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Subject: Re: Testposition - Merry-go-round

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 17:00:31 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 19:14:46, Sune Larsson wrote:

>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...

Yace likes 1...Bf4 much better than 1...c3 (from white's point of view). Again
running in the background:

    801464   7.199  -0.67 11t  2.Bf7 Kb4 3.Bd5 c3 4.Be4 Kb3 5.Kf5 Bb8 6.f7 Bd6
                               7.Ke6 Bf8 {-80}
   1190096  10.456  -0.67 11.  2.Bf7 Kb4 3.Bd5 c3 4.Be4 Kb3 5.Kf5 Bb8 6.f7 Bd6
                               7.Ke6 Bf8 {-80}
   1491780  13.406  -0.70 12t  2.Bf7 Kb4 3.Bd5 c3 4.Be4 Kb3 5.Kf5 Bh6 6.Kg6
                               Bf8 7.Bd5+ c4 {-80}
   2397231  22.229  -0.70 12.  2.Bf7 Kb4 3.Bd5 c3 4.Be4 Kb3 5.Kf5 Bh6 6.Kg6
                               Bf8 7.Bd5+ c4 {-80}
   3811533  34.959  -0.31 13t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.Kf5 Bb2 5.Kg6 Bxf6 6.Kxf6
                               c3H 7.Bf5H Kc4H {190}
   4484820  41.389  -0.31 13.  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.Kf5 Bb2 5.Kg6 Bxf6 6.Kxf6
                               c3 7.Bf5 Kc4 {190}
   5548648  49.485  -0.31 14t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.f7 Bd6 5.Bg4 c3 6.Bd1 Kb5
                               7.Kg7 Ka5 8.f8=Q Bxf8+ 9.Kxf8 {190}
   7037970  1:02.0  -0.31 14.  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.f7 Bd6 5.Bg4 c3 6.Bd1 Kb5
                               7.Kg7 Ka5 8.f8=Q Bxf8+ 9.Kxf8 {190}
  11008667  1:28.1  -0.54 15t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.Kf5 Bd4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 c3 8.Kd3 Bg7 9.Bf5 Bf8 {-80}
  18683313  2:43.9  -0.54 15.  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Be6 Kb4 4.Kf5 Bd4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 c3 8.Kd3 Bg7 9.Bf5 Bf8 {-80}
  26327681  3:41.0  -0.48 16t  2.Bf7 Bg3 3.Kf5 Bh4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Be7 6.Ke4
                               Kb3 7.Ke3 Kc3 8.Ke4 Bf8 9.Bg4 Kb3 10.Be6 Kc3H
                               {HT}
  42364178  6:08.5  -0.48 16.  2.Bf7 Bg3 3.Kf5 Bh4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Be7 6.Ke4
                               Kb3 7.Ke3 Kc3 8.Ke4 Bf8 9.Bg4 Kb3 10.Be6 Kc3
  66774829  9:06.8  -0.50 17t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Kf5 Bd4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Bg7H 6.Ke4H
                               Bf8H 7.Ke3H Bh6+H 8.Ke4H c3H 9.Kd3H Ka4H {HT}
                               {-80}
 102534773 14:58.1  -0.50 17.  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Kf5 Bd4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 Bh6+ 8.Ke4 c3 9.Kd3 Ka4 {HT} {-80}
 125300792 18:10.9  -0.50 18t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Kf5 Bd4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 Bh6+ 8.Ke4 Kb3 9.Ke5 Bg7+ 10.Kf5 Bf8
                               11.Kf4 {-80}
 195078789 29:51.7  -0.50 18.  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Kf5 Bd4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 Bh6+ 8.Ke4 Kb3 9.Ke5 Bg7+ 10.Kf5 Bf8
                               11.Kf4 {-80}
 245257722 36:58.3  -0.50 19t  2.Bf7 Be5 3.Kf5 Bd4 4.Be6 Kb4 5.f7 Bg7 6.Ke4
                               Bf8 7.Ke3 Bh6+ 8.Ke4 Kb3 9.Ke5 Bg7+ 10.Kf5 Bf8
                               11.Ke5 Kc3 {-80}

Is this the correct idea?

-- Dieter




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