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Subject: Re: Traps & Tricks & Tests

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 06:46:28 05/26/02

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On May 26, 2002 at 08:36:08, Sune Larsson wrote:

> [D]k7/1p6/7p/4P1p1/8/6P1/6PP/1K6 b - - 0 50
>
> This pawn ending is lost for white.
>
> Test 3: Steer into this ending with 47.-Qxa4+!
>         Evaluate the above position as won for black.

Hard. I don't see this statically so I can't solve the above
two. With search, it sees black is 'winning' after 13 plies:

Sjeng: go
Endgame phase.
Time for move : 100000000
 2    -139     0       57  Kb8 ??
 2    -139     0       91  Kb8 e6
 3     -89     0      139  Kb8 !!
 3     -65     0      242  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7
 3     -65     0      314  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7
 4    -139     0      340  Kb8 ??
 4    -139     0      637  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 e6
 4    -139     0      652  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 e6
 5     -89     0     1069  Kb8 !!
 5     -67     0     1648  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kc6
 5     -67     0     1955  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kc6
 6    -117     0     2144  Kb8 ??
 6    -120     1     4296  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4
 6    -120     1     4364  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4
 7     -70     2     7353  Kb8 !!
 7     -63     2     9865  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6
 7     -63     3    11246  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6
 8     -63     5    19836  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4
 8     -63     7    25599  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4
 9     -38    10    39690  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4 b5
 9     -38    12    48050  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4 b5
10     -38    18    76932  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4 b5 Kd4
10     -38    21    92123  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 Ke4 b5 Kd4
11      -8    30   142365  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4
11      -8    36   169377  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4
12      -3    54   264817  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 b5 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 <Ke7> <g4>
12      -3    64   318486  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 b5 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 <Ke7> <g4>
13      27   100   526874  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4 b4 Kc4 Ke6 Kd4
<Kd7> <g3>
13      27   118   627289  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kd3 Kd7 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4 b4 Kc4 Ke6 Kd4
<Kd7> <g3>
14      77   150   823371  Kb8 !!
14      94   252  1480170  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4 Ke6 Kd4 b4 g3
b3
14      94   277  1638127  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 h4 b5 hxg5 hxg5 g4 Ke6 Kd4 b4 g3
b3
15     123   428  2583314  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 b5 Kd4 Ke6 Kc5 Kxe5 Kxb5 h5
Kc4 g4 <Kd3>
15     123   473  2841044  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 b5 Kd4 Ke6 Kc5 Kxe5 Kxb5 h5
Kc4 g4 <Kd3>
16     120   850  5217545  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 g4 h3 b5 hxg4 b4 g5
b3 Kd3 hxg5
16     120   946  5854471  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 g4 h3 b5 hxg4 b4 g5
b3 Kd3 hxg5
17     116  1938 13527622  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 b5 g4 b4 Kc4 Kxe5
Kxb4 Ke6 Kc3 Kf6 <Kc2>
17     116  2152 15085459  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 Kd7 Kd3 Ke6 Kd4 b5 g4 b4 Kc4 Kxe5
Kxb4 Ke6 Kc3 Kf6 <Kc2>
18     115  4878 36146787  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 h5 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 <h3> <b5> <h4>
<gxh4>
18     115  5358 39673092  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 h5 Kd3 Kd7 Kd4 Ke6 <h3> <b5> <h4>
<gxh4>
19     113 14142 101455981  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 h5 Kd4 Kd7 Kc5 Ke6 Kb6 Kxe5 Kxb7 Kd6
Kb6 g4 <h3> <Ke6> <Kc7>
19     113 15332 110155997  Kb8 Kc2 Kc7 Kc3 h5 Kd4 Kd7 Kc5 Ke6 Kb6 Kxe5 Kxb7 Kd6
Kb6 g4 <h3> <Ke6> <Kc7>

Yace doesn't do better:

