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Subject: Re: Rook ending Test 2

Author: John Merlino

Date: 16:32:41 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 18:30:10, Sune Larsson wrote:

>
> [D]8/2p5/p3r1k1/1pp3p1/6P1/1P3P2/P1PR1K2/8 b - - 0 12
>
> This is from the game Junior 7-Yace. Here black played 12.-Rd6??
> and lost the pawn ending. The same theme - black gets occupado
> on the k-side and the white king eats the q-side.
>
> Test: Avoid 12.-Rd6??  The pawn ending is lost.

To avoid Rd6, Chessmaster 9000 on a PIII-600 needs 49 seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	0.05	683		12...c6 13.c4 a5 14.Rd7
0:00	1/3	0.03	1772		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.c4
0:00	1/4	0.01	3060		12...Rd6 13.Re2 b4 14.Re7
0:00	1/5	0.05	5921		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.c4 b4
0:00	1/6	0.03	16696		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.Kg3 Rd4
					15.Re4 b4
0:01	2/7	0.06	57069		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.Kg3 Rd4
					15.c3 Rd3 16.c4
0:01	3/8	0.05	98599		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.Kg3 Rd1
					15.Re8 Rg1+ 16.Kf2 Rd1 17.Ke3
0:02	4/9	0.05	167280		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.Kg3 Rd1
					15.Re8 Rg1+ 16.Kf2 Rc1 17.Rf8+ Ke6
0:04	5/10	0.03	339878		12...Rd6 13.Re2 Kf6 14.Kg3 Rd1
					15.a4 Rg1+ 16.Kf2 Rd1 17.Ke3 Rd4
0:09	6/11	0.16	858724		12...Rd6 13.Rxd6+ cxd6 14.Ke3 Kf6
					15.f4 gxf4+ 16.Kxf4 d5 17.c3 a5
					18.g5+ Kg6 19.Ke5 d4 20.cxd4 cxd4
					21.Kxd4 Kxg5
0:19	7/12	0.45	1825533		12...Rd6 13.Rxd6+ cxd6 14.Ke3 Kf6
					15.Ke4 Ke6 16.c4 b4 17.f4 gxf4
					18.Kxf4 Kf6 19.g5+ Kg6 20.Kg4 a5
					21.Kf4
0:49	7/12	0.35	4637473		12...c4 13.bxc4 b4 14.Rd5 Rc6 15.c5
					Rf6 16.Ke3 a5 17.Rd7 c6 18.Rc7 a4
1:39	8/13	0.37	9384781		12...c4 13.bxc4 Rc6 14.Rd4 b4 15.Ke3
					a5 16.f4 gxf4+ 17.Kxf4 Rc5 18.Ke4
					Kg5 19.Kd3 Re5

jm



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