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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Rebel Rook

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 13:33:40 03/02/01

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On March 02, 2001 at 15:34:11, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On March 02, 2001 at 15:16:38, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On March 02, 2001 at 10:10:08, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  8/6r1/Pp5p/7k/p7/7K/6P1/R7 w - - 0 2
>>>
>>>  Wotawa 1951
>>>
>>>  Rookending and black is a pawn up. But white can take it back in a minute.
>>>  So a draw or what? No, by breaking the rules for "normal" play in a
>>>  rookending, the white rook becomes the rebellious hero of the day.
>>>
>>>  Test: To find the winning line for white in normal tournament level.
>>>
>>>  Sune
>>
>>CM8000 took a while to make up its mind on this one. Is 1.Rb1 the "right"
>>answer?
>
>   Nope, should be 1.Ra3 followed by 2.Rg3, like in one of your lines.
>>
>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>0:00	6/7	0.94	44484		1. Rxa4 Ra7 2. Kg3 b5 3. Ra5 Kg6
>>					4. Kf4 b4
>>0:02	7/8	1.03	180856		1. Rxa4 Ra7 2. Kg3 b5 3. Ra5 Kg6
>>					4. Kf4 b4 5. Ke4
>>0:03	7/8	1.27	292920		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf6 3. Rxb6+
>>					Ke5 4. Rb7 Rg8 5. Rb5+ Kd6 6. Ra5
>>					Kc6 7. Rxa4
>>0:07	8/9	1.33	634575		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Rxa4 Kd6
>>0:17	9/10	1.38	1623748		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Rxa4 Kd5 6. Ra5+
>>					Kc6 7. Kg4
>>0:34	10/11	1.39	3381724		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Rxa4 Kd7 6. Kg4
>>					Kd6
>>0:47	10/11	1.81	4770673		1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. a7 Rxa7
>>					4. Rg8 Ra4 5. g4+ Rxg4 6. Rxg4
>>					b5 7. Rb4 a2 8. Rxb5+ Kg6
>>0:58	11/12	1.03	5881376		1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. Rxa3 Ra7
>>					4. Kg3 b5 5. Ra5 Kg6 6. Kf3 b4
>>					7. Ke4
>>1:43	11/12	1.38	10375062	1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf4 3. Rxb6
>>					a3 4. Rb5 a2 5. Ra5 Ra7 6. Rxa2
>>					Ke5 7. Kg4 Kd6
>>4:14	12/13	1.90	25486527	1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
>>					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke6 5. Kh4 Kd6 6. Kh5
>>					Ra8 7. Rxa4 Rg8 8. a7
>>
>>jm



CM8000 on my PIII-500E with 128MB hash and Selective Search=12 finds Ra3 at ply
14 in just over 2 minutes.

Ernst.


Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:03	1/8	1.31	123837		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf4 3. Rxb6
					Ke5 4. Rb4 Kd5 5. Rxa4 Ra7
0:03	2/9	1.31	190886		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf4 3. Rxb6
					a3 4. Rb3 a2 5. Rb4+ Ke5 6. Ra4
					Ra7 7. Rxa2
0:06	3/10	1.31	372038		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rb5+ Kf4 3. Rxb6
					a3 4. Rb4+ Ke5 5. Ra4 Ra7 6. Rxa3
					Kd6
0:11	4/11	1.36	820731		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Rxa4 Kd6 6. Kg3
					h5
0:18	5/12	1.35	1465058		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Rxa4 Kd6 6. Kg4
					Kc6 7. Kf4 Kb6
0:47	6/13	1.44	3939318		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Rxa4 Kd6 6. Kg4
					Kc6 7. Kh5 Kb5
1:37	7/14	1.76	8443501		1. Rb1 Kg5 2. Rxb6 Ra7 3. Rb5+
					Kf6 4. Ra5 Ke7 5. Kh4 Kf6 6. Rxa4
					Kg6 7. Ra5 Kf6 8. Kh5
2:02	7/14	1.88	10687064	1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. a7 Rxa7
					4. Rg8 Ra4 5. g4+ Rxg4 6. Rxg4
					b5 7. Rb4 Kg6 8. Rxb5 Kf6 9. Kg4
					a2
2:59	8/15	4.70	15723862	1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. a7 Rxa7
					4. Rg8 Ra4 5. g4+ Rxg4 6. Rxg4
					b5 7. Rb4 Kg5 8. Rxb5+ Kf4 9. Ra5
					h5 10. Rxa3 Ke5
5:17	9/16	4.77	28299759	1. Ra3 Re7 2. Rg3 a3 3. a7 Rxa7
					4. Rg8 Ra4 5. g4+ Rxg4 6. Rxg4
					b5 7. Rb4 Kg5 8. Rxb5+ Kf4 9. Ra5
					h5 10. Rxa3 Ke4 11. Kg3




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