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Subject: Re: Testposition - Schröder's Beauty

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:55:04 03/05/01

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On March 05, 2001 at 16:05:46, Sune Larsson wrote:

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>  [D]8/8/4pk1B/8/5K1N/p7/8/8 w - - 0 1
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>  Schröder 19??
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>  Well, Mr Schröder seems to be a man of many talents. This is a very
>  nice position, made in his youth I think. ;) Black is about to promote
>  and the white pieces sort of step on eachother's toes. But there is
>  a way for white to draw. A stunning resource that shows the beauty
>  of chess. Rebel might prove good at this one...;)
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>  Test: White to move and draw. The quicker the better.
>        Solution further down.
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>  Sune
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>Schröder
>19??
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>1.Nf5 exf5 2.Bf8 a2 3.Bb4 a1Q 4.Bc3+ Qxc3 ½-½

CM8000 sees something very close to a draw in 2 seconds, but it chooses to
promote to a bishop instead of a queen, leaving a KB vs KBP ending:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/3	3.36	1010		1. Bg5+ Kg7 2. Ke5 a2 3. Bf6+ Kf7
0:00	5/6	-4.48	28953		1. Ke4 a2 2. Nf3 a1=Q 3. Bg5+ Kg6
					4. Kf4 Qc3 5. Ke4
0:00	6/7	-0.13	54790		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 Kf7
					4. Bc3 Ke6 5. Ba1
0:01	7/8	-0.13	101533		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 Kf7
					4. Bc3 Ke6 5. Ba1
0:02	8/9	-0.09	211517		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Be7+ Kg6 5. Bd8 Bb2 6. Bc7
0:04	9/10	-0.09	468179		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Bf8 Bb2 6. Bd6
0:09	10/11	-0.09	1034322		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Bf8 Bb2 6. Bc5 Kf6
0:19	11/12	-0.09	2267575		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Bf8 Bb2 6. Bc5 Kf6
					7. Be3
0:41	12/13	-0.09	4796105		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Kg3 Bb2 6. Bf4 Kf7
					7. Bg5 Ke6
1:23	13/14	-0.09	9790648		1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Kg3 Bb2 6. Bf4 Kf7
					7. Kf3 Ke6 8. Ke2
2:42	14/15	-0.09	19661666	1. Nf5 exf5 2. Bf8 a2 3. Bb4 a1=B
					4. Bd6 Kg6 5. Kg3 Bb2 6. Bf4 Kf7
					7. Kf3 Kf6 8. Ke2 Ke6

Promoting to a queen produces an instant 0.00 score.

jm



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