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Subject: Re: Testposition - Pawn ending II

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 09:17:30 12/28/01

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On December 28, 2001 at 05:12:55, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]8/2p1k3/3p3p/2PP1pp1/1P1K1P2/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
> It's amazing how many tricks and tactics there can be hidden in
> apparently simple pawn endings! Like this one - 5 pawns each, nicely
> grouped. White has a latent passer on the queenside - and black ditto
> on the kingside. Both kings are occupied by keeping an eye on these
> runners, so it should be a draw - or...?
>
> It's a position from Camacho Martinez - Hernandez, 1995.
> White won it with the brilliant 1.g4!!

Again, I have no idea how Tiger an Rebel reach this depth so fast. Yace on my
K6-2 475 with 30M hash:

 171706680 16:51.7   0.33 13.  1. Ke3 dxc5 2. bxc5 g4 3. Kd4 h5 4. Ke3 Kf6 5.
                               Kd3 Ke7 6. Ke2 Kd7 7. Kd2 Ke7 8. Kd3 Kd7 9. Kc4
                               h4 10. gxh4 g3 11. c6+ Ke7 {HT} {80}
 424150223 41:09.2   0.00 14t  1. Ke3 c6 2. dxc6 dxc5 3. b5 Kd6 4. Kf3 Kc7 5.
                               Ke3 Kd6 {0}
 441335848 42:59.6   0.01 14t+ 1. fxg5 hxg5 2. c6 Kd8 3. Ke3 Kc8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5.
                               Kc4 Kc8 6. b5 g4 7. b6 cxb6 8. Kd3 Kc7 {-80}
 455265135 44:28.2   0.09 14t  1. fxg5 hxg5 2. c6 Kd8 3. Ke3 Kc8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5.
                               Kc4 Ka7 6. b5 f4 7. gxf4 gxf4 8. Kd3 Kb6 9. Ke4
                               f3 10. Ke3 {0}
 541680597 52:55.7   0.09 14.  1. fxg5 hxg5 2. c6 Kd8 3. Ke3 Kc8 4. Kd3 Kb8 5.
                               Kc4 Ka7 6. b5 f4 7. gxf4 gxf4 8. Kd3 Kb6 9. Ke4
                               f3 10. Ke3 {0}
 614406340 1:00:35   0.00 15t  1. fxg5 hxg5 2. Ke3 dxc5 3. bxc5 Kf6 4. Kd3 Ke5
                               5. Kc4 f4 6. gxf4+ gxf4 7. d6 cxd6 {EGTB} 8. c6
                               f3 9. c7 f2! {Not all positions found in TB}
                               {-80}
1184883984 1:59:35   0.01 15t+ 1. g4 fxg4 2. f5 h5 3. cxd6+ cxd6 4. Ke3 g3 5.
                               b5 g2 6. Kf2 g1=Q+ 7. Kxg1 g4 8. Kg2 h4 9. f6+
                               Kxf6 10. b6 h3+ 11. Kg3 Ke7 12. b7 Kf6 13. b8=Q
                               Ke5H {HT} {841}
1377396792 2:19:04   0.49 15++ 1. g4 fxg4 2. f5 h5 3. cxd6+ cxd6 4. Ke3 g3 5.
                               b5 g2 6. Kf2 h4 7. f6+ Kxf6 8. b6 h3 9. b7 h2
                               10. Kxg2 g4 11. b8=Q h1=R
1570536197 2:38:49   1.49 15++ 1. g4 fxg4 2. f5 h5 3. cxd6+ cxd6 4. Ke3 g3 5.
                               b5 g2 6. Kf2 h4 7. f6+ Kxf6 8. b6 h3 9. b7 h2
                               10. Kxg2 g4 11. b8=Q h1=R

After which I stopped it.

Regards,
Dieter




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