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Subject: Re: Testposition - Bishop Rivalry

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:11:55 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 13:38:03, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]8/6p1/P1b1pp2/2p1p3/1k4P1/3PP3/1PK5/5B2 w - - 0 3
>
>  Queckenstadt (Kvekkenstedt?) 1922
>
>  The two Bishops were fighting their own battle, while their Kings
>  were watching. It was all about proving suited for the elevation
>  to Archbishop. The struggle was tense when suddenly one of the Bishops
>  realized that he could achive his goal by actually giving himself up.
>  As a true religious man he did so. Transfered himself to g2 (1.Bg2!)
>  and faced his rival. Left with no choice his shocked brother in faith
>  entered the same square (1.-Bxg2) and found himself in a deserted land.
>  After 2.e4! the door was closed. Desperately the Bishop tried to open
>  it again, but could he do it in time?
>
>
>  Test: If your program could search deep enough to find the win for white.
>        If not - try it with 1.Bg2 played.
>
>  Sune

It takes quite a while (on a P3-600), but CM8000 finally finds it:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	3/4	1.02	1369		1. a7 Ba8 2. Be2 Kb5 3. d4+ Kb6
0:00	5/6	0.55	16911		1. a7 Kb5 2. d4+ Kb6 3. dxc5+ Kxa7
					4. Bc4 Bd5 5. Bxd5 exd5
0:00	6/7	0.95	63502		1. a7 f5 2. gxf5 exf5 3. Bh3 g6
					4. Kd2 Ba8
0:01	7/8	0.76	139610		1. a7 e4 2. dxe4 Bxe4+ 3. Bd3 Ba8
					4. b3 Ka5 5. Kc3 Kb6
0:04	8/9	0.38	338908		1. a7 e4 2. g5 exd3+ 3. Kxd3 Ka5
					4. gxf6 gxf6 5. Bh3 Kb6 6. Bxe6
					Kxa7
0:09	9/10	0.38	765294		1. a7 e4 2. g5 exd3+ 3. Kxd3 Ka5
					4. gxf6 gxf6 5. Bh3 Kb6 6. Bxe6
					Kxa7
0:17	10/11	0.10	1608014		1. a7 e4 2. g5 Ka5 3. gxf6 gxf6
					4. dxe4 Kb6 5. Bc4 Kxa7 6. Bxe6
					Bxe4+ 7. Kc3 Kb6
0:37	11/12	0.13	3527132		1. a7 e4 2. g5 exd3+ 3. Kxd3 Ka5
					4. gxf6 gxf6 5. e4 Kb6 6. Bh3 f5
					7. exf5 exf5 8. Bxf5 Kxa7 9. Kc4
1:38	12/13	0.01	9571872		1. a7 e4 2. d4 cxd4 3. exd4 f5
					4. g5 f4 5. Ba6 Ka5 6. Bc8 Kb6
					7. Bd7 Ba8
3:05	13/14	-0.08	18259065	1. a7 e4 2. dxe4 Bxe4+ 3. Bd3 Bc6
					4. Ba6 Ka5 5. Bc8 Kb6 6. Bxe6 Kxa7
					7. Kd3 Kb6 8. Kc4 Bf3
6:12	14/15	-0.11	37011797	1. a7 e4 2. dxe4 Bxe4+ 3. Bd3 Bc6
					4. Ba6 Ka5 5. Bc8 Kb6 6. Bxe6 Kxa7
					7. Kd3 Kb6 8. Kc4 g6 9. Kd3
12:20	15/16	-0.09	73671104	1. a7 e4 2. dxe4 Bxe4+ 3. Bd3 Bc6
					4. Ba6 Ka5 5. Bc8 Kb6 6. Bxe6 Kxa7
					7. Kd3 Kb6 8. Kc4 Bf3 9. b3 Kc6
22:45	15/16	2.12	134480166	1. Bg2 Bxg2 2. e4 f5 3. gxf5 exf5
					4. a7 fxe4 5. d4 e3 6. dxe5 Be4+
					7. Kd1 Bc6 8. e6 Kb3 9. e7 Kxb2
					10. Ke2 c4 11. a8=Q Bxa8 12. e8=Q

jm



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