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Subject: Re: Testposition - The Pawnbishop

Author: Mogens Larsen

Date: 02:58:56 03/06/01

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On March 06, 2001 at 05:28:38, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
>  [D]8/2b2k1K/1pPp1p2/1P1P1P2/5B2/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>  Meyer 19??
>
>  Hm, my sources are giving me some trouble here... First we had a beautiful
>  study by Schröder, who proved not to be *that* Rebel-Schröder. :) And
>  now we are facing a very clean finish by Meyer. Which Meyer? Kahlen?
>  Believe it or not... This ending is very simple, clean and with a
>  distinct finish. A bishop ending (same colors), 4-3 pawns, but the
>  position is blocked and it's difficult to make any progress. Something
>  must be there because black's bishop looks just like another pawn...
>
>
>  Test: White to move and win. Good evals for white, while just moving
>        around the pieces, are not enough. Can your program actually
>        play out this position for a win? The distinct kill further down.

Athlon 800/104Mb hash.

Engine: Gandalf 4.32h
by Steen Suurballe

 14.01	 0:00 	+3.00 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Kf8 6.Kg6 Ke7
7.Bf4 Bd8 (138.166) 276.3
 15.01	 0:00 	+2.92 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Bb8 6.Bf2 Bc7
7.Kh5 Bd8 8.Kg4 Ke7 (287.657) 287.6
 16.01	 0:01 	+2.97 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Bb8 6.Bh4 Bc7
7.Be1 Bd8 8.Bf2 Bc7 (374.481) 312.0
 17.01	 0:01 	+2.97 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Be1 Bd8 6.Bb4 Bc7
7.Bd2 Bb8 8.Be1 Bc7 9.Bh4 (507.003) 316.8
 18.01	 0:01 	+3.15 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Bb8 6.Bh4 Bc7
7.Bf2 Bd8 8.Bd4 Ke8 9.Kg6 Ke7 10.c7 (670.102) 335.0
 19.01	 0:05 	+3.00 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Bb8 6.Bh4 Bc7
7.Kh5 Bb8 8.Be1 Bc7 9.Bc3 Bd8 10.Kg4 (2.172.124) 368.1
 20.01	 0:09 	+3.00 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bf2 Bc7 3.Bh4 Bd8 4.Bg3 Bc7 5.Kh6 Bb8 6.Bh4 Bc7
7.Bf2 Bd8 8.Bd4 Bc7 9.Bb2 Bd8 10.Kh5 Bc7 (3.532.372) 371.8
 21.01	 0:13 	+3.47++ 	1.Be3 (5.253.781) 386.3
 21.01	 0:15 	+3.92++ 	1.Be3 (6.186.151) 396.5
 21.01	 0:17 	+4.81++ 	1.Be3 (6.750.491) 390.2
 21.01	 0:19 	+6.60++ 	1.Be3 (7.481.982) 375.9
 21.01	 0:32 	+8.86 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bd4 Bc7 3.Bxf6 Kxf6 4.Kg8 Kxf5 5.Kf7 Bb8 6.Ke7
Ke4 7.Kd7 Kxd5 8.Kc8 Ba7 9.Kb7 Kc4 10.Kxa7 Kxb5 11.Kb7 (10.376.345) 314.4
 22.01	 0:49 	+8.91 	1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bd4 Bc7 3.Bxf6 Kxf6 4.Kg8 Kxf5 5.Kf7 Ke5 6.Ke8
Kxd5 7.Kd7 Kc5 8.Kxc7 d5 9.Kb7 Kxb5 10.c7 d4 11.c8Q d3 12.Qc6+ Kb4 13.Kxb6
(14.513.282) 293.1
best move: Bf4-e3 time: 1:01.565 min  n/s: 287.520  nodes: 17.625.001

Regards,
Mogens

>Meyer
>19??
>
>1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bd4 Bc7 3.Bxf6! Kxf6 4.Kg8! 1-0

• Question to Mogens Jouni Uski 04:05:44 03/06/01
  • Re: Answer to Jouni :-). Mogens Larsen 04:10:53 03/06/01
    • Re: Answer to Jouni :-). Jouni Uski 04:20:14 03/06/01
      • Re: Answer to Jouni :-). Mogens Larsen 04:37:50 03/06/01

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