Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 20:02:17 03/04/01
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On March 04, 2001 at 10:28:01, Sune Larsson wrote: > > [D]8/5pb1/7p/6PK/7P/Pk6/8/8 w - - 0 1 > > Ellison, 1972 > > No story around this one, except to show how tricky endgames with > very few pieces can be. One mistake and you're dead... > Here white is fighting for the draw. After 1.gxh6 he will find the > way, to the remaining black pawn, very long... > > Test: White to move and draw. It might be interesting to check if your > program can make it in a) blitz (5-10 min) b) rapidgame (30-60 min) > c) tournamentlevel (40/2). The solution is further down. Takes mine 22 seconds on a quad 450 Xeon to see the right move for the right reason, although the score is like -0.5 rather than the hoped for draw score. I think this is pretty cute. bruce
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