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Subject: Re: Fairly simple endgame position

Author: Hans van der Zijden

Date: 07:41:48 06/06/03

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[D]k7/5p2/4pP2/4P3/3P4/8/8/4K3 w - -
>That's very interesting.
>
>My winboard engine Kanguruh (written in BASIC) found it in less than a second.

Congratulations. You beat my Basic program. Gadget needs 1.5 seconds.

>My other chess program, Deep BASIC which is written in QB45 surprisingly found
>the correct answer in a second. Not bad for a 16 bit DOS program struggling to
>get 4000 nps on my Athlon 650.   But then changes its mind to Kd2 but still
>shows the pawn exchanges one move later.  After a few more minutes it changes
>its mind again to d5.  Can anybody tell me if Kd2 is still ok if the pawn
>sacrifices are played next move?

Kd2 still wins, but it will take longer.

Hans.



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