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Subject: Re: Can black hold this position

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:15:21 02/28/02

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On February 28, 2002 at 15:00:03, Les Fernandez wrote:

>[D]8/4b1k1/R5pp/2p1pp2/1pQq4/1P1P3P/1P3PPK/8 w - -
>
>
>I am interested to know if the above position can be held by black.  White is
>short on time but can force perpetual by Qe6.  Although a rook is better then a
>bishop, most of the time, should white exchange queens here?  I am only an
>average player but after doing a little analysis on this position Crafty reports
>the following on a fairly slow machine. (Pentium 350, 256 mb ram)
>
>8/4b1k1/R5pp/2p1pp2/1pQq4/1P1P3P/1P3PPK/8 w - - acd 15; acn 170618898; acs 900;
>ce 155; pv Kg1 Qxc4 bxc4 h5 g3 Kf7 Kg2 Bf6 Rc6 Be7 Kf3 g5;
>
>Although white is reported to have a 1.55 advantage after Kg1 I wonder if the
>position can be held by black.  I also took a look at the position with white
>taking the queen and the ce still appeared about the same with black capturing
>white queen with cxd4.
>
>8/4b1k1/R5pp/2p1pp2/1p1Q4/1P1P3P/1P3PPK/8 b - - acd 17; acn 186582676; acs 902;
>ce -151; pv cxd4 Kg3 Kf7 Kf3 h5 Rc6 Bf6 Rb6 Be7 g3 Bf8 h4 Be7;
>
>Question is with queens off the board can the white rook start chopping up the
>black pawns while the black bishop exists? Can someone run this on better
>hardware and tkae it a bit deeper to see what falls out?

Pepito:
 5   102    93     7570  Ra6-e6 Be7-f6 Qc4xd4 c5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5
 5   108    94    11111  Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3 Kg7-f7
 5   108    96    18069  Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3 Kg7-f7
 6   115    97    23172  Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3 Be7-f6 Ra6-c6
 6   115   106    56676  Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3 Be7-f6 Ra6-c6
 7   108   109    70584  Qc4xd4 c5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5 Kg3-f3 Kg7-f7 g3 Be7-f6
 7   116   126   141928  Ra6-e6 Be7-h4 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 g3 Bh4-f6 Re6-c6 Bf6-e7
 7   116   155   263170  Ra6-e6 Be7-h4 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 g3 Bh4-f6 Re6-c6 Bf6-e7
 8   113   187   406049  Ra6-e6 Kg7-f7 Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3
Kg7-f7
 8   131   211   507706  Kh2-g1 Qd4-d7 Qc4-e6 Qd7xe6 Ra6xe6 Be7-f6 Re6-c6 Bf6-e7
Rc6-c7
 8   131   225   571032  Kh2-g1 Qd4-d7 Qc4-e6 Qd7xe6 Ra6xe6 Be7-f6 Re6-c6 Bf6-e7
Rc6-c7
 9   108   244   655794  Kh2-g1 Qd4-d7 Qc4-e6 Qd7xe6 Ra6xe6 Be7-f6 Re6-c6 Bf6-e7
Rc6-c7 Kg7-f6
 9   116   317   979486  Ra6-e6 Kg7-f7 Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3
Be7-g5 Rc6-c5
 9   116   454  1577313  Ra6-e6 Kg7-f7 Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 Qc4xd4 c5xd4 f3 h5 Kh2-g3
Be7-g5 Rc6-c5
10   135   755  2895113  Ra6-e6 Kg7-f7 Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 Kh2-g1 Qd4-f4 Rc6-e6 Be7-f8
Qc4xf4 e5xf4
10   135   880  3468381  Ra6-e6 Kg7-f7 Re6-c6 Kf7-g7 Kh2-g1 Qd4-f4 Rc6-e6 Be7-f8
Qc4xf4 e5xf4
11   129  1306  5408592  Ra6-e6 Be7-f8 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5 Kg3-f4 Kg7-f7
Re6-c6 Bf8-e7 Kf4-e5 Kf7-g7
11   129  2182  9287262  Ra6-e6 Be7-f8 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5 Kg3-f4 Kg7-f7
Re6-c6 Bf8-e7 Kf4-e5 Kf7-g7
12   135  2549 10918004  Ra6-e6 Be7-f8 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5 Kg3-f4 Kg7-f7
Re6-c6 Bf8-h6 Kf4-e5 Bh6-g7 Ke5-d5 Bg7-f8 h4 Bf8-e7
12   135  4315 18764577  Ra6-e6 Be7-f8 Qc4xd4 e5xd4 Kh2-g3 h5 Kg3-f4 Kg7-f7
Re6-c6 Bf8-h6 Kf4-e5 Bh6-g7 Ke5-d5 Bg7-f8 h4 Bf8-e7
13   142  7376 31803951  Ra6-e6 Be7-f8 Qc4xd4 c5xd4 Kh2-g1 e4 d3xe4 d3 Kg1-f1
f5xe4 Re6xe4 Bf8-c5 Re4-c4 Bc5-d6
13   161  9236 40423319  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-e6 b3 Ke6-d7
13   161 10855 47803063  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-e6 b3 Ke6-d7
14   163 12194 53912257  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-d7 Ra6-a5 b3 Kf2-e3
14   163 16576 73673869  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-d7 Ra6-a5 b3 Kf2-e3
15   164 19349 86438766  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-d7 Ra6-a7 Kd7-e6 Ra7-a5 Bd6-e7 Kf2-e3
15   164 34247 152946598  Kh2-g1 Qd4xc4 b3xc4 h5 Ra6-a7 Kg7-f6 f3 Be7-d6 Ra7-a6
Kf6-e7 Kg1-f2 Ke7-d7 Ra6-a7 Kd7-e6 Ra7-a5 Bd6-e7 Kf2-e3

