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Subject: Re: A test position

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 01:03:35 02/28/03

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On February 26, 2003 at 14:20:26, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>Here is a position from Fritz 7 - Hossa:
>
>[D]1r6/R1K2pkp/B1R1p1b1/1P1p2P1/3P4/1r6/8/8 b - - 0 53
>
>The Rb8 is attacked. I think every move to a square of the 8th rank loses
>because white is able to push his b pawn (in the game Hossa played Rf8? and lost
>quickly).
>
>How long does your favourite engine see that 53... R8xb5 or 53... R3xb5 draws?
>My main line is 53... R8xb5 54. Bxb5 Rxb5 55. Rxe6 Rb4 56. Re8 h6 and black
>looks pretty safe.

The Baron 0.99.6b3 chooses R8xb5 almost instantly on a PIII-500. It takes a
little while before it shows a drawing score though:

 ply       time     nodes  score  pv

  5(11).      0     12259    -98  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6b6 g6d3
  6(10)&      0     15162   -131  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7
  6(12)>      0     21544   -130  b8e8
  6(14)&      0     38175   -107  b8e8 b5b6 e6e5 a6c8 e5d4 b6b7 e8e7 c8d7
  6(14).      0     54979   -107  b8e8 b5b6 e6e5 a6c8 e5d4 b6b7 e8e7 c8d7
  7(16)&      1    149270   -138  b8e8 b5b6 h7h5 a6c8 e8e7 c8d7 h5h4 b6b7 h4h3
c6c1
  7(16)>      1    151172   -131  b8b5
  7(16)&      1    154170   -131  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4
  7(16).      2    228271   -131  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4
  8(15)&      2    244806   -159  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6
  8(18).     13   1247201   -159  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6
  9(16)&     14   1281348   -125  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 g7g8
  9(20).     36   3295684   -125  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 g7g8
 10(19)&     37   3390911   -104  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 d4g4
 10(21).     94   8532758   -104  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 d4g4
 11(21)&     96   8748581    -77  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 d4g4
 11(22).    157  14209506    -77  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e7 b4d4 c7d6 d4g4
 12(23)&    165  15083169    -46  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e1 b4d4 c7c6 h7h6
c6c5
 12(23).    234  21418047    -46  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c6e6 b5b4 e6e1 b4d4 c7c6 h7h6
c6c5
 13(25)&    268  24931399    -28  b8b5 a6b5 b3b5 c7d6 h7h6 g5h6 g7h6 c6c1 b5b4
d6c5 b4b8 c1h1 h6g5 h1g1 g5f4 g1f1 f4e3

Richard



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