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Subject: Re: Another good underpromotion test position

Author: Matthias Gemuh

Date: 13:50:19 07/23/03

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On July 23, 2003 at 15:24:18, Matthew White wrote:

>[D]8/5p1k/6pp/8/q2QB3/2K4P/1p3P2/8 b - - 0 45
>
>From Levin (2331) - IM Donaldson, Western States Open 2003 (analysis)
>The move actually played was 45... Qa1? 46. Bxg6+!! and draw by perpetual check
>Can your engine find the winning 45... b1=N+!! 46. Bxb1 Qa1+ and black enters
>the endgame a pawn up
>
>Every engine that I have tested finds it eventually. However, some do take
>longer than others :).
>
>Matt



BigLion 2.0 needs a long time (13 seconds)

[1] (-0.29)  1 ...Qa1 (00h:00m:00s)
[2] (-0.79)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 (00h:00m:00s)
[3] (-0.87)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 Qc1 3.Kb4 (00h:00m:00s)
[4] (-0.87)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 Qc1 3.Kb4 b1=Q 4.Bxb1 (00h:00m:00s)
[5] (-0.79)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 b1=Q 3.Bxb1 Qxb1 (00h:00m:00s)
[6] (-0.91)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 Qc1 3.Kd5 b1=Q 4.Bxb1 Qxb1 (00h:00m:01s)
[7] (-0.99)  1 ...Qa1 2.Kc4 b1=Q 3.Bxb1 Qxb1 4.h4 Kg8 (00h:00m:05s)
[8] (-1.36)  1 ...b1=N 2.Bxb1 Qa1 3.Kc4 Qxb1 4.h4 h5 5.f4 Qc2 6.Kb4
(00h:00m:13s)
[9] (-1.35)  1 ...b1=N 2.Bxb1 Qa1 3.Kc4 Qxb1 4.h4 Qc2 5.Kb5 Qf5 6.Kc6 Qe6 7.Kb7
f6 (00h:00m:33s)



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