Author: Sune Larsson
Date: 13:46:38 02/27/01
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On February 27, 2001 at 16:36:27, Bertil Eklund wrote: >On February 27, 2001 at 15:37:03, Sune Larsson wrote: > >> >> [D]8/6k1/2p5/pp2p3/4P1K1/2PP4/P7/8 b - - 0 1 >> >> This is Damjanovic-Dvorecki, Vilnius 1978. Mistakes in the endgame are >> punished severely. Here black is on the move and has to decide if he >> wants to lose with 1.-c5??, thinks peace and draw is good enough with 1.-Kf6?, >> or goes for the whole cheese with 1.-Kg6! Oh, this is just tiresome >> calculation. No match for Kasparov, I guess. Computers? >> >> The game went like this: >> >> 1.-Kg6! [1.-c5?? 2.Kf5 b4 3.cxb4 cxb4 4.Kxe5 a4 5.Kd4+-] >> [1.-Kf6? 2.Kf3 c5 3.Ke3 b4 4.d4! cxd4+ 5.cxd4 a4 6.dxe5+ Kxe5 7.Kd3=] >> >> 2.Kf3 [2.d4 exd4 3.cxd4 b4-+] 2.-c5 3.Ke3 [3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 b4! 5.Ke3 a4-+] >> 3.-b4 4.d4 [4.cxb4 cxb4 5.Kd2 a4! 6.Kc2 Kg5 7.Kd2 Kf4-+] >> 4.-cxd4+ 5.cxd4 a4! 6.Kd3 b3 7.axb3 a3 8.Kc2 exd4 9.b4 d3+ 0-1 >> >> Test: 1.-c5?? loses. If you are a programmer please rewrite your program >> totally from scratch. If you are a consumer just >> throw the damned thing. ;) >> >> 1.-Kf6? draws. Ok, peaceful mind - but you just missed some glory. >> Programmers: Have a look at the evals - the right move >> was just around the corner. >> >> 1.-Kg6! wins. Congrats! This is good stuff. Just hope the margin >> to 1.-Kf6? was more than 0.02... >> >> Sune >Hi! > >Both Shredder4 and Nimzo8 thinks Kf6 is winning. Nimzo thinks Kg6 wins also both >moves +2.66 after 10 minutes. > >Bertil Hej! Yes it looks like GM Dvorecki made some mistakes in commenting his own game! At least as far as I can see at this moment. The variations above were totally his - and it seems we have once more proven the value of computerchess! Mr Merlino had similar results with CM8K. Sune
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