  32978838  39.986  -0.15 19t  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd4 Ke6
                               54.Ke4 h5 55.Kd4 h4 56.g4 b6 57.h3H b5H 58.Ke4H
                               b4H 59.Kd4H b3H 60.Kc3H b2H 61.Kxb2H Kxe5H
                               62.Kc3H Kf4H 63.Kd4H Kg3H 64.Ke5H Kxg2H 65.Kd5H
                               Kxh3H 66.Ke5H Kg2H 67.Kf5H {HT} {80}
  33458492  40.878  -0.15 19.  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd4 Ke6
                               54.Ke4 h5 55.Kd4 h4 56.g4 b6 57.h3 b5 58.Ke4 b4
                               59.Kd4 b3 60.Kc3 b2 61.Kxb2 Kxe5 62.Kc3 Kf4
                               63.Kd4 Kg3 64.Ke5 Kxg2 65.Kd5 Kxh3 66.Ke5 Kg2
                               67.Kf5 {HT} {80}
  43943710  56.758   0.00 20t  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd4 Ke6
                               54.Ke4 h5 55.Kd4 g4 56.Ke4 b5 57.Kd4 b4 58.h4H
                               gxh3H 59.gxh3H Kf5H 60.e6H Kxe6H 61.Kc4H b3H
                               62.Kxb3H Ke5H 63.Kc2H Ke4H 64.Kd1H Kf3H 65.g4H
                               hxg4H 66.hxg4H Kxg4H {HT} {0}
  44734593  59.780   0.00 20.  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd4 Ke6
                               54.Ke4 h5 55.Kd4 g4 56.Ke4 b5 57.Kd4 b4 58.h4
                               gxh3 59.gxh3 Kf5 60.e6 Kxe6 61.Kc4 b3 62.Kxb3
                               Ke5 63.Kc2 Ke4 64.Kd1 Kf3 65.g4 hxg4 66.hxg4
                               Kxg4 {HT} {0}
  76840822  1:49.4   0.10 21t  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd3 Ke6
                               54.Kd4 b5 55.h4 g4H 56.Kc3H Kxe5H 57.Kd3H h5H
                               58.Ke3H Ke6H 59.Kd2H Kd6H 60.Kc1H Ke5H 61.Kc2H
                               b4H 62.Kb3H Ke4H 63.Kxb4H Ke3H 64.Kc4H Kf2H
                               65.Kd4H Kxg2H 66.Ke4H Kxg3H 67.Ke3H Kxh4H
                               68.Kf4H g3H 69.Kf3H g2H 70.Kxg2H Kg4H 71.Kf2H
                               Kg5H 72.Kf3H Kh4H {80}
  79379511  1:54.6   0.10 21.  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd3 Ke6
                               54.Kd4 b5 55.h4 g4 56.Kc3 Kxe5 57.Kd3 h5 58.Ke3
                               Ke6 59.Kd2 Kd6 60.Kc1 Ke5 61.Kc2 b4 62.Kb3 Ke4
                               63.Kxb4 Ke3 64.Kc4 Kf2 65.Kd4 Kxg2 66.Ke4 Kxg3
                               67.Ke3 Kxh4 68.Kf4 g3 69.Kf3 g2 70.Kxg2 Kg4
                               71.Kf2 Kg5 72.Kf3 Kh4 {80}
 108545079  2:32.3   0.27 22t  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd3 Ke6
                               54.Kd4 b5 55.h4 g4 56.Ke4 b4 57.Kd4 {HT} {-80}
 110873263  2:37.9   0.27 22.  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd3 Ke6
                               54.Kd4 b5 55.h4 g4 56.Ke4 b4 57.Kd4 {HT} {-80}
 134886865  3:12.1   0.67 23++ 50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kc3 Kd7 53.Kd3 Ke6
                               54.Kd4 b5 55.h4 g4 56.Ke4 b4 57.Kd3 Kxe5 58.Kc2
                               Ke4 59.h5 Kf5 60.Kb3 Kg5 61.Kxb4 Kxh5 62.Kb5
                               Kg6 63.Ka5 h5 64.Kb5H Kf6H 65.Kc5H Ke6H 66.Kd4H
                               {HT} {0}
 219449128  5:05.5   0.67 23t  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kd3H Kd7H 53.h4H Ke6H
                               54.Ke4H g4H 55.Kf4H b5H 56.Ke4H b4H 57.Kd4H b3H
                               58.Kd3H Kxe5H 59.h5H Kf5H {HT} {0}
 223986611  5:14.5   0.67 23.  50...Kb8 51.Kc2 Kc7 52.Kd3 Kd7 53.h4 Ke6 54.Ke4
                               g4 55.Kf4 b5 56.Ke4 b4 57.Kd4 b3 58.Kd3 Kxe5
                               59.h5 Kf5 {HT} {0}

None of these scores is very convincing...

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GCP



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