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Subject: Re: Fritz problems in rook/pawn ending

Author: Sune Larsson

Date: 12:45:01 12/14/02

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On December 14, 2002 at 06:51:19, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>A most interesting position that quite a lot of engines are unable to assess
>correctly. For me however, the more important question is if this is a good
>example because it demonstrates an exception of the rule in this kind of
>position that Black should not exchange pieces. And for this reason it may be
>not worth for a programmer to change anything.
>Kurt
>
>Neue Partie
>[D]8/1pp5/p1p3pp/5k2/5P1P/5KP1/PPP1R3/5r2 w - - 0 1

>Neue Partie
>8/1pp5/p1p3pp/5k2/5P1P/5KP1/PPP1R3/5r2 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Chess Tiger 14.0:
>
>1.Tf2 Txf2+ 2.Kxf2 Ke4 3.b4 b6 4.a3 a5 5.bxa5 bxa5 6.Ke2 c5 7.Kf2 c4 8.c3 c5
>9.Ke2 a4 10.Kd2
>  =  (-0.12)   Tiefe: 10   00:00:00  170kN
>  =  (-0.08)   Tiefe: 16   00:03:03  68668kN
>
>(Utzinger, MyTown 14.12.2002)



 From the above position (with pawn still on a2), I get the following
 output from Chess Tiger 14.0  /PIII 800 - hash 96/. So here CT would
 play the correct 1.Kg2! - in 40/60 minutes.


Fritz 8 - Shredder Paderborn
8/1pp5/p1p3pp/5k2/5P1P/5KP1/PPP1R3/5r2 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Chess Tiger 14.0:

6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Kg4 8.c3 c5 9.b3 c6 10.a3 b6 11.c4
  =  (-0.20)   Depth: 10   00:00:00  108kN
6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Kg4 8.Kf1 c5 9.b3 b5
  =  (-0.24)   Depth: 10   00:00:00  212kN
6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Kg4 8.Kf1 c5 9.Kf2 c6 10.b3 b6 11.c3 h5 12.a3
  =  (-0.24)   Depth: 11   00:00:02  574kN
6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Ke4 8.Ke2 h5 9.Kf2 c5 10.Ke2 b5 11.Kf2 c4 12.Ke2 c5
  ³  (-0.34)   Depth: 12   00:00:04  1112kN
6.Kg2 Ra1 7.a3 h5 8.c3 Kf6 9.Rd2 Rb1 10.Kf3 a5 11.Rd7 a4
  ³  (-0.30)   Depth: 12   00:00:07  1919kN
6.Kg2 Ra1 7.a3 Ra2 8.c3 h5 9.Kf3 Kf6 10.Ke4
  ³  (-0.42)   Depth: 13   00:00:12  2950kN
6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Kg4 8.b4 h5 9.Kg2 b6 10.Kf2 b5 11.c3 Kh3 12.Kf3 Kh2 13.a3
  ³  (-0.32)   Depth: 13   00:00:24  5931kN
6.Rf2 Rxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Ke4 8.b4 h5 9.Ke2 b6
  ³  (-0.42)   Depth: 14   00:00:34  8387kN
6.Kg2 Ra1 7.a3 h5 8.Kf3 Rf1+ 9.Kg2 Rb1 10.b3 Kf6 11.Rd2 Rb2 12.Kh3 Ke6 13.Re2+
Kd6
  ³  (-0.36)   Depth: 14   00:00:49  12133kN
6.Kg2 Ra1 7.a3 h5 8.Kf3 Rf1+ 9.Kg2 Rb1 10.b3 Kf6 11.Rd2 Rb2 12.Kh3 Ke6 13.Re2+
Kd6 14.Rd2+ Ke7
  ³  (-0.26)   Depth: 15   00:02:07  31297kN
6.Kg2 Rb1 7.c3 Rd1 8.Kf3 Rd3+ 9.Kf2 Kg4 10.Re6 Rd6 11.Re7 Rd2+ 12.Re2 Rxe2+
13.Kxe2 a5 14.Kf2 a4 15.b3 a3
  ³  (-0.26)   Depth: 16   00:06:31  96168kN

(Larsson, KIL 14.12.2002)




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