 Bc6 4.Kb4 Kd7 5.Ka5 Kc7 6.Nc2 Kb7 7.Nb4 Bd7
>  8.Na6 Be8  (if 8.-Bc8 9.Nc5+ and the king penetrates)  9.Nc5+ Kc6 10.Nxe6
>  and white won.
>
>  Test1: The above position. This is won for white and your program should
>         give white a big +score. Though we may dream about the day when
>         +9.99 pops up...;)
>
>
>  Test2: Exchange the bad bishop on e8 for a better one on e7. This position
>         is a draw and your program should evaluate it close to 0.00.
>         The new position below:
>
>
>  [D]8/4bk2/4p1p1/3pP2p/2pP1P1P/2P5/6N1/2K5 w - - 0 1
>
>
>  Sune

Since there were 2 positions, I ran them through Comet with a batch file.  The
moves ended up being King moves in different directions.  Comet searched each
positions for 30 minutes, but as you can see arrived at these positions a lot
sooner than that.

Comet V B.28  Stil: selective search      Hash-Tab:64593K
	Datei: sunetest		Mon Feb 26 19:19:34 2001

01:	 score: +0.76 	Nodes/Sec: 266524 [18] 	c1b2 in 4:33 [16]
02:	 score: -0.50 	Nodes/Sec: 229113 [18] 	c1d1 in 0:01 [10]

Comet liked it's chances with Black having the trapped Bishop MUCH better.  It
searched out to a depth of 18 with both positions.

Pete

Comet-B.28    Mon Feb 26 19:19:14 2001

depth	score	  sec	  nodes		  pv

<== level

<== 14

<== get

<== sp
 1.	+0.34	    0	       10	 g2e3
 2.	+0.20	    0	       73	 g2e3  e8a4
 3.	+0.48	    0	      266	 g2e3  e8a4  c1d2
 4.	+0.40	    0	      452	 g2e3  e8a4  c1d2  f7e7
 4.	+0.40	    0	      716	 g2e3  e8a4  c1d2  f7e7
 5.	+0.42	    0	     1276	 g2e3  e8a4  c1d2  f7e7  d2e2
 5.	+0.47	    0	     2241	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5
 5.	+0.47	    0	     2419	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5
 6.	+0.47	    0	     4404	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7f8  f3g5  f8e7
 6.	+0.47	    0	     5751	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7f8  f3g5  f8e7
 7!	+0.74	    0	     8387	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7f8  f3g5  f8e7  c1d2
 7?	+0.74	    0	     9059	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7f8  f3g5  f8e7  c1d2
 7.	+0.74	    0	    12190	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7f8  f3g5  f8e7  c1d2
 8.	+0.74	    0	    20801	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4c6  c1d2
 8.	+0.74	    0	    28171	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4c6  c1d2
 9.	+0.74	    0	    52349	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
 9.	+0.74	    0	    71428	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
10.	+0.80	    0	   141914	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
10.	+0.80	    0	   180126	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
11.	+0.72	    1	   285143	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
11.	+0.72	    1	   384263	 g2e1  e8c6  e1f3  c6a4  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
12.	+0.70	    2	   733007	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  c1d2  a4b3  d2e2
12.	+0.72	    9	  2413169	 c1d1  f7f8  d1e2  e8c6  e2e3  c6e8  g2e1
12.	+0.72	    9	  2452758	 c1d1  f7f8  d1e2  e8c6  e2e3  c6e8  g2e1
13.	+0.70	   14	  3775712	 c1d1  f7f8  d1e2  e8c6  e2e3  f8e8  g2e1
13.	+0.71	   16	  4189414	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  a4b3  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
13.	+0.71	   19	  5011767	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  a4b3  f3g5  f7e7  c1d2
14.	+0.74	   25	  6717473	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4e8  g5h7
14.	+0.74	   39	 10246947	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4e8  g5h7
15.	+0.75	   49	 12838116	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4c6  g5h7
15.	+0.75	   64	 16487964	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4c6  g5h7
16.	+0.74	   90	 23768501	 g2e1  e8a4  e1f3  f7e7  f3g5  a4d7  c1d2
16.	+0.75	  272	 72202350	 c1b2  e8a4  g2e3  f7e7
16.	+0.75	  277	 73251104	 c1b2  e8a4  g2e3  f7e7
17.	+0.82	  409	105683633	 c1b2  f7f8  b2a3  f8e7  g2e1  e7d7  e1f3
17.	+0.82	  484	123399258	 c1b2  f7f8  b2a3  f8e7  g2e1  e7d7  e1f3
18.	+0.76	  802	206150734	 c1b2  f7e7  b2a3  e7d7  g2e1  d7c7  a3b4
18.	+0.76	 1800	479778058	 c1b2  f7e7  b2a3  e7d7  g2e1  d7c7  a3b4

