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Subject: Re: EndGame Position - Rook Vs Bishop: Draw or a Winning Position for White

Author: John Merlino

Date: 17:10:55 03/01/01

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On March 01, 2001 at 20:00:53, Arturo Ochoa wrote:

>[D]4B3/5p2/4p1k1/4P3/1r5P/4K1P1/8/8 w - -
>
>This positions comes from an Wildcat2.44-Alex2.01 Game of My Computer
>Chess-Tournament Extreme I.
>
>After 1. h5 Rg7 2. h6 Kxh6 3. Bxf7 Rb6 4. Kf4, the resultant position seems a
>Draw? Could you help me?
>
>Regards, Arturo Ochoa
>http://welcome.to/a8amat.

CM8000 doesn't see a win for White, that's for sure:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	5/6	-0.29	27540		1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kg6 3. h7 Kxh7
					4. Bxf7 Rb5 5. Kf4
0:00	6/7	-0.59	68051		1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kxh6 3. Bxf7
					Rb6 4. Kd4 Kg7 5. Kc5
0:01	7/8	-0.54	173053		1. h5+ Kg7 2. Kf3 Rb8 3. Bc6 Rb2
					4. g4 Rc2 5. Be4 Rh2
0:04	8/9	-0.62	370676		1. h5+ Kg7 2. Kf3 Rc4 3. g4 Rc8
					4. Bd7 Rc7 5. Be8 Rc3+ 6. Kf4
0:10	9/10	-0.86	970281		1. h5+ Kg7 2. Kf3 Rc4 3. h6+ Kxh6
					4. Bxf7 Rc6 5. g4 Kg7 6. Bh5 Rc3+
					7. Kf4 Rc4+ 8. Kg5
0:21	10/11	-0.85	2164475		1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kxh6 3. Bxf7
					Rb6 4. g4 Rc6 5. Kf4 Kg7 6. Bh5
					Rc4+ 7. Kg5 Re4
0:37	11/12	-0.84	3898000		1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kxh6 3. Bxf7
					Rb6 4. g4 Rc6 5. Kf4 Kg7 6. Bh5
					Rc4+ 7. Ke3 Rc2 8. g5 Rg2
1:10	12/13	-0.77	7508209		1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kxh6 3. Bxf7
					Rb6 4. g4 Rc6 5. Kf4 Kg7 6. Bh5
					Rc4+ 7. Ke3 Rc2 8. g5 Rg2 9. g6
2:11	13/14	-0.77	14236603	1. h5+ Kg7 2. h6+ Kxh6 3. Bxf7
					Rb6 4. g4 Rc6 5. Kf4 Kg7 6. Bh5
					Rc4+ 7. Ke3 Rc2 8. g5 Rg2 9. g6

After 3...Rb6, it says:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/3	-0.74	1189		4. Kd4 Kg5 5. Kc5
0:00	7/8	-0.84	59033		4. g4 Rc6 5. Ke4 Kg7 6. Bh5 Rc4+
					7. Ke3 Rc2 8. g5 Rg2
0:01	8/9	-0.77	128671		4. g4 Rc6 5. Ke4 Kg7 6. Bh5 Rc4+
					7. Ke3 Rc2 8. g5 Rg2 9. g6
0:02	9/10	-0.78	273908		4. g4 Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb3+ 6. Kf4 Rh3
					7. Be8 Rh8 8. Bd7 Kf7 9. Ke4 Rg8
0:04	10/11	-0.77	517346		4. g4 Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb3+ 6. Kf4 Rh3
					7. Be8 Rh1 8. g5 Rh8 9. Bd7 Rh4+
					10. Ke3 Kf7
0:08	11/12	-0.75	933577		4. g4 Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb3+ 6. Kf4 Rh3
					7. Be8 Rh1 8. g5 Rf1+ 9. Ke4 Rg1
					10. g6 Rg4+ 11. Ke3
0:14	12/13	-0.75	1663842		4. g4 Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb3+ 6. Kf4 Rh3
					7. Be8 Rh1 8. g5 Rf1+ 9. Ke4 Re1+
					10. Kf4 Kf8 11. Bc6 Kf7 12. Be4
					Rg1
0:27	13/14	-0.74	3324329		4. g4 Kg5 5. Kf3 Rc6 6. Kg3 Ra6
					7. Kf3 Rb6 8. Kg3 Rc6 9. Kf3 Ra6
					10. Kg3 Ra3+ 11. Kf2
0:44	14/15	-0.81	5501150		4. g4 Kg5 5. Kf3 Rc6 6. Kg3 Ra6
					7. Kf3 Rb6 8. Kg3 Rc6 9. Kf3 Kh6
					10. Kf4 Kg7 11. Bh5 Rc4+ 12. Kg5
1:20	15/16	-0.79	10100400	4. g4 Kg5 5. Kf3 Rc6 6. Kg3 Ra6
					7. Kf3 Rb6 8. Kg3 Rc6 9. Kf3 Kh6
					10. Kg3 Kg7 11. Bh5 Rc7 12. Kf4

And, after 4.Kf4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	7/8	-0.86	51327		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb2
					7. Kf4 Rg2 8. Bf3 Rf2 9. g4
0:01	8/9	-0.85	105540		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb2
					7. g4 Rg2 8. Kf4 Kh6 9. Be8
0:02	9/10	-0.86	218827		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Kf4 Rf1+ 8. Ke4 Ra1 9. Be8 Rc1
					10. Bb5 Rc5
0:04	10/11	-0.84	503770		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Kf4 Rf1+ 8. Ke4 Ra1 9. Ke3 Kf8
					10. Kf4 Ra4+ 11. Ke3
0:07	11/12	-0.81	916871		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Kf7 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. Bf3 Rf1
					10. Bg4 Ke7 11. Ke4 Rg1
0:12	12/13	-0.81	1548722		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Kf7 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. Bf3 Rg1
					10. Kf4 Rf1 11. g4 Kf7 12. g5
0:22	13/14	-0.80	2820187		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Kf7 8. Bh5+ Kf8 9. Bf3 Rg1
					10. Kf4 Rf1 11. Ke4 Ke7 12. Be2
					Rg1
0:36	14/15	-0.80	4662128		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Rb3+ 8. Kf4 Rb4+ 9. Kf3
					Rb6 10. Kf4 Kg6 11. Bf3 Rb2 12.
					Be4+ Kh6 13. Bf3 Rb1 14. Ke4 Kg5
1:01	15/16	-0.80	7849183		4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Rb6 8. Kf4 Kg6 9. Bf3 Rb2
					10. Be4+ Kh6 11. Bf3 Rf2 12. Ke3
					Rc2 13. Kf4 Kg6
1:51	16/17	-0.80	14448228	4...Kg7 5. Bh5 Rb4+ 6. Ke3 Rb1
					7. Bg4 Rb6 8. Kf4 Kg6 9. Bf3 Rb8
					10. Be4+ Kg7 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Bg4
					Rc4+ 13. Kf3 Kf7 14. Bh5+ Kf8 15.
					Ke3

So, this looks like a job for a program with endgame DBs.

jm



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