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Subject: Re: Can you see the loss?

Author: Jeremiah Penery

Date: 18:24:27 09/22/03

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On September 22, 2003 at 18:16:56, Slater Wold wrote:

>[D]5r2/P7/1K6/6p1/2p2kp1/2Nb4/1P6/7R w - - 0 50
>
>Can your program see this position is lost for white?
>
>Shredder 7.04 & HIARCS 9 couldn't...

Modified Crafty 19.3(?), AthlonXP 1900+

It looks like it's going to see it fast, then sticks on Kb7 with drawscore for
too long.

depth   time  score   variation (1)
  8     0.20   0.94   1. Ra1 g3 2. a8=Q Rxa8 3. Rxa8 g2 4.
                      Ra1 g4
  8->   0.27   0.94   1. Ra1 g3 2. a8=Q Rxa8 3. Rxa8 g2 4.
                      Ra1 g4
  9     0.58     --   1. Ra1
  9     1.06   0.72   1. Ra1 g3 2. Kb7 g4 3. a8=Q Rxa8 4.
                      Rxa8 Be4+ 5. Nxe4 Kxe4
  9->   1.46   0.72   1. Ra1 g3 2. Kb7 g4 3. a8=Q Rxa8 4.
                      Rxa8 Be4+ 5. Nxe4 Kxe4
 10     2.26     --   1. Ra1
 10     3.70   0.20   1. Ra1 g3 2. Kb7 g2 3. Rg1 Rf7+ 4.
                      Kb6 Rf6+ 5. Kb5 Rf5+ 6. Kb4 Rf8 7.
                      Nd5+ Kf3
 10->   7.07   0.20   1. Ra1 g3 2. Kb7 g2 3. Rg1 Rf7+ 4.
                      Kb6 Rf6+ 5. Kb5 Rf5+ 6. Kb4 Rf8 7.
                      Nd5+ Kf3
 11     9.23     --   1. Ra1
 11    11.91  -0.52   1. Ra1 g3 2. Nd5+ Kf3 3. Nc7 g2 4.
                      Ne6 Ra8 5. Nxg5+ Kg4 6. Nf7 Bf1 7.
                      Ne5+ Kf4 8. Ng6+
 11    23.66  -0.17   1. Nd5+ Kf3 2. Nb4 Rg8 3. Ra1 Be4 4.
                      Kc5 Rc8+ 5. Kd4 g3 6. Rf1+ Ke2 7. Rf7
                      Ba8
 11    32.36   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 11->  34.86   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 12    35.71   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 12->  49.49   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 13    51.35   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 13->   1:19   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 14     1:34   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 14->   2:31   0.00   1. Kb7 Rf7+ 2. Kb8 Rf8+ 3. Kb7
 15     4:34     --   1. Kb7
 15     6:51  -1.56   1. Kb7 g3 2. Rg1 Kf3 3. Nd1 g2 4. Kb6
                      Bf1 5. Kb7 Ke2 6. a8=Q Rxa8 7. Kxa8
                      Kxd1 8. Kb8
 15    14:02  -0.18   1. Nd5+ Kf3 2. Rh5 Be4 3. Rxg5 g3 4.
                      Nc3 Ba8 5. Kc5 g2 6. Kxc4 Kf2 7. Nd1+
                      Ke2 8. Nc3+ Kf1 9. b4 Rc8+ 10. Kd4
                      g1=Q+ 11. Rxg1+ Kxg1



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