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Subject: Re: In Chess there is always hope! White to play and draw...AMAZING!

Author: John Merlino

Date: 19:43:29 01/02/03

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On January 02, 2003 at 21:27:10, robert flesher wrote:

>[d]8/pp1pppp1/3p2p1/PP2P1P1/K1P4P/8/k7/8 w - - 0 1

On a humble P3-733, it takes Chessmaster 9000 4:39 to find the draw:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	5/9	-2.99	15969		1.b6 axb6 2.exd6 exd6 3.axb6 f5
					4.gxf6ep gxf6 5.Kb4 Kb2
0:00	6/10	-3.12	40628		1.b6 axb6 2.exd6 exd6 3.axb6 f5
					4.Kb4 f4 5.Kc3 f3 6.Kd3 Kb3
0:01	7/11	-3.13	105101		1.b6 axb6 2.exd6 exd6 3.axb6 f5
					4.Kb4 f4 5.Kc3 f3 6.Kd3 f2 7.Ke2
0:02	8/12	-4.61	210985		1.b6 a6 2.Kb4 dxe5 3.c5 f5 4.gxf6ep
					gxf6 5.Kc3 f5 6.Kd2 Kb3 7.Ke3
0:03	8/12	-3.47	304404		1.exd6 exd6 2.Kb4 Kb2 3.c5 dxc5+
					4.Kxc5 Kc3 5.Kd6 f5 6.Kd5 Kd3 7.b6
					axb6 8.axb6
0:05	9/13	-3.60	511305		1.exd6 exd6 2.Kb4 Kb2 3.c5 dxc5+
					4.Kxc5 Kc3 5.Kd6 f5 6.gxf6ep gxf6
					7.Kd5 Kd3 8.b6 axb6 9.axb6
0:11	10/14	-3.83	1102016		1.exd6 exd6 2.Kb4 Kb2 3.c5 dxc5+
					4.Kxc5 Kc3 5.b6 axb6+ 6.Kxb6 Kb4
					7.a6 bxa6 8.Kxa6 Kc5 9.Ka5 f5
0:18	10/14	-3.78	1812205		1.b6 axb6 2.exd6 exd6 3.axb6 Kb2
					4.Kb4 Kc2 5.Ka4 f5 6.gxf6ep gxf6
					7.Kb5 Kd3 8.c5 d5
0:32	11/15	-3.78	3061440		1.b6 axb6 2.exd6 exd6 3.axb6 Kb2
					4.Kb4 Kc2 5.Ka4 f5 6.gxf6ep gxf6
					7.Kb5 Kd3 8.c5 d5
0:40	11/15	-3.75	3879753		1.exd6 exd6 2.Kb4 Kb2 3.c5 dxc5+
					4.Kxc5 Kc3 5.Kd6 f5 6.gxf6ep gxf6
					7.Kc5 Kd3 8.b6 a6 9.Kd5 Ke3
2:36	11/15	-2.96	14527679	1.c5 dxc5 2.h5 c4 3.hxg6 fxg6 4.Kb4
					c3 5.Kxc3 Ka3 6.b6 axb6 7.axb6
					Ka4 8.Kc4 Ka5 9.Kc5 d6+ 10.exd6
					exd6+ 11.Kxd6 Kxb6
4:39	11/15	0.00	25863901	1.h5 gxh5 2.c5 dxc5 3.g6 fxg6 4.e6
					dxe6 5.a6 bxa6 6.b6 axb6

jm



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