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Subject: Re: Rook ending Test 5

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 17:27:30 08/22/02

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On August 22, 2002 at 20:02:17, John Merlino wrote:

>On August 22, 2002 at 19:19:27, Sune Larsson wrote:
>
>>
>>[D]8/1pp5/p1p4p/2P2kp1/8/P2K1P2/1P2R1PP/4r3 b - - 0 8
>>
>> A position from Fritz 7 - Aristarch. Here black played 8.-Rxe2??
>> and hoped for miracles in the lost pawn ending.
>>
>> Test: Avoid 8.-Rxe2??
>
>Chessmaster 9000 does not avoid Rxe2 in a reasonable amount of time on a
>PIII-600:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	0.01	1467		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 h5 10.b4 Ke5 11.Kd3
>0:00	1/4	0.02	3285		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 a5 11.b4
>					axb4 12.axb4
>0:00	1/5	-0.04	9145		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 a5 11.b4
>					axb4 12.axb4 h5
>0:00	1/6	-0.14	36477		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.b4 Kd4 11.h3
>					a5 12.g3 axb4 13.axb4
>0:00	1/7	-0.09	57977		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Ke3 Kd5
>					11.b4 b6 12.cxb6 cxb6 13.f4 gxf4+
>					14.Kxf4 h5
>0:01	2/8	-0.27	93209		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.g3 Kd4 11.b4
>					b6 12.cxb6 cxb6 13.h4 c5 14.hxg5
>					hxg5
>0:02	3/9	-0.31	170914		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 Kd5
>					11.b4 a5 12.g3 axb4 13.axb4 b6
>					14.cxb6 cxb6 15.h4
>0:04	4/10	-0.23	492355		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 a5 10.Kd3 Ke5 11.b4
>					axb4 12.axb4 Kd5 13.g3 b6 14.cxb6
>					cxb6 15.h4 Ke5 16.hxg5 hxg5
>0:10	5/11	-0.24	1056524		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 a5 10.Kd3 Ke5 11.b4
>					axb4 12.axb4 Kd5 13.g3 b6 14.cxb6
>					cxb6 15.h4 gxh4 16.gxh4 Ke5 17.h5
>0:26	6/12	-0.18	2944240		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kf2 b6 11.cxb6
>					cxb6 12.Ke3 a5 13.g3 a4 14.h4 gxh4
>					15.gxh4 b5 16.f4+ Kf5 17.h5 c5
>0:59	7/13	-0.26	6217516		8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kf2 b6 11.cxb6
>					cxb6 12.Ke3 a5 13.b3 c5 14.g3 b5
>					15.f4+ gxf4+ 16.gxf4+ Kf5 17.a4
>					bxa4 18.bxa4 h5
>2:22	8/14	-0.10	14955682	8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 Kd5
>					11.b4 b6 12.cxb6 cxb6 13.g3 Ke5
>					14.h3 h5 15.Ke3 a5 16.f4+ gxf4+
>					17.gxf4+ Kf5 18.h4 axb4 19.axb4
>8:48	9/15	-0.20	49919602	8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 Kd5
>					11.b4 b6 12.cxb6 cxb6 13.g3 Ke5
>					14.Ke3 a5 15.f4+ gxf4+ 16.gxf4+
>					Kf5 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.a4 c5 19.h4 h5
>
>jm


 In CM:s last line [after 8...Rxe2 9.Kxe2 Ke5 10.Kd3 Kd5] 11.f4! is
 the move for white.

 /S



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