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Subject: Re: Pawn endgame test position......

Author: José Antônio Fabiano Mendes

Date: 10:01:37 04/01/02

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On March 29, 2002 at 17:10:29, Oliver Roese wrote:

>On March 29, 2002 at 15:08:01, Dan Wulff wrote:
>
>>Hi Bob!
>>
>>On March 29, 2002 at 14:44:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On March 29, 2002 at 14:25:36, Dan Wulff wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi People!
>>>>
>>>>[D]8/1k6/p4p2/2p2P2/p1P2P2/2P5/P1K5/8 w - -
>>>>
>>>>This is CCE position 765. The correct move is Kc1.
>>>>
>>>>Gandalf does not have a clue.
>>>>
>>>>Which program solve this, how fast, and at what search depth ??
>>>>
>>>>Greetings
>>>>
>>>>Dan Wulff
>>>>(The Gandalf Team)
>>>
>>>
>>>Is this supposed to be winnable?  I get +1.0 after 37 plies, for example,
>>>and it looks like a draw based on the PV...
>>
>>Yes, it is. I get a +0.80 score for white almost immediately, then it just keeps
>>adding one more aimless king move to the PV for each iteration. I never get to
>>ply 37, but after 24 hours on my slow CPU (450 MHz PII) Gandalf reaches
>>iteration 32, with no clue.....
>>
>>I do not have the complete solution, only the first move :-(
>>
>>Greetings
>>
>>Dan Wulff
>>(The Gandalf Team)
>
>I have the solution. This is analyzed in "Bauernendspiele" (Pawnendings) from
>Yuri Awerbach in the chapter about 'Gegenfelder', german edition
>(I dont know the english term for 'Gegenfelder', could someone who knows it
>post it here, thank you in advance.)
 Gegenfelder ==> Corresponding square
 http://members.aol.com/MuellerLamprecht/inhaltengl.html
>
>Created with Scid:
>
>[[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "?"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "*"]
>[FEN "8/1k6/p4p2/2p2P2/p1P2P2/2P5/P1K5/8 w - - 0 1"]
>
>1. Kc1! Kc7
>    ( 1... Kb8 2. Kb2 Kb7 3. Ka3 Kc6 4. Kxa4 Kb6 5. Ka3 Kc7
>        ( 5... Ka5 6. Kb3 Kb6 7. Kc2 Ka5 8. Kd3 Ka4 9. Ke4 Ka3 10. Kd5 Kxa2 11.
>Kxc5 +- )
>    6. Kb2 Kd7 7. Kc2 Kd8 8. Kd3 Kc7 9. Ke4 Kd6 10. a3 +- )
>2. Kd1! Kd7 3. Ke1 Kc7 4. Kf2 Kd8 5. Ke2 Ke8 6. Kd3 Kd7 7. Ke3 Kd6 8. Ke4 a3 9.
>Kd3 a5 10. Kc2! a4 11. Kd2! Kc7 12. Kd3 Kc6 13. Ke2 Kd6 14. Kf2 Kd7 15. Ke3 Ke7
>16. Kf3 +- *
>
>Someone not familar with "Gegenfeldern" (belonging fields) is
>not expected to understand this...
>
>Oliver Roese



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