Author: John Merlino
Date: 15:43:16 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. > > > Sune > > > > > > > > > >Meyer >19?? > >1.Be3 Bd8 2.Bd4 Bc7 3.Bxf6! Kxf6 4.Kg8! 1-0 CM8000 finds it in 6 seconds on a P3-600: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 11/12 2.90 53860 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Be3 Bc7 3. Kh5 Bd8 4. Kg4 Bc7 5. Kf4 Ke8 6. Bd4 Ke7 0:00 12/13 2.89 92041 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Be3 Bc7 3. Kh5 Bd8 4. Kg4 Bc7 5. Bd4 Ke7 6. Kf4 Kf7 7. Ke4 0:01 13/14 2.92 141694 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Be3 Bc7 3. Kh5 Bd8 4. Kg4 Bc7 5. Bd4 Ke7 6. Kf4 Kf7 7. Ke4 Ke7 0:02 14/15 2.84 250104 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Kh5 Bc7 3. Kg4 Ke7 4. Bd2 Ke8 5. Kf3 Ke7 6. Bc3 Bd8 7. Kf2 Ke8 8. Ke3 0:03 15/16 2.84 390069 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Kh5 Bc7 3. Kg4 Ke7 4. Bd2 Ke8 5. Kf3 Ke7 6. Bc3 Bd8 7. Bd4 Bc7 8. Kf4 Kf7 0:05 16/17 2.78 592171 1. Kh6 Bb8 2. Kh5 Bc7 3. Kg4 Ke7 4. Bd2 Ke8 5. Kf3 Ke7 6. Bc3 Bd8 7. Bd4 Bc7 8. Ke3 Bd8 9. Ke4 Bc7 0:06 16/17 3.20 722052 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Kxf5 5. Kf7 Bb8 6. Ke8 Ke5 7. Kd7 Kxd5 8. Kc8 Ba7 9. Kb7 Kc5 10. Kxa7 Kxb5 0:13 17/18 6.85 1524733 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Ke5 5. Kf8 Kxd5 6. Ke7 Ke5 7. f6 d5 8. f7 Bd6+ 9. Kd7 Bb4 10. c7 Kf6 11. Ke8 d4 12. c8=Q 0:18 18/19 7.02 2115602 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Kxf5 5. Kf7 Bb8 6. Ke8 Ke5 7. Kd7 Kxd5 8. Kc8 Ba7 9. Kb7 Kc5 10. Kxa7 Kxb5 11. c7 Ka4 12. c8=Q b5 0:27 19/20 7.53 3077605 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Kxf5 5. Kf7 Bb8 6. Ke8 Ke5 7. Kd7 Kxd5 8. Kc8 Kc5 9. Kxb8 Kxb5 10. c7 d5 11. c8=Q d4 12. Qf5+ Kb4 13. Qd3 Kc5 0:44 20/21 7.82 4949240 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Kxf5 5. Kf7 Bb8 6. Ke8 Ke5 7. Kd7 Kxd5 8. Kc8 Kc5 9. Kxb8 Kxb5 10. c7 d5 11. c8=Q d4 12. Qc2 Kb4 13. Kc7 b5 1:28 21/22 8.21 9501556 1. Be3 Bd8 2. Bd4 Bc7 3. Bxf6 Kxf6 4. Kg8 Kxf5 5. Kf7 Bb8 6. Ke8 Ke5 7. Kd7 Kxd5 8. Kc8 Ba7 9. Kb7 Kc5 10. Kxa7 Kxb5 11. c7 d5 12. c8=Q d4 13. Qa6+ Kb4 14. Kxb6 Kc3 jm
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