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Subject: Re: Testposition - Endgame

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 02:56:51 06/24/01

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On June 24, 2001 at 05:17:19, Uri Blass wrote:

>On June 24, 2001 at 03:40:46, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>  [D]8/6kP/8/3b1PK1/8/6N1/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>  In this position white wins with 1.Nh5+. If black takes
>>  the h7-pawn then the black bishop goes to heaven.
>>
>>  When trying this position with Gambit Tiger, I got some
>>  strange output. In analyse mode it likes 1.h8B with a draw.
>>  Very puzzling indeed.
>>
>>
>>Analyse by Gambit Tiger 2.0
>>
>>00:00:00.3	2,98	12	96204	Nh5+ Kh8 Nf6 Bb3 Kf4 Kg7 Kg4 Bc4 Kg5 Bf7 Kh4 Bc4
>>00:00:00.0	3,08	12	110478	Nh5+ Kh8 Nf6 Bb3 Kf4 Kg7 Ke5 Bc2 Ke6 Bd1 Kd6 Bb3 Kc7
>>00:00:01.2	2,18	13	359519	Nh5+
>>00:00:02.1	1,56	14	620558	Nh5+ Kh8 Nf6 Bb3 Ng8 Kxh7 Ne7 Kg7 f6+ Kf8 Nf5 Be6 Nd4
>>Bg8 Kf5 Ke8
>>00:00:04.6	1,69	14	1174926	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nc3 Kg6 Ne2
>>Kf5 Nd4+ Ke5 Nc2
>>00:00:04.8	1,69	15	1388715	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nc3 Kg6 Ne2
>>Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Nc6 Kf5
>>00:00:06.5	1,69	16	1885192	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nc3 Kg6 Ne2
>>Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Nc6 Kf5 Nd8
>>00:00:09.4	1,71	17	2770718	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nc3 Kg6 Nd1
>>Kf5 Ne3+ Kf4 Kf8 Be6 Nc2
>>00:00:13.9	1,71	18	4108035	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nc3 Kg6 Nd1
>>Kf5 Ne3+ Kg5 Nc2 Kf5 Nd4+
>>00:00:20.5	1,73	19	6698978	h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nd6+ Kg6
>>Nb5 Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Ne6 Kf5 Nc5
>>00:00:34.9	1,73	20	11655854 h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nd6+ Kg6
>>Nb5 Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Nc6 Kf5 Nb8
>>00:01:44.2	1,73	21	36549655 h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nd6+ Kg6
>>Nb5 Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Nc6 Kf5 Nd8
>>00:03:03.0	1,73	22	63301063 h8B+ Kxh8 Kf6 Bg8 Ke7 Kg7 f6+ Kg6 Ne4 Kf5 Nd6+ Kg6
>>Nb5 Kf5 Nd4+ Kg6 Nc6 Kf5 Nd8
>>
>>Sune
>
>I suspect that you did not use the KNP vs KB tablebases otherwise tiger could
>see that h8B+ Kxh8 is a draw.
>
>Uri


 That's correct. But still something is funny. This is the output for Deep Fritz
 Without the KNP vs KB. Compare it with Tiger's.

8/6kP/8/3b1PK1/8/6N1/8/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Fritz:

1.h8Q+
  +-  (1.44)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1.h8Q+
  +-  (1.44)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1.f6+
  +-  (1.59)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1.Nh5+
  +-  (2.00)   Depth: 1/5   00:00:00
1.Nh5+ Kh8
  +-  (3.03)   Depth: 1/6   00:00:00
1.Nh5+
  +-  (3.34)   Depth: 2/6   00:00:00
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf3
  +-  (3.50)   Depth: 3/7   00:00:00
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf7 3.Kh6
  +-  (3.66)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf7 3.Kh6 Bc4
  +-  (3.72)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf7 3.Kh6 Bc4 4.Kg6
  +-  (3.75)   Depth: 6/11   00:00:00  1kN
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (4.06)   Depth: 7/12   00:00:00  3kN
1.Nh5+! Kxh7 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Nxd5 Kg8 4.f6 Kf7
  +-  (4.91)   Depth: 7/15   00:00:00  5kN
1.Nh5+--
  +-  (4.59)   Depth: 8/17   00:00:00  8kN
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf7 3.Kf4 Bb3 4.Ke5 Bf7 5.Kd6
  +-  (3.56)   Depth: 8/17   00:00:00  12kN, tb=1
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (3.88)   Depth: 9/15   00:00:00  18kN, tb=3
1.Nh5+! Kxh7 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Nxd5 Kf7 4.f6 Kg8 5.Kg6 Kf8 6.f7
  +-  (5.00)   Depth: 9/19   00:00:00  23kN, tb=4
1.Nh5+--
  +-  (4.69)   Depth: 10/19   00:00:00  33kN, tb=7
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Nf6 Bf7 3.Kf4 Bb3 4.Ke5 Bc4 5.Kd6 Bd3 6.Ke6
  +-  (3.66)   Depth: 10/19   00:00:01  45kN, tb=9
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (3.97)   Depth: 11/18   00:00:01  67kN, tb=13
1.Nh5+ Kh8 2.Kh6 Be4 3.f6 Bd5 4.Ng7 Bf7 5.Nf5 Be6 6.Nd6 Bd5
  +-  (4.06)   Depth: 11/19   00:00:01  75kN, tb=14
1.Nh5+--
  +-  (3.75)   Depth: 12/20   00:00:01  99kN, tb=21
1.Nh5+
  +-  (3.75)   Depth: 12/20   00:00:01  103kN, tb=21
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (4.06)   Depth: 13/18   00:00:01  131kN, tb=40
1.Nh5+! Kh8 2.Kh6 Be4 3.f6 Bg6 4.Nf4 Bf7 5.Nh3 Bg8 6.hxg8Q+ Kxg8
  +-  (4.97)   Depth: 13/22   00:00:01  162kN, tb=54
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (5.28)   Depth: 14/22   00:00:01  209kN, tb=93
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (5.59)   Depth: 15/25   00:00:02  317kN, tb=162
1.Nh5+! Kxh7 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Nxd5 Kf7 4.f6 Kg8 5.Kg6 Kf8 6.Nc7 Kg8
  +-  (9.22)   Depth: 15/25   00:00:02  464kN, tb=235
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (9.53)   Depth: 16/24   00:00:03  913kN, tb=314
1.Nh5+! Kxh7 2.Nf6+ Kg7 3.Nxd5 Kf7 4.f6 Kf8
  +-  (12.59)   Depth: 16/25   00:00:03  1427kN, tb=358
1.Nh5+!
  +-  (12.91)   Depth: 17/27   00:00:04  1966kN, tb=523

(Larsson, MyTown 24.06.2001)





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