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Subject: Re: Pawn endgame, solution correct?

Author: Rafael Andrist

Date: 09:52:32 10/15/01

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On October 15, 2001 at 12:08:18, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On October 15, 2001 at 10:22:09, Rafael Andrist wrote:
>
>>[D]8/2p5/1pP3k1/1P3p2/8/5pP1/5P2/3K4 w - - bm Kc2; id "APE.704"; c0 "M. Sinar,
>>1983";
>>
>>According to M. Sinar, White wins with Kc2. But after analyzing the position
>>with chess programs (without TBs), I could not find a winning line. The score
>>swaps between +2 and 0. What do other programs say?
>
>ChessMaster:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>
>0:00	15/16	2.12	63842		1. Kc2 Kh5 2. Kd3 Kg5 3. Kd4 f4
>					4. gxf4+ Kxf4 5. Kd3 Kg5 6. Ke3
>					Kg4 7. Ke4 Kg5 8. Kxf3 Kf5 9. Ke3
>					Ke5
>0:00	17/18	1.72	225673		1. Kd2 Kg5 2. Kd3 Kh5 3. Kd4 Kg5
>					4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Ke6 Kh3 6. Kd7 Kg2
>					7. Kxc7 Kxf2 8. Kxb6 Kxg3 9. c7
>					f2 10. Kc5 f1=Q 11. c8=Q
>0:01	19/20	1.43	377296		1. Kc2 Kg5 2. Kd2 f4 3. gxf4+ Kxf4
>					4. Kd3 Ke5 5. Ke3 Kd5 6. Kxf3 Kc5
>					7. Ke4 Kxb5 8. Kd5 Ka4 9. Ke6 b5
>					10. Kd7 b4 11. Kxc7
>0:02	20/21	1.74	573123		1. Kc2 Kg5 2. Kd2 f4 3. gxf4+ Kxf4
>					4. Kd3 Ke5 5. Ke3 Kd5 6. Kxf3 Kc5
>					7. Ke4 Kxb5 8. Kd5 Ka4 9. Ke6 b5
>					10. Kd7 b4 11. Kxc7 b3 12. Kd7
>0:03	21/22	1.31	847361		1. Kc2 Kg5 2. Kd3 Kh5 3. Kd4 Kg5
>					4. Ke5 Kg4 5. Ke6 Kh3 6. Kd7 Kg2
>					7. Kxc7 Kxf2 8. Kxb6 Kxg3 9. c7
>					f2 10. c8=Q f1=Q 11. Qc3+ Kf4 12.
>					Qd4+ Kg3 13. Qe3+ Kg4 14. Kc5 f4
>0:07	22/23	1.04	1698333		1. Kc2 Kg5 2. Kd2 f4 3. gxf4+ Kxf4
>					4. Kd3 Ke5 5. Ke3 Kd5 6. Kxf3 Kc5
>					7. Ke4 Kxb5 8. Kd5 Ka5 9. f4 b5
>					10. f5 b4 11. Kd4 Ka4 12. f6 b3
>0:37	23/24	2.82	7867145		1. Kc2 Kf6 2. Kd3 Ke5 3. Ke3 Kd5
>					4. Kf4 Kc4 5. Kxf5 Kd3 6. Ke6 Ke2
>					7. Kd7 Kxf2 8. Kxc7 Kxg3 9. Kxb6
>					f2 10. c7 f1=Q 11. c8=Q Qd3 12.
>					Qb8+ Kf3 13. Qe5 Qd8+ 14. Qc7 Qd4+
>					15. Ka5 Ke4
>1:13	24/25	2.95	14639920	1. Kc2 Kf6 2. Kd3 Ke5 3. Ke3 Kd5
>					4. Kf4 Kc4 5. Kxf5 Kd3 6. Ke6 Ke2
>					7. Kd7 Kxf2 8. Kxc7 Kxg3 9. Kxb6
>					f2 10. c7 f1=Q 11. c8=Q Qd3 12.
>					Ka6 Qa3+ 13. Kb7 Qf3+ 14. Qc6 Qf4
>					15. b6
>3:07	25/26	3.01	36679784	1. Kc2 Kf6 2. Kd3 Ke5 3. Ke3 Kd5
>					4. Kf4 Kc4 5. Kxf5 Kd3 6. Ke6 Ke2
>					7. Kd7 Kxf2 8. Kxc7 Kxg3 9. Kxb6
>					f2 10. c7 f1=Q 11. c8=Q Qb1 12.
>					Qc7+ Kf2 13. Qc6 Qa2 14. Kb7 Qf7+
>					15. Qc7 Qf3+ 16. Ka6
>9:44	26/27	3.12	111641888	1. Kc2 Kf6 2. Kd3 Ke5 3. Ke3 Kd5
>					4. Kf4 Kc4 5. Kxf5 Kd3 6. Ke6 Ke2
>					7. Kd7 Kxf2 8. Kxc7 Kxg3 9. Kxb6
>					f2 10. c7 f1=Q 11. c8=Q Qe2 12.
>					Qg8+ Kh4 13. Ka6 Kh5 14. Qd5+ Kg4
>					15. Qd7+ Kf4 16. Qc7+

Thanks for posting these analyses, Dann. The position after 9.Kxb6 is drawn.
After comparing your output of Yace and Crafty and the one of Wilhelm, I suspect
that the solution of Sinar is wrong. There are also some other composed pawn
endgames by Sinar which are wrong, that's why I don't trust him very much.

Rafael B. Andrist



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