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Subject: Re: A simple (?) endgame with only 6 pieces

Author: Richard Pijl

Date: 12:34:00 06/15/03

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On June 15, 2003 at 14:56:29, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>On June 15, 2003 at 13:00:40, Harald Faber wrote:
>
>>[D]8/8/8/5k2/1pK4P/6P1/8/4b3 b - - 0 1
>>
>>Only 6 pieces and not far from the tablebases. But which programs find the
>>winning idea? You see it when playing through because 1.Kg4 is found by
>>programs. But which play the king manoeuvre and don't play stupid bishop moves?
>>
>>1... Kg4 2. Kb3 Bd2 3. Kc4 Bc3 4. Kb3 Kf3 5. Kc4 (5. h5 Ke3 6. h6 Kd4 7. g4 (7.
>>h7 Kc5) 7... Kc5 8. g5 Bd2) 5... Ke3 6. h5 Kd2 7. Kb3 Kd3 8. h6 (8. g4 Kd4 9.
>>g5 Kc5 10. g6 (10. h6 Bd2) 10... Bg7) 8... Kd4 9. g4 Kc5 10. g5 Bd2 11. h7 Bc3
>>
>>Only 6 pieces, but unsolvable for top programs?
>
>
>New game
>8/8/8/5k2/1pK4P/6P1/8/4b3 b - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by smarthink:
>
>1...Kg4 2.Kb3
>  -+  (-3.45)   Depth: 2   00:00:00
>1...Kg4 2.Kb3
>  -+  (-3.45)   Depth: 17   00:00:00  139kN
>1...Kg4 2.Kb3
>1...Kg4 2.Kb3 Bc3 3.Kc4 Kh5 4.Kb3 Bd2 5.Kc4 Kg4 6.Kb3 Be1 7.Kc4 Bd2 8.Kb3 Be1
>9.Kc4 Bd2 10.Kb3 Be1 11.Kc4
>  -+  (-3.46)   Depth: 20   00:00:39  18935kN
>
>(Pichard, Jorge's Home 15.06.2003)

The question was to see the black king walking to the queen's side of the board.
SmarThink doesn't show that in the lines you present here.

Neither does the Baron by the way ... :-(

Richard.



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