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Subject: Re: Testposition - Merry-go-round

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 16:14:46 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 18:33:33, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>On March 01, 2001 at 17:42:57, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>  4B3/5K2/5P1b/2p5/2p5/1k6/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>  A. Selesniew, 1921
>
>[...]
>
>>  Test: White to move and draw. Not many choices - the black pawns
>>        are on the run.
>
>I think, Yace finds the correct move, but has no understanding at all of the
>position:

    Yes, 1.Kg6! is the correct move. And the variation after 1.-c3 is drawn.
    But there are other tricky things after 1.-Bf4. Around and around we go...

>
>   2643680  31.800  -3.33 14t  1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.f7 Kc2 7.Kd5 Kd3 8.Ke5 c4 9.Kf4 c3 {-350
>   3574883  41.472  -3.33 14.  1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.f7 Kc2 7.Kd5 Kd3 8.Ke5 c4 9.Kf4 c3 {-350
>   4170367  46.914  -3.73 15-- 1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.Kb3 Kd3 7.Kb2 c4 8.Ka2 c3 9.Ka1
>   5176132  53.761  -4.40 15t  1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.f7 Kc2 7.Kb5 Kd3 8.Kc6 c4 9.Kd7 c3 10.Ke
>                               {-350}
>   7707041  1:17.3  -4.40 15.  1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.f7 Kc2 7.Kb5 Kd3 8.Kc6 c4 9.Kd7 c3 10.Ke
>                               {-350}
>   8990207  1:28.6  -4.80 16-- 1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kf5 Bf8 5.Kg6
>                               c4 6.Kh7 Kd3 7.Kg8 Bd6 8.Kh7 c3 9.Kh8 {HT}
>  14942957  2:20.0  -8.58 16t  1.Ke6 c3 2.Bg6 c2 3.Bxc2+ Kxc2 4.Kd5 Bf8 5.Kc4
>                               Kd2 6.Kb3 Kd3 7.Kb2 c4 8.Ka2 c3 9.Ka1 c2 10.Kb
>                               Ba3+ 11.Kxa3 c1=Q+ {HT} {-921}
>  19373739  2:52.7  -8.57 16t+ 1.Bd7 c3 2.Be6+ c4 3.Kg6 Bf8 4.Kf7 c2 5.Kxf8
>                               c1=Q
>  36489915  4:49.6  -6.49 16t  1.Bd7 c3 2.Kg6 Bf4 3.f7 Bd6 4.Bf5 c4 5.Kh7 c2
>                               6.Bxc2+ Kxc2 7.Kg7 Kd2 8.Kg8 c3 9.f8=Q Bxf8
>                               10.Kh7 {HT} {-430}
>  40019716  5:16.7  -6.48 16t+ 1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2
>  44923432  5:50.6  -5.91 16t  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qg5+ 7.Kh7 Qf6 8.Kg8 Qg6+ 9.Kf8H
>                               {-651}
>  46323995  6:01.5  -5.91 16.  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qg5+ 7.Kh7 Qf6 8.Kg8 Qg6+ 9.Kf8
>                               {-651}
>  56805790  7:21.1  -5.91 17t  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qg5+ 7.Kh7 Qf6 8.Kg8 Qg6+ 9.Kh8 Qd6
>                               10.Kg8 Qd5 {-651}
>  61369867  7:57.1  -5.91 17.  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qg5+ 7.Kh7 Qf6 8.Kg8 Qg6+ 9.Kh8 Qd6
>                               10.Kg8 Qd5 {-651}
>  83656032 10:56.8  -5.88 18t  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qe6 7.Bd7 Qd5 8.Bc6 Qg5+ 9.Kh7 Qf6
>                               10.Bd5+ Kc3 11.Kg8 {-651}
>  91741907 12:10.7  -5.88 18.  1.Kg6 c3 2.Kxh6 c2 3.f7 c1=Q+ 4.Kh7 Qf4 5.Kg7
>                               Qe5+ 6.Kg8 Qe6 7.Bd7 Qd5 8.Bc6 Qg5+ 9.Kh7 Qf6
>                               10.Bd5+ Kc3 11.Kg8 {-651}
>
>-- Dieter



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