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Subject: Re: L.D.Evans-Haik,London 1978

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 18:01:46 10/18/01

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On October 18, 2001 at 09:14:43, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

>      L.D.Evans-Haik,London 1978 [unusual and difficult position]
>      [D]8/p2P3P/k7/8/8/2q5/6PK/1Q6 b
>       "Surprisingly Black can deliver perpetual check or force stalemate."
>    Source:"Tactical Chess Endings",by GM John Nunn,page 35

Talk about a bummer..............

EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [./bookc.bin].
max threads set to 2
hash table memory = 768M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 40M bytes.
EGTB cache memory = 32M bytes.
6 piece tablebase files found
26330kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables
choose from 2 best moves.


Crafty v18.12 (2 cpus)

White(1): st 3600
search time set to 3600.00.
White(1): epdpfga drawtest.epd drawtest.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 60:00 (60:00)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
starting thread 1
                7     0.14   6.02   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qd2+ 6. Kh5 Qd4
                                    7. Qg6+ Kb7 8. g4
                7->   0.16   6.02   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qd2+ 6. Kh5 Qd4
                                    7. Qg6+ Kb7 8. g4
                8     0.29   5.92   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qe3+ 6. Kf6 Qd4+
                                    7. Ke6 Qc4+ 8. Ke5 Qc7+ 9. Ke6 Qd8
                8->   0.33   5.92   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qe3+ 6. Kf6 Qd4+
                                    7. Ke6 Qc4+ 8. Ke5 Qc7+ 9. Ke6 Qd8
                9     0.63   5.92   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qe3+ 6. Kf6 Qd4+
                                    7. Ke6 Qc4+ 8. Ke5 Qc3+ 9. Kd5 Qa5+
                                    10. Ke6 Qd8
                9->   0.72   5.92   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kg5 Qe3+ 6. Kf6 Qd4+
                                    7. Ke6 Qc4+ 8. Ke5 Qc3+ 9. Kd5 Qa5+
                                    10. Ke6 Qd8
               10     1.24   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Ke6 Qc4+ 9. Ke5 Qc5+
                                    10. Kf4 Qd6+ 11. Kf3 Qa3+ <HT>
               10->   1.33   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Ke6 Qc4+ 9. Ke5 Qc5+
                                    10. Kf4 Qd6+ 11. Kf3 Qa3+ <HT>
               11     2.30   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Ke6 Qc4+ <HT>
               11->   2.71   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Ke6 Qc4+ <HT>
               12     5.02   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Kd5 Qd2+ 9. Ke6 Qe3+
                                    10. Kf6 Qd4+ <HT>
               12->   5.50   5.82   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kg4 Qd4+ 5. Kf3 Qc3+ 6. Kf4 Qd2+
                                    7. Ke5 Qc3+ 8. Kd5 Qd2+ 9. Ke6 Qe3+
                                    10. Kf6 Qd4+ <HT>
               13     7.79     ++   1. ... Qe5+!!
               13    13.49   4.22   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kh4 Qe7+ 5. Kh5 Qc5+ 6. Kh6 Qf8+
                                    7. Kg5 Qe7+ 8. Kf4 Qd6+ 9. Ke3 Qg3+
                                    10. Kd2 Qxg2+ 11. Ke3 Qg3+ 12. Kd4
                                    Qd6+ 13. Kc4 Qc7+ 14. Kb4 Qd8
               13->  14.55   4.22   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qh5+ 3. Kg3 Qe5+
                                    4. Kh4 Qe7+ 5. Kh5 Qc5+ 6. Kh6 Qf8+
                                    7. Kg5 Qe7+ 8. Kf4 Qd6+ 9. Ke3 Qg3+
                                    10. Kd2 Qxg2+ 11. Ke3 Qg3+ 12. Kd4
                                    Qd6+ 13. Kc4 Qc7+ 14. Kb4 Qd8
               14    25.82     ++   1. ... Qe5+!!
               14    27.55   2.00   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qe6+ 3. g4 Qe3+
                                    4. Kh2 Qf4+ 5. Kg2 Qxg4+ 6. Kf2 Qf4+
                                    7. Ke2 Qg4+ 8. Ke3 Qg3+ 9. Kd4 Qd6+
                                    10. Ke4 Qb4+ 11. Kd5 Qxb1 12. h8=Q
                                    Qa2+ 13. Kc6 Qc2+ 14. Kd6
               14->  29.02   2.00   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qe6+ 3. g4 Qe3+
                                    4. Kh2 Qf4+ 5. Kg2 Qxg4+ 6. Kf2 Qf4+
                                    7. Ke2 Qg4+ 8. Ke3 Qg3+ 9. Kd4 Qd6+
                                    10. Ke4 Qb4+ 11. Kd5 Qxb1 12. h8=Q
                                    Qa2+ 13. Kc6 Qc2+ 14. Kd6
               15    32.80   2.00   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qe6+ 3. g4 Qe3+
                                    4. Kh2 Qf4+ 5. Kg2 Qxg4+ 6. Kf2 Qf4+
                                    7. Ke2 Qg4+ 8. Ke3 Qg3+ 9. Kd4 Qd6+
                                    10. Ke4 Qb4+ 11. Kd5 Qxb1 12. h8=Q
                                    Qa2+ 13. Kd6 Qd2+ 14. Kc7 Qc2+ <HT>
               15->  34.79   2.00   1. ... Qe5+ 2. Kh3 Qe6+ 3. g4 Qe3+
                                    4. Kh2 Qf4+ 5. Kg2 Qxg4+ 6. Kf2 Qf4+
                                    7. Ke2 Qg4+ 8. Ke3 Qg3+ 9. Kd4 Qd6+
                                    10. Ke4 Qb4+ 11. Kd5 Qxb1 12. h8=Q
                                    Qa2+ 13. Kd6 Qd2+ 14. Kc7 Qc2+ <HT>
               16    46.88     --   1. ... Qe5+
              time=60:01  cpu=201%  mat=2  n=1693306751  fh=99%  nps=470k
              ext-> chk=1363197943 cap=274706 pp=267447 1rep=117221890 mate=2380

              predicted=0  nodes=1693306751  evals=7323296
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=48149  successful=4738
              hashing-> trans/ref=73%  pawn=99%  used=14%
              SMP->  split=4869  stop=472  data=13/32  cpu=120:40  elap=60:01
Black(1):


Fails low @ 46 seconds, and can't resolve it in 59 minutes.  :(



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