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Subject: Re: Are 6-piece EGTB's worth it?

Author: Kolss

Date: 01:51:22 01/22/04

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On January 21, 2004 at 23:59:51, Mike Hood wrote:

>On January 21, 2004 at 19:59:31, Rory Nolan wrote:
>
>>On January 21, 2004 at 17:21:52, Kolss wrote:
>>
>>>On January 21, 2004 at 17:02:30, Mike Hood wrote:
>>>
>>>>Here's a small example of "perfect play" using the KRPP-KR tablebase. It's not
>>>>the only path that leads to mate, there are a few possible branches along the
>>>>way, but there are no shorter paths. How many engines playing black without
>>>>6-piece EGTBs could get a win against an engine playing white with 6-piece
>>>>EGTBs? Not many, if any. Take a look
>>>>
>>>>[D] 3R4/6k1/8/6p1/7p/2r5/7K/8 b - - 0 63
>>>>
>>>>63...Kg6 64. Rh8 Kf5
>>>>65. Rf8+ Kg4 66. Rd8 Rc2+ 67. Kg1 h3 68. Rd4+ Kg3 69. Rd3+ Kh4 70. Rd8 g4 71.
>>>>Rd4 Kg3 72. Rd3+ Kf4 73. Rd4+ Kf3 74. Rd3+ Ke4 75. Rd8 g3 76. Re8+ Kf4 77. Rf8+
>>>>Ke5 78. Re8+ Kf6 79. Re1 Kg5 80. Rd1 Rf2 81. Rd5+ Kg4 82. Rd4+ Rf4 83. Rd2 h2+
>>>>84. Kg2 Rf2+ 85. Rxf2 gxf2 86. Kxf2 h1=Q 87. Ke3 Qd5 88. Ke2 Kf4 89. Kf1 Qa2
>>>>90. Ke1 Ke3 91. Kd1 Qb1#
>>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I do not have any 6-piece TB - is Kg6 the only winning move in this position (or
>>>does e.g. Kh6 or a rook move along the rank win as well)? Maybe you could give a
>>>listing of all possible moves with the respective evaluation?!
>>>
>>>Best regards - Munjong.
>>New game
>>3R4/6k1/8/6p1/7p/4r3/7K/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Tablebase 3.0:
>>
>>1. -+ (-#29): 1.Kg2
>>2. -+ (-#29): 1.Rc8
>>3. -+ (-#29): 1.Rb8
>>4. -+ (-#29): 1.Ra8
>>5. -+ (-#29): 1.Rd6
>>6. -+ (-#28): 1.Kg1
>>7. -+ (-#28): 1.Kh1
>>8. -+ (-#28): 1.Rd7+
>>9. -+ (-#28): 1.Rd5
>>10. -+ (-#28): 1.Rd4
>>11. -+ (-#28): 1.Rd2
>>12. -+ (-#28): 1.Rd1
>>13. -+ (-#9): 1.Re8
>>14. -+ (-#8): 1.Rd3
>>15. -+ (-#8): 1.Rf8
>>16. -+ (-#8): 1.Rg8+
>>17. -+ (-#8): 1.Rh8
>>
>>(Nolan, 22.01.2004)
>
>It's black's move :)
>
>But it isn't just a matter of finding the first move. Can an engine playing
>black without 6-piece EGTBs fid ALL the correct moves? Or will it make a mistake
>and fall into a drawn position?

Yes, I realize that, so essentially my question is whether moves such as g4, h3,
Kf7, or Kh7 draw (that would be my guess as a quite mediocre chess player).

Best regards - Munjong.



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