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Subject: Re: tricky endgame

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 20:16:54 09/05/02

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On September 05, 2002 at 23:00:39, Jon Dart wrote:

>This is from a recent game Arasan-Postmodernist on ICC:
>
>[D] 5k2/ppp5/7p/4Q3/4P3/P4q2/1P3P1P/6K1 w - -
>
>Crafty analysis output:
> 30.    Qf5+
>                ({14:-0.46}  30. Qf5+ Qxf5 31. exf5 Ke7 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2 Kxf5
>34. Kg3 c5 35. Kh4 Kf6 36. Kh5 Kg7 37. f5 b5 $15)
>                ({14:+1.92}  30. Qe6 Kg7 31. e5 Qe4 32. h3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Qg6+ 34.
>Qxg6+ Kxg6 35. f4 Kf5 36. Kg3 a5 37. Kh4 Kg6 38. e6 Kf6 $18)
>                ({14:+1.11}  30. Qd4 Ke7 31. Kf1 Ke6 32. Qd5+ Ke7 33. Ke1 b6 34.
>Qe5+ Kd7 35. Qg7+ Kc8 36. Qh8+ Kb7 37. Qe5 Ka6 38. Qxc7 Qxe4+ 39. Kd2 $16)
>                ({14:+1.13}  30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qg7+
>$16)
>
>In the game, Arasan played Qf5+ and eventually lost. Arasan 5.4 wants to play
>Qf5+ even after 10 minutes search on an Athlon 1.3GHz. Arasan 6.0 does switch to
>Qe6 eventually, but it takes a long time (about 8 minutes).
>
>--Jon

Crafty v17.16 SE (2 cpus)

White(1): 5k2/ppp5/7p/4Q3/4P3/P4q2/1P3P1P/6K1 w - -
White(1): go
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 100:00 (100:00)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
starting thread 1
                2     0.00     ++   1. Qc5+!!
                2     0.00   2.90   1. Qc5+ Kg7 2. Qxc7+ Kf6 3. Qxb7 Ke5
                2->   0.00   2.90   1. Qc5+ Kg7 2. Qxc7+ Kf6 3. Qxb7 Ke5
                3     0.02     --   1. Qc5+
                3     0.02   2.40   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kd8 3. Qxb7 Kd7
                3->   0.02   2.40   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kd8 3. Qxb7 Kd7
                4     0.04   2.40   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kd8 3. Qxb7 Kd7
                4->   0.04   2.40   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kd8 3. Qxb7 Kd7
                5     0.07   2.13   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Ke7 3. Qxb7 Qd1+
                                    4. Kg2 Qg4+ 5. Kh1 Kf6 6. Qxa7 Qxe4+
                5->   0.08   2.13   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Ke7 3. Qxb7 Qd1+
                                    4. Kg2 Qg4+ 5. Kh1 Kf6 6. Qxa7 Qxe4+
                6     0.11     --   1. Qc5+
                6     0.16   1.30   1. Qc5+ Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kd8 3. Qd5+ Kc8
                                    4. Qg8+ Kd7 5. Qd5+ Kc8
                6     0.36   1.42   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. Kg2 Kg7 3. h3 Qf7 4.
                                    Qg4+
         (3)    6->   0.43   1.42   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. Kg2 Kg7 3. h3 Qf7 4.
                                    Qg4+
         (2)    7     0.55   1.53   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. e5 Qc1+ 3. Kg2 Qg5+ 4.
                                    Kf3 Qh5+ 5. Ke3 Qxh2 6. Qc8+ Ke7 7.
                                    Qxc7+
                7->   0.66   1.53   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. e5 Qc1+ 3. Kg2 Qg5+ 4.
                                    Kf3 Qh5+ 5. Ke3 Qxh2 6. Qc8+ Ke7 7.
                                    Qxc7+
                8     0.88   1.47   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. Kg2 Kg7 3. h3 Qd2 4.
                                    Qe7+ Kg6 5. Qe6+ Kg5
                8->   1.21   1.47   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. Kg2 Kg7 3. h3 Qd2 4.
                                    Qe7+ Kg6 5. Qe6+ Kg5
                9     2.08   1.51   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 b6 3. e5 Qc1+ 4. Kg2
                                    a5 5. Qg6 Qxb2 6. Qxh6+ Ke7
                9->   2.65   1.51   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 b6 3. e5 Qc1+ 4. Kg2
                                    a5 5. Qg6 Qxb2 6. Qxh6+ Ke7
               10     8.02   1.65   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 b6 3. e5 Qc1+ 4. Kh2
                                    Qxb2 5. Qxh6+ Ke7 6. Qf6+ Ke8 7. Qe6+
                                    Kd8 8. Qd5+ Ke7
               10->   8.94   1.65   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 b6 3. e5 Qc1+ 4. Kh2
                                    Qxb2 5. Qxh6+ Ke7 6. Qf6+ Ke8 7. Qe6+
                                    Kd8 8. Qd5+ Ke7
               11    15.22   1.64   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 Qg5+ 3. Kh2 Qf4+ 4.
                                    Kg2 Qg5+ 5. Kf3 Qh5+ 6. Qg4 Qf7+ 7.
                                    Kg3 Qb3+ 8. Qf3+ Qf7 9. Qd3
               11->  16.83   1.64   1. Qe6 Qf4 2. h3 Qg5+ 3. Kh2 Qf4+ 4.
                                    Kg2 Qg5+ 5. Kf3 Qh5+ 6. Qg4 Qf7+ 7.
                                    Kg3 Qb3+ 8. Qf3+ Qf7 9. Qd3
               12    49.33   1.52   1. Qe6 Kg7 2. e5 Qf7 3. Qg4+ Qg6 4.
                                    h3 h5 5. Qg2 a5 6. f4 Kh6 7. Qxg6+
                                    Kxg6 <HT>
               12->  59.05   1.52   1. Qe6 Kg7 2. e5 Qf7 3. Qg4+ Qg6 4.
                                    h3 h5 5. Qg2 a5 6. f4 Kh6 7. Qxg6+
                                    Kxg6 <HT>