==> My Move: c1b2 in 30:00

==>  	c1b2 in 4:33 [16]

<== get

<== sp
 1.	-0.30	    0	       26	 c1d2
 2.	-0.33	    0	       74	 c1d2  e7a3
 3.	-0.07	    0	      262	 c1d2  e7d8  d2e3
 4.	-0.41	    0	      942	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  d8a5
 4.	-0.41	    0	      960	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  d8a5
 5.	-0.21	    0	     3130	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e8d7  d2e3
 6.	-0.34	    0	     5719	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2e3  d8a5  e3d2
 6.	-0.34	    0	     7300	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2e3  d8a5  e3d2
 7.	-0.34	    0	    13578	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2e3  d8a5  e3d2
 7.	-0.34	    0	    18702	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2e3  d8a5  e3d2
 8?	-0.48	    0	    20296	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2c2  e8d7  c2d2
 8!	-0.48	    0	    43738	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2c2  e8d7  c2d2
 8.	-0.48	    0	    43738	 c1d1  f7e8  d1d2  e7d8  d2c2  e8d7  c2d2
 9.	-0.37	    0	    75257	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7f8  d2c2  f8e7  g2e1
 9!	-0.35	    0	    97379	 c1c2  f7e8  c2d2
 9.	-0.28	    0	   102219	 c1c2  e7d8  c2d1  f7e8  d1e2  e8e7  g2e3
 9.	-0.28	    0	   122352	 c1c2  e7d8  c2d1  f7e8  d1e2  e8e7  g2e3
10?	-0.42	    0	   136064	 c1c2  e7d8  c2d1  f7e8  d1d2  e8d7  d2c2
10.	-0.52	    1	   239228	 c1c2  e7d8  c2d1  f7e8  d1d2  e8d7  d2e2
10.	-0.50	    1	   280484	 c1d1  e7d8  d1e1  f7e8  e1e2  e8d7  e2d2
10.	-0.50	    1	   288581	 c1d1  e7d8  d1e1  f7e8  e1e2  e8d7  e2d2
11.	-0.50	    2	   457874	 c1d1  e7d8  d1e1  f7e8  e1e2  e8d7  e2d2
11.	-0.50	    2	   567739	 c1d1  e7d8  d1e1  f7e8  e1e2  e8d7  e2d2
12.	-0.48	    6	  1256729	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
12.	-0.48	    7	  1459007	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
13.	-0.48	   12	  2649423	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
13.	-0.48	   15	  3220305	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
14.	-0.48	   28	  6131879	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
14.	-0.48	   35	  7576424	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
15.	-0.48	   73	 15481245	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
15.	-0.48	   89	 19660020	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
16.	-0.48	  153	 34252485	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
16.	-0.48	  203	 45438814	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
17.	-0.48	  354	 79724090	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
17.	-0.48	  508	119490162	 c1d1  e7d8  d1d2  f7e8  d2e3  e8d7  e3e2
18.	-0.50	 1091	251644444	 c1d1  f7f8  d1e1  f8e8  e1f2  e8d7  f2e1
18.	-0.50	 1800	412433175	 c1d1  f7f8  d1e1  f8e8  e1f2  e8d7  f2e1

==> My Move: c1d1 in 30:00

==>  	c1d1 in 0:01 [10]

<== quit






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