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Subject: Re: Endgame study at chesscafe.com - is it correct?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 18:06:24 01/05/03

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On January 05, 2003 at 09:57:46, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>At http://www.chesscafe.com/endgame/endgame.htm the following study
>
>[D] 8/2p2K2/3p4/B4k2/3p4/p4PP1/2P1P3/8 w - - 0 1
>
>by A. Troitzky is shown. The solution is given as:
>
>1 Bd2 a2 2 Bh6 a1Q/i 3 e4+ dxe3 4 g4+ Ke5 5 Bg7+ Kf4 6 Bxa1 e2 7 Bc3
>
>i) 2...Ke5 3 c4 dxc3 4 Bg7+ and wins.
>
>After 1. Bd2 a2 2. Bh6 I get:
>            time     score
> 179182320  3:56.5   5.69 18t  2...c5 3. c4 d5 4. g4+ Ke5 5. Bg7+ Kd6 6. Bf8+
>                               Kd7 7. g5 a1=Q 8. g6 Qa8 9. g7 Qe8+ 10. Kf6
>                               Qe6+ 11. Kg5 Qxe2 12. Bxc5 dxc4 13. Bxd4 Qxf3
>                               14. Be5H {HT} {651}
>
>Note the positive score is good for black here. What would be the reply to c5 ?
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

The King agrees with you. On a P3-733, here is what it says about the initial
position:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	2.88	5789		1.g4+ Ke5 2.c4 dxc3ep 3.Bxc3+ Kd5
0:00	1/5	2.84	21171		1.g4+ Ke5 2.c4 dxc3ep 3.Bxc3+ Kd5
					4.e4+ Kc4 5.Bf6
0:02	2/6	2.84	47272		1.g4+ Ke5 2.c4 dxc3ep 3.Bxc3+ Kd5
					4.e4+ Kc4 5.Bf6
0:03	3/7	-1.08	123533		1.g4+ Ke5 2.g5 a2 3.g6 a1=Q 4.g7
					Qxa5 5.g8=Q Qa2+ 6.Kg7 Qxc2
0:04	3/7	0.78	180430		1.Bd2 a2 2.Bh6 c6 3.c4 a1=Q 4.e4+
					dxe3ep 5.g4+ Ke5 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.Bxa1
					Kxf3
0:05	4/8	0.32	241310		1.Bd2 a2 2.Bh6 c5 3.c4 d5 4.g4+
					Ke5 5.e3 dxe3 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.cxd5
					Kxf3
0:07	5/9	1.22	436698		1.Bd2 a2 2.Bh6 c6 3.c4 a1=Q 4.e4+
					dxe3ep 5.g4+ Ke5 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.Bxa1
					e2 8.Bc3 Kxf3
0:12	6/10	-2.39	910746		1.Bd2 a2 2.Bh6 c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+
					Ke5 5.Bg7+ Kf4 6.Bf8 a1=Q 7.Bxd6+
					Ke3 8.Bxc5 Kxe2 9.f4
0:16	6/10	-0.50	1375813		1.g4+ Ke5 2.g5 a2 3.g6 a1=Q 4.g7
					Qxa5 5.g8=Q Qa2+ 6.Kg7 Qxg8+ 7.Kxg8
					c5 8.Kf7 d5 9.Kg6 c4 10.Kg5
0:24	7/11	-0.48	2249280		1.g4+ Ke5 2.g5 a2 3.g6 a1=Q 4.g7
					Qxa5 5.g8=Q Qa2+ 6.Kg7 Qxg8+ 7.Kxg8
					Kf6 8.Kf8 c5 9.Ke8 Ke6 10.f4 d5
0:49	8/12	-0.57	4772354		1.g4+ Ke5 2.g5 a2 3.g6 a1=Q 4.g7
					Qxa5 5.g8=Q Qa2+ 6.Kg7 Qxg8+ 7.Kxg8
					Kf6 8.Kf8 c5 9.Ke8 Ke6 10.Kf8 d5
					11.Kg7 Ke5
1:47	9/13	-0.57	10456578	1.g4+ Ke5 2.g5 a2 3.g6 a1=Q 4.g7
					Qxa5 5.g8=Q Qa2+ 6.Kg7 Qxg8+ 7.Kxg8
					Kf6 8.Kf8 c5 9.Ke8 Ke6 10.Kf8 d5
					11.Kg7 Ke5

And after forcing 1.Bd2 a2 2.Bh6 (and it appears that 2...c6 also wins):

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/5	0.78	11901		2...c6 3.c4 a1=Q 4.e4+ dxe3ep 5.g4+
					Ke5 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.Bxa1 Kxf3
0:00	2/6	0.51	21804		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.e3 dxe3
					6.Bg7+ Kf4
0:00	2/6	0.32	30019		2...c5 3.c4 d5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.e3 dxe3
					6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.cxd5 Kxf3
0:00	3/7	1.47	45421		2...c5 3.c4 a1=Q 4.e4+ dxe3ep 5.g4+
					Ke5 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.Bxa1 e2 8.Bc3 Kxf3
0:00	3/7	1.22	55691		2...c6 3.c4 a1=Q 4.e4+ dxe3ep 5.g4+
					Ke5 6.Bg7+ Kf4 7.Bxa1 e2 8.Bc3 Kxf3
0:01	4/8	-2.39	115311		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.Bg7+
					Kf4 6.Bf8 a1=Q 7.Bxd6+ Ke3 8.Bxc5
					Kxe2 9.f4
0:02	5/9	-2.39	209830		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.Bg7+
					Kf4 6.Bh6+ Kg3 7.Bf8 a1=Q 8.Bxd6+
					Kf2 9.Bxc5 Kxe2 10.f4
0:04	6/10	-2.84	453742		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.Bg7+
					Kf4 6.Bh6+ Kg3 7.Bf8 a1=Q 8.Bxd6+
					Kf2 9.Bxc5 Kxe2 10.f4 d3
0:12	7/11	-3.22	1162801		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.Bg7+
					Kf4 6.Bh6+ Kg3 7.Bf8 a1=Q 8.Bxd6+
					Kf2 9.Bxc5 Qa6 10.Bxd4+ Kxe2 11.Ke7
					Kxf3
0:31	8/12	-3.62	3032772		2...c6 3.c4 c5 4.g4+ Ke5 5.Bg7+
					Kf4 6.Bh6+ Kg3 7.g5 a1=Q 8.g6 Qa7+
					9.Kf8 Qa8+ 10.Kf7 d3 11.exd3 Qxf3+
					12.Kg7 Qxd3
1:11	8/12	-4.62	6747606		2...c5 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Ke5 5.e4
					dxe3ep 6.Bxe3 Kxd5 7.g4 a1=Q 8.Bh6
					Qh8
1:51	9/13	-4.62	10580976	2...c5 3.c4 d5 4.cxd5 Ke5 5.e4
					dxe3ep 6.Bxe3 Kxd5 7.g4 a1=Q 8.Bh6
					Qh8

jm



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