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Subject: Re: rook endgame test position

Author: Mridul Muralidharan

Date: 00:56:52 12/16/03

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On December 15, 2003 at 16:23:15, Dieter Buerssner wrote:

>[D] 5k2/1R4p1/5p2/4p2p/1p2P2P/r4P2/PK4P1/8 b - -
>
>This is from a game between Ruffian-Yace in the "CSS-Online-Masters" (time
>control 60 15).
>
>I think, after Ra4, white cannot make progress, and the game will end in draw.
>Yace played Re3? instead (with 0.0 score). Are there engines, that show in
>reasonable time a big score difference between Re3 and Ra4?. I believe Re3 loses
>by force. For example Re3 Rxb4 Re2 Kb3 Rxg2?! (possibly Re3 instead gives more
>resistance) a4.
>
>It is not a real good test position, because engines can show for a long time
>the same score for Ra4 and Re3, and the chosen move might be pure luck.
>Therefore also the question for scores after those moves.
>
>Regards,
>Dieter

Hi Dieter,

  Mess dislikes Re3 by 0.4 atleast.
Here is its analysis :

From the above position :

D:\chess\suites>e:messchess solve -rf -sl -time 900 test_pos.epd
Trying to solve test suite test_pos.epd with 900.00 secs per test.
2  -64   2     81       C:2    ,T:0    CR:0    TR:0    Ra3-a4 Kb2-b3
3  -29   2     602      C:3    ,T:0    CR:1    TR:0    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g5
4  -64   3     1601     C:19   ,T:0    CR:11   TR:0    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g5 Kb2-
b3
5  -39   6     3804     C:35   ,T:1    CR:19   TR:0    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Pf3-
f4 Kf8-e8 Pf4xe5 Pf6xe5
6  -42   13    7930     C:52   ,T:1    CR:28   TR:0    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g5 Ph4x
g5 Pf6xg5 Pg3-g4 Ph5xg4 Pf3xg4
7  -47   28    20598    C:147  ,T:10   CR:74   TR:1    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Pf3-
f4 Pe5xf4 Pg3xf4 Pf6-f5 Pe4xf5 Pg6xf5
8  -50   58    45402    C:291  ,T:19   CR:138  TR:1    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Pf3-
f4 Pf6-f5 Rb7-b8 Kf8-f7 Pe4xf5 Pe5-e4 Pf5xg6 Kf7xg6
9  -47   116   98249    C:511  ,T:35   CR:281  TR:3    Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Pf3-
f4 Pf6-f5 Pe4xf5 Pe5xf4 Pg3xf4 Pg6xf5
10 -36   306   264404   C:1160 ,T:138  CR:715  TR:11   Ra3-a4 Pg2-g4 Pg7-g6 Rb7-
d7 Ra4-a3 Pg4xh5 Pg6xh5 Rd7-b7 Ra3xf3 Rb7xb4
11 -35   605   540315   C:1934 ,T:235  CR:1271 TR:31   Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Ra4-a3 Rb7x
b4 Ra3xf3 Pa2-a4 Rf3xg3 Pa4-a5 Rg3-g2 Kb2-b3 Rg2-g3 Kb3-c4
12 -35   930   841091   C:2517 ,T:301  CR:1999 TR:41   Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Ra4-a3 Rb7x
b4 Ra3xf3 Pa2-a4 Rf3xg3 Pa4-a5 Rg3-g2 Kb2-b3 Rg2-g3 Kb3-c4
13 -33   1905  1742255  C:4644 ,T:747  CR:4079 TR:142  Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Rb7-
b6 Kf8-f7 Rb6-b5 Kf7-e6 Pf3-f4 Pe5xf4 Pg3xf4 Ke6-f7 Rb5-b7 Kf7-e6
14 -31   3769  3470962  C:9733 ,T:1147 CR:8298 TR:212  Ra3-a4 Pg2-g3 Pg7-g6 Rb7-
b6 Kf8-e7 Pg3-g4 Ke7-f7 Rb6-b7 Kf7-e6 Rb7-g7 Pg6-g5 Pg4xh5 Pg5xh4 Ph5-h6
^C


After forcing Re3 :

D:\chess\suites>e:messchess solve -rf -sl -time 900 test_pos.epd
Trying to solve test suite test_pos.epd with 900.00 secs per test.
2  72    2     251      C:7    ,T:0    CR:1    TR:0    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2
3  72    2     861      C:31   ,T:0    CR:15   TR:0    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2
4  65    3     1957     C:38   ,T:0    CR:24   TR:0    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4
5  101   6     4373     C:113  ,T:0    CR:52   TR:0    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Kf8-e7
6  110   11    8373     C:155  ,T:0    CR:98   TR:0    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Pg7-g5 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7
7  110   21    16379    C:235  ,T:5    CR:136  TR:1    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Pg7-g5 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7
8  108   41    35104    C:392  ,T:16   CR:273  TR:6    Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Pg7-g5 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7 Rb8-b7 Ke7-e6
9  108   94    83239    C:682  ,T:34   CR:533  TR:10   Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Pg7-g5 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7 Rb8-b7 Ke7-e6
10 77    221   204625   C:1508 ,T:113  CR:1261 TR:22   Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Rg2-f2 Pa4-a5 Rf2xf3 Kb3-a4 Rf3-f2 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7
11 74    436   409502   C:2565 ,T:238  CR:2214 TR:43   Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Rg2-f2 Pa4-a5 Rf2xf3 Kb3-a2 Rf3-d3 Rb4-b8 Kf8-f7
12 75    891   849301   C:4765 ,T:546  CR:4354 TR:128  Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Rb4-b8 Kf8-e7 Pa2-a4 Rg2-f2 Pa4-a5 Rf2xf3 Kb3-b4 Rf3-f4 Rb8-b7 Ke7-d6
13 69    1917  1824057  C:8483 ,T:1100 CR:7859 TR:329  Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re2x
g2 Pa2-a4 Rg2-d2 Pa4-a5 Rd2-d3 Kb3-c4 Rd3-d8 Rb4-b6 Kf8-e8 Rb6-b3 Rd8-a8 Kc4-b5

14 75    4024  3880749  C:15859 ,T:2106 CR:14088 TR:557  Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re
2xg2 Pa2-a4 Rg2-d2 Rb4-b8 Kf8-f7 Pa4-a5 Rd2-d6 Rb8-b7 Kf7-g6 Kb3-c4 Rd6-d8 Pa5-a
6
15 84    7821  7535455  C:31016 ,T:4082 CR:26723 TR:953  Rb7xb4 Re3-e2 Kb2-b3 Re
2xg2 Pa2-a4 Rg2-d2 Rb4-b8 Kf8-f7 Pa4-a5 Rd2-d6 Rb8-b7 Kf7-g6 Kb3-c4 Rd6-d8 Kc4-b
5 Rd8-c8


Regards
Mridul




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