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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Goose Chase

Author: John Merlino

Date: 14:54:29 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 16:25:01, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]8/2b2pp1/K2p4/p4P2/P7/6P1/8/2k3B1 w - - 0 1
>
>  Troitzky 1923
>
>  Hm, a bishopending with black a pawn up. But white's king is much
>  better positioned. White's bishop is a real flyer while the black
>  one tries to take off again and again - but never makes it...
>  A flyer versus a goose and the hunt is just about to start.
>
>  Test: If your program is a flyer or a goose. The faster the better
>        But the evals should show that white is *winning*
>
>
>  Sune

It takes a decent amount of time for CM8000 to see anything that looks "good"
for White, and it has a difficult time making up its mind (4 different "best"
moves between the 14/15 depth and the 16/17 depth!). It certainly doesn't see a
guaranteed win though:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	6/7	-0.06	12526		1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Kc6 Kc2 3. Kxd6 Kb3
					4. Bd4 Kxa4 5. Bxg7
0:00	8/9	-0.38	64193		1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Kc6 Kc2 3. Kxd6 Kb3
					4. Bd4 Kxa4 5. Bxg7 Kb3
0:01	8/9	0.01	106954		1. Bd4 Kc2 2. Bxg7 d5 3. Kb5 Kb3
					4. Bd4 Kc2 5. Kc5
0:02	9/10	0.07	177225		1. Bd4 g6 2. Kb7 Bd8 3. fxg6 fxg6
					4. Kc6 Kc2 5. Kxd6 Kb3 6. Kd7 Bg5
0:04	10/11	-0.06	370275		1. Bd4 d5 2. Bxg7 Kd2 3. Kb5 Bxg3
					4. Kxa5 Ke3 5. Kb4 Ke4 6. a5 Kxf5
0:09	11/12	-0.75	888652		1. Bd4 g6 2. Kb7 Bd8 3. Kc6 gxf5
					4. Kxd6 Kc2 5. Be5 Kb3 6. Kd7 Bg5
0:11	11/12	-0.52	1204567		1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Kc6 Kc2 3. Kxd6 Kb3
					4. Bd4 Kxa4 5. Bxg7 Kb3 6. Kd5 a4
0:17	12/13	-0.60	1818050		1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Bd4 Kc2 3. Bxg7 Kb3
					4. Kc6 Kxa4 5. Kd7 Bg5 6. Kxd6
					Kb3 7. Kd5 a4
0:20	12/13	0.00	2205271		1. Bd4 Bd8 2. Bxg7 Kc2 3. Kb5 d5
					4. g4 Kd3 5. Kc5 Ke4 6. Bc3 Be7+
					7. Kb5 Bd8 8. Kc5
0:30	13/14	-0.19	3437250		1. Bd4 Kc2 2. Bxg7 d5 3. g4 Bd8
					4. Kb5 Kd3 5. f6 Ke4 6. g5 Ke5
					7. Kc5 d4 8. Kc4
0:58	14/15	-0.31	6614758		1. Bd4 d5 2. Bxg7 Kc2 3. g4 Bd8
					4. Bh6 f6 5. g5 fxg5 6. Bg7 Kb3
					7. Kb5 g4 8. Kc5
1:15	14/15	-0.17	8697895		1. Be3+ Kc2 2. Bf4 Kd3 3. Kb7 Bd8
					4. Bxd6 Ke4 5. Kc8 Bf6 6. Bc7 Bc3
					7. g4 Kf3 8. g5 Ke4 9. f6 gxf6
					10. gxf6
1:17	14/15	-0.03	8981368		1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Bd4 Kc2 3. Bxg7 Kb3
					4. Kc6 Kxa4 5. Kd7 Bg5 6. f6 d5
					7. Ke7 Kb4 8. Kxf7
1:45	15/16	0.13	12124153	1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Bd4 Kc2 3. Kc6 Kd3
					4. Bxg7 Ke4 5. Kd7 Bg5 6. Kxd6
					Kxf5 7. Bc3 Bd8 8. Kd5 Bc7
2:42	16/17	0.28	18788792	1. Kb7 Bd8 2. Bd4 Kc2 3. Kc6 d5
					4. Kxd5 Bc7 5. Bf2 Kb3 6. Kc6 Bd8
					7. Kb5 Bc7 8. Be1 g5 9. Bxa5 Bxg3
4:21	16/17	0.39	29016492	1. f6 gxf6 2. Kb7 Bd8 3. Kc8 Be7
					4. Be3+ Kc2 5. Kd7 Bf8 6. Ke8 Bg7
					7. Kxf7 Bh8 8. Kg8 Kb3 9. Kxh8
					Kxa4 10. Kg7
5:31	17/18	0.39	35627359	1. f6 gxf6 2. Kb7 Bd8 3. Kc8 Be7
					4. Be3+ Kc2 5. Kd7 Bf8 6. Ke8 Bg7
					7. Kxf7 Bh8 8. Kg8 Kb3 9. Kxh8
					Kxa4 10. Kg7
14:33	18/19	0.84	85663768	1. f6 gxf6 2. Kb7 Bd8 3. Kc8 Be7
					4. Be3+ Kc2 5. Kd7 Bf8 6. Ke8 Bg7
					7. Kxf7 Bh8 8. Kg8 Kb3 9. Kxh8
					Kxa4 10. Kg7 f5 11. Kf6

jm



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