And here is Gaviota:
       200   1:      0.0    +1.79  Qc4xd4   c5xd4
       642   2:      0.0    +1.79  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    <EMPTY>  <-transp
      2036   3:      0.0    +2.04  Ra6-e6   Qd4-d8   Re6xe5
      3609   4       0.0    +1.96  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
      5014   4:      0.1    +1.96  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
      7977   5       0.1    +2.02  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3
     13825   5:      0.1    +2.02  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3
     22575   6       0.2    +1.91  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3    Kg7-f7
     43532   6:      0.3    +1.91  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3    Kg7-f7
     68109   7       0.5    +1.93  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3    Kg7-f7   Re6-b6
    142275   7:      1.1    +1.93  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3    Kg7-f7   Re6-b6
    292394   8       2.2    +1.84  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   g2-g3    Kg7-f7   Re6-b6   Bf6-e7
    438062   8       3.2    +1.85  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Ra6-a5   Be7-d6   Ra5-a7   Bd6-e7
                                   f2-f4    <-transp
    993926   8:      7.4    +1.85  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Ra6-a5   Be7-d6   Ra5-a7   Bd6-e7
                                   f2-f4    <-transp
   1024233   9       7.6    +1.85  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Ra6-a5   Kf7-e6   Ra5-b5   Be7-d6
                                   Kg3-f3
   2066802   9:     15.2    +1.85  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Ra6-a5   Kf7-e6   Ra5-b5   Be7-d6
                                   Kg3-f3
   2274389  10      16.6    +1.83  Qc4xd4   c5xd4    Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Ra6-a5   Kf7-e6   Kg3-f3   Be7-d8
                                   Ra5-a6   Ke6-f7   g2-g3
   5036486  10      37.1    +1.96  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   Re6-b6   Bf6-e7   Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   f2-f4    <-transp
  10097963  10:     74.5    +1.96  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   Re6-b6   Bf6-e7   Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   f2-f4    <-transp
  14099178  11     105.3    +1.85  Ra6-e6   Be7-f6   Qc4xd4   c5xd4
                                   Re6-b6   Bf6-e7   Kh2-g3   Kg7-f7
                                   Kg3-f3   Be7-f8   Rb6-b5   Bf8-d6



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