Author: Eduard Nemeth
Date: 02:42:13 12/09/02
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On December 09, 2002 at 03:46:04, Michael Neish wrote: > >Hello, > >My program, which usually gets plastered by Crafty 18.08, reached the following >position as Black after WhiteÕs 51st move: > >[D]8/7k/6p1/1p6/q3N3/5Q2/8/1K6 b - - I BELIVE THAT THIS IS AN DRAW POSITION: eduard > >My question: is this a draw? I presume that White should be able to win both >of BlackÕs Pawns thanks to its Knight, but is QN vs. Q a draw? What do the >tablebases say? I stopped the game at this point, not wanting to spend a long >time on an ending that might never end. > >If anyoneÕs interested in the game, IÕve pasted in the moves below. Details: 10 >seconds per move, ponder off (for both programs - actually mine hasnÕt got >ponder yet!), no tablebases. My programÕs dodgy evaluation function sometimes >makes it trade a minor piece for two Pawns for the sake of winning a passed Pawn >or two. This could be what happened here, but for once it didnÕt get >steamrollered. > >Cheers, > >Mike. > >[Event "?"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "2002.12.09"] >[Round "?"] >[White "Crafty 18.8"] >[WhiteElo ""] >[Black "unknown"] >[BlackElo ""] >[Result "*"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Ne7 >7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 c6 11. Be2 d5 12. O-O-O >dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Rhe1 Re8 15. Nd6 Rf8 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qd2 >c5 18. Nb3 Ne5 19. Kb1 b6 20. f4 Nec6 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. f5 Rd8 >23. g4 Rb8 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. a3 Be6 26. axb4 Bxc4 27. Qc3 Bxb3 >28. Nb5 Qxh2 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxc6 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 Bxd1 32. bxc5 >Bxg4 33. cxb6 Bf5+ 34. Ka2 Be6+ 35. Ka3 axb6 36. Qe3 Qc2 37. Nd4 >Qc5+ 38. b4 Qc4 39. Nxe6 Qxc6 40. Nd4 Qd6 41. Nb5 Qc6 42. Nc3 >f5 43. Na4 b5 44. Nc3 f4 45. Qd3 f3 46. Ne4 Qc1+ 47. Kb3 Kh7 >48. Qxf3 Qc4+ 49. Kb2 Qxb4+ 50. Kc2 Qa4+ 51. Kb1 *
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