Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 07:25:23 11/05/01
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On November 04, 2001 at 12:21:12, Andrew Smith wrote: >I hope I can finally get a diagram to work :) > >[D]5q1k/8/1p3rQ1/p1p1pP1P/1pPpP2K/pP1P4/P4R2/8 w - - 0 18 modifying this illegal position to a legal one, so without the pawns on a5 and b6, then diep needs a few seconds and 13 ply to find Kg5 winning score jumps up from +4.xx to +8.xx for white then. hardware: 800Mhz P3d Best regards, Vincent >This is an interesting position I came across. Moves like Qg3 and other retreats >can give white a minor advantage maybe from the programs point of view, but it >is not clear if there is a win. In this position Kg5! is winning. If after Rxg6 >hxg6 the pawn moves to f6 and the rook to h7 and eventually black is in a sort >of zugswang. Of course, for a moderately strong human kg5 can be seen in a >couple of second easily, but for computers it doesn't look so easy. What do your >favourite programs say?
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