Author: James T. Walker
Date: 20:38:10 02/07/04
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On February 06, 2004 at 13:48:48, Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz wrote: >This endgame study can be game following the sequence > >1.Bd1 g1Q 2.Bxa4 Qc1 3.Bxd7 h5 4.Be8 h4 5.Ba4 Line > >[d] 8/3p4/p6p/k2N3B/p7/K6p/PP4pP/8 w - - 0 1 > >Many engines (Fritz 8, Hiarcs 8, Ruffian 1.01) cannot win this endgame, probably >due to the well known null-move problem for extreme and rare positions such as >this. > >They just don't find 5. Ba4 > >Try your engine after 4...,h4 > >[d]8/3p4/p6p/k2N3B/p7/K6p/PP4pP/8 w - - 0 1 > >All the above mentioned engines play 5.Bd7 and get a draw instead of winning. > >Regards, > > Jaime Hello Jaime, I don't understand what I'm missing here. Both Hiarcs 8 and Fritz 8 will win this endgame on my computer. I admit that Ruffian 1.0.5 and Deep Sjeng 1.6 will draw here though. Jim
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