Author: John Merlino
Date: 20:48:32 10/03/03
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On October 03, 2003 at 13:02:55, Mihaly Szalai wrote: >I think this position is too hard for comps and humans too. >It requires a very deep understanding of chess IMO. >White wins. > >[D]2R5/5k2/4p3/4p3/3p4/4pp2/1P5P/4K3 w - - 0 1 > >1. Rc7+ Ke8 2. Rc2! d3 3. Re2!! dxe2 (3... fxe2 4. b4 Kd7 5. b5 Kd6 6. b6 >Kc6 7. h4 +-) 4. h4 Kf7 5. h5 Kf6 6. h6 Kg6 7. b4 +- > >I've just seen how Smarthink gone mad. >Maybe your engine is smarter, you should give it a try. > >Thanks >Mihaly Here is what Chessmaster 9000 on a P4-2.4 says: Time Depth Score Positions Moves 0:00 4/8 0.55 101950 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc7+ Kd6 3.Rf7 e4 4.b5 Kc5 5.h4 0:00 5/9 0.38 228372 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc7+ Kd6 3.Rf7 e4 4.Rf4 Kd5 5.b5 f2+ 6.Ke2 0:02 6/10 0.36 638223 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc7+ Kd6 3.Rf7 e4 4.b5 d3 5.b6 Kc6 6.b7 f2+ 7.Kf1 0:05 7/11 0.19 1563301 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc7+ Ke8 3.Rc1 d3 4.Rb1 d2+ 5.Kd1 e4 6.b5 Kd7 7.b6 Kc6 0:12 8/12 0.32 3460774 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc7+ Ke8 3.Rc1 d3 4.Rb1 d2+ 5.Kd1 e4 6.b5 Kd7 7.b6 Kc6 8.b7 0:23 9/13 0.47 6543327 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc1 d3 3.Rb1 Kd6 4.b5 d2+ 5.Kd1 Kc7 6.b6+ Kb7 7.h4 e4 8.h5 0:44 10/14 0.77 12392462 1.b4 Ke7 2.Rc1 d3 3.Rb1 Kd6 4.b5 d2+ 5.Kd1 Kc7 6.b6+ Kb7 7.h4 e4 8.h5 e5 9.h6 1:38 11/15 0.93 27065529 1.b4 d3 2.Rd8 f2+ 3.Kf1 d2 4.Rd7+ Ke8 5.Rd3 e4 6.Rd4 Ke7 7.Ke2 e5 8.Rd5 Kf6 9.b5 Ke6 10.b6 2:46 12/16 0.00 46017529 1.b4 d3 2.Rd8 f2+ 3.Kf1 d2 4.Rd7+ Ke8 5.Rd3 e4 6.Rd4 Ke7 7.Ke2 e5 8.Rd5 Ke6 9.Rd8 Ke7 10.Rd5 4:53 12/16 0.40 80052409 1.Rc7+ Ke8 2.Rc1 d3 3.Ra1 Ke7 4.b4 Kd6 5.h4 e4 6.h5 Kd5 7.h6 e2 8.Ra8 e3 9.Rd8+ Ke4 8:56 13/17 1.43 144248728 1.Rc7+ Ke8 2.Rc2 Ke7 3.Re2 e4 4.h4 Kf6 5.h5 Kg5 6.Rh2 Kh6 7.Rh4 d3 8.Rxe4 f2+ 9.Kf1 d2 10.Rd4 Kxh5 11.Rxd2 exd2 14:37 14/18 2.29 234585297 1.Rc7+ Ke8 2.Rc2 Ke7 3.Re2 e4 4.h4 fxe2 5.b4 d3 6.b5 Kd6 7.b6 Kc6 8.h5 Kxb6 9.h6 Kc5 10.h7 e5 11.h8=Q Kd4 12.Qd8+ Kc4 13.Qc7+ Kd5 14.Qb7+ Kd4 15.Qb4+ Kd5 25:40 15/19 2.60 407858411 1.Rc7+ Ke8 2.Rc2 d3 3.Re2 dxe2 4.h4 Ke7 5.h5 Kf6 6.h6 e4 7.b4 Kg6 8.b5 Kxh6 9.b6 Kg5 10.b7 Kg4 11.b8=Q Kf5 12.Qb6 Kf4 13.Qxe6 jm
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