New position
5k2/ppp5/7p/4Q3/4P3/P4q2/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Junior 7:

1.a4 Qd1+ 2.Kg2
  ²  (0.46)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.h4 Qd1+ 2.Kh2
  ²  (0.48)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.Qxc7 Qxe4 2.Qc5+ Kf7 3.Qxa7
  ²  (0.53)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.Qh8+ Ke7
  ²  (0.64)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
1.Qh8+ Ke7
  ²  (0.64)   Depth: 6   00:00:00
1.Qe6 Kg7
  ±  (0.90)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  3kN
1.Qe6 Kg7
  ±  (0.90)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  5kN
1.Qe6 Kg7
  ±  (0.90)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  15kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 a6 3.Qd7+ Kg6 4.Qe8+ Kh7 5.Qe7+
  ±  (0.93)   Depth: 15   00:00:06  10858kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 h5 3.Qd7+ Kg6 4.h3 h4 5.e6 Qxh3 6.Qf7+ Kg5 7.e7 Qg4+ 8.Kh2 Qf4+
  ±  (0.98)   Depth: 17   00:00:48  84083kN, tb=39

(Byrne, Secane, PA 05.09.2002)

Deep Fritz - Byrne,M
5k2/ppp5/7p/4Q3/4P3/P4q2/1P3P1P/6K1 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Deep Fritz:

1.Qc5+!
  ±  (1.31)   Depth: 1/8   00:00:00
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 3/13   00:00:00  1kN
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 3/13   00:00:00  1kN
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 3/13   00:00:00  1kN
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 3/13   00:00:00  1kN
1.Qc5+ Ke8 2.Qb5+ c6 3.Qxb7
  +-  (1.97)   Depth: 3/13   00:00:00  1kN
1.Qc5+--
  +-  (1.66)   Depth: 4/14   00:00:00  2kN
1.Qc5+--
  +-  (1.66)   Depth: 4/14   00:00:00  2kN
1.Qc5+--
  +-  (1.66)   Depth: 4/14   00:00:00  2kN
1.Qc5+--
  +-  (1.66)   Depth: 4/14   00:00:00  2kN
1.Qc5+-- Ke8 2.e5 Qg4+ 3.Kf1 Qd1+ 4.Kg2
  ±  (1.19)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  5kN
1.Qc5+-- Ke8 2.e5 Qg4+ 3.Kf1 Qd1+ 4.Kg2
  ±  (1.19)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  5kN
1.Qe6!
  ±  (1.22)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  6kN
1.Qe6! Kg7 2.e5 a6 3.Qe7+ Qf7
  +-  (1.53)   Depth: 4/15   00:00:00  7kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 h5 3.Qd7+ Qf7
  +-  (1.59)   Depth: 5/16   00:00:00  13kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 c6 3.h4 h5
  +-  (1.56)   Depth: 6/17   00:00:00  28kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 c6 3.h4 a5 4.Qe7+ Qf7
  +-  (1.63)   Depth: 7/19   00:00:00  75kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 c6 3.h3 h5 4.Qd7+ Qf7 5.e6
  +-  (1.69)   Depth: 8/21   00:00:00  180kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 Qe4 3.Qe7+ Kg6 4.Qf6+ Kh7
  +-  (1.75)   Depth: 9/25   00:00:00  548kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.e5 Qe4 3.b4 Qf3 4.b5 Qxa3
  +-  (1.75)   Depth: 10/28   00:00:01  1020kN
1.Qe6 Kg7 2.h3 Qd1+ 3.Kg2 Qc2 4.b3 Qc1 5.Qe5+ Kg6 6.h4
  +-  (1.78)   Depth: 11/29   00:00:02  2638kN
1.Qe6 Qf4 2.h3 Qc1+ 3.Kg2 b6 4.Qf6+ Ke8 5.Kg3 c5 6.Qe6+ Kd8
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 12/31   00:00:09  9220kN
1.Qe6 Qf4 2.h3 Qc1+ 3.Kg2 b6 4.Qf6+ Ke8 5.Kg3 c5 6.Qe6+ Kd8
  +-  (1.81)   Depth: 13/33   00:00:24  23245kN

(Byrne, Secane, PA 05.09.2002)



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