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Subject: Re: Can any program find this stalemate idea?

Author: Andrew Smith

Date: 19:08:06 01/27/02

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On January 27, 2002 at 19:08:07, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On January 27, 2002 at 18:22:33, Andrew Smith wrote:
>
>>I don't know about how well programs are to find draws by stalemate. It looks
>>like some have big problems. The lines begins with Rc4. I guess if your program
>>finds the first move the rest should follow.
>>
>>[D]8/p7/P2p1p2/3n4/R2P3K/1p2P1N1/P1p2P1k/Rn6 w KQkq - 0 1
>
>
>I doubt that any current program/computer can find the draw.
>
>This is what I came up with (using Fritz 7 to help of course!):
>
>1.Rc4! b2 2.Rxc2 bxa1Q 3.f3+!
>
>   [3.f4+ Kg1 4.Kh3 Nxe3 5.Rh2 f5!
>      (5...d5? 6.f5 Qc3 7.Ne2+ Kf1 8.Nxc3 Nxc3 9.Rb2 Ne2
>       10.Rb6 Ng1+ 11.Kg3 Nxf5+ 12.Kf4 Nxd4 13.Rxf6 Ke2
>       14.Ke5 Kd3 15.Rf7 Nge2 16.Kxd5 Nc3+ 17.Kd6 Nxa2 =)
>    6.Ne2+ Kf1 7.Ng3+ Ke1 8.Re2+ Kd1 -+]
>
>3...Kg1 4.Kh3! Nxe3 5.Rh2 f5 6.f4 d5 7.a3! Qxa3
>
>   [7...Qc3? 8.Ne2+ Kf1 9.Nxc3 Nxc3 10.Rb2 Ne2 11.Rb7 Nxf4+
>    12.Kh4 Nc4 13.Rxa7 +-]
>
>8.Rg2+ Nxg2 stalemate ½-½
>
>
>Is this correct?

Just curious, can you post the analysis? I want to see the evals, and depth etc.



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