Author: John Merlino
Date: 11:53:55 06/27/02
Go up one level in this thread
On June 27, 2002 at 13:38:32, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote: > >The king and pawn game is a very interesting exercise to program, is it >difficult to perfect this ending?. > >How long will it take your favorite programs to see that 36. h5 is good for >black. >[D]8/k6p/8/2P2p2/2P1p3/7K/1P3P2/8 b - - 0 35 >sample program analysis on Athlon xp 1600+, 64MB hash >Analysis by Gromit 3.8.2: > >36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b3 Kc7 39.b4 Kc6 40.f4 Kc7 41.b5 Kb7 42.c6+ Kb6 43.c5+ Kc7 >44.Kh3 e3 45.Kg3 h4+ 46.Kg2 h3+ 47.Kf3 > ± (1.09) Depth: 18 00:10:55 >36...h5 > ± (1.09) Depth: 19 00:10:55 >36...h5 > ± (1.09) Depth: 19 00:11:09 > >more than 11 min, and yet the score still favors white. > > >Analysis by Green Light Chess 2.18: > >36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b4 Kc6 39.f4 Kc7 40.b5 Kd7 41.c6+ Kd6 42.Kf2 h4 43.Kg2 e3 >44.Kf3 h3 45.Kxe3 h2 46.c5+ Kxc5 47.c7 Kxb5 48.c8Q h1Q 49.Qxf5+ > ± (1.27) Depth: 19 00:03:16 154355kN >36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b4 Kc6 39.f4 Kc7 40.b5 Kd7 41.c6+ Kd6 42.Kf2 h4 43.Kg2 e3 >44.Kf3 h3 45.Kxe3 h2 46.c5+ Kxc5 47.c7 Kxb5 48.c8Q h1Q 49.Qxf5+ > ± (1.27) Depth: 19 00:03:17 155502kN > >still favors white. > >Regards, >Dinan Chessmaster 9000 chooses h5 after three seconds, but still believes White is winning after several minutes: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 2/6 2.17 2478 1...Kb7 2.b4 Kc6 3.Kh4 f4 4.Kg4 0:00 3/7 3.10 6394 1...Kb7 2.Kg3 Kc6 3.b4 Kd7 4.Kf4 Ke6 5.b5 0:00 4/8 2.99 13077 1...Kb7 2.Kg3 Kc6 3.b4 Kd7 4.Kf4 Ke6 5.b5 h5 0:00 5/9 3.19 19013 1...Kb7 2.Kg3 Kc6 3.b4 Kd7 4.b5 Ke6 5.c6 Kd6 6.Kf4 0:00 6/10 2.14 43284 1...Kb7 2.b4 h5 3.b5 f4 4.c6+ Kc7 5.Kg2 e3 6.Kf3 exf2 7.Kxf2 h4 8.c5 0:01 7/11 2.22 72473 1...Kb7 2.Kh4 Kc6 3.Kg5 Kxc5 4.b3 f4 5.Kxf4 Kd4 6.c5 Kxc5 7.Kxe4 0:01 8/12 2.89 133419 1...Kb7 2.Kh4 f4 3.Kg4 e3 4.fxe3 fxe3 5.Kf3 h5 6.Kxe3 h4 7.b4 h3 0:03 8/12 1.71 316053 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 exf3ep 5.Kxf3 h4 6.Kf2 f4 7.Kg2 0:05 9/13 1.91 505001 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 exf3ep 5.Kxf3 h4 6.Kf4 Kc7 7.b5 h3 0:14 10/14 1.87 1210094 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 exf3ep 5.Kxf3 h4 6.Kf4 Kc7 7.b5 h3 8.b6+ Kb7 0:30 11/15 2.19 2537703 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 exf3ep 5.Kxf3 h4 6.Kf4 Kc7 7.b5 Kb7 8.c6+ Kc7 9.c5 h3 1:37 12/16 1.94 7960434 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 Kc7 5.b5 Kb7 6.c6+ Kb6 7.Kg2 h4 8.Kf2 h3 9.Kg3 e3 4:14 13/17 1.93 20726457 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 Kc7 5.b5 Kb7 6.c6+ Kb6 7.Kf2 h4 8.c5+ Kc7 9.Kg2 e3 10.Kf3 h3 15:01 14/18 1.61 71024288 1...h5 2.Kg3 Kb7 3.b4 Kc6 4.f4 Kc7 5.b5 Kb7 6.c6+ Kb6 7.Kh4 Kc7 8.Kh3 e3 9.Kg2 h4 10.Kf1 h3 11.c5 How can Black possibly win (or even draw) this game? jm
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.