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Subject: Re: Dribble with your king - test

Author: Bryan Hofmann

Date: 08:46:04 03/25/04

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On March 25, 2004 at 10:58:25, Jason Kent wrote:

>On March 25, 2004 at 10:02:58, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>This position is not difficult but cute.
>>I am reasonably sure that most engines will
>>find the solution and avoid 1.Nd5. (Junior has
>>problems though.)
>>
>>White to move and draw.
>>
>>[D]8/8/8/1pK2r2/p1pprPp1/2N3Q1/8/k7 w - - 0 1
>>
>>1. Kb4! dxc3 2. Kxc3!! (2. Qxc3+? Kb1 3. Ka3 b4+ 4. Qxb4+ Kc2 5. Qb2+ Kd3) 2...
>>b4+ 3. Kxb4 Rfxf4 4. Qd3! cxd3+ 5. Ka3 1/2-1/2
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mihaly
>
>After, 1. Kc6b4 d4xc3 2. Kb4xc3 Re4e2 3. Qg3xg4 Re2e3+ 4. Kc3c2 Ka1a2 5. Qg4xf5
>b5b4
>
>Ruffian 1.05 favors black by almost 2 points.

I would say that your not running Ruffian with EGTBs. With 5 man EGTB the output
is below after Kb4;

Ruffian 1.0.5  UCI 62 MB:
 9   00:00  4.09   dxc3 Qxc3+ Kb1 Ka3 b4+ Qxb4+ Kc2 Qb2+ Kd3 Qb1+ Ke3 Qc1+ Ke2
Qc2+ Kf3 Kxa4
10   00:00  4.51   dxc3 Kxc3 b4+ Kxb4 Rfxf4 Qg1+ Kb2 Qg2+ Kc1 Kxa4 Rf3 Kb5 c3
Kc5 c2
11   00:01  0.37   dxc3 Kxc3 b4+ Kxb4 Kb1 Kc3 Re2 Qg1+ Ka2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kb4 Rb3+
Kxa4 Rc5 f5
12   00:02  0.70   dxc3 Kxc3 b4+ Kxb4 Kb1 Qxg4 c3+ Kxc3 Rc5+ Kd3 Rec4 Qg6 Rc6
Qg1+ Rc1 Qa7 Rd1+ Ke4
13   00:03  0.65   dxc3 Kxc3 b4+ Kxb4 Kb1 Kc3 Re2 Qg1+ Ka2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kb4 Rb3+
Kxa4 Rc5 f5 c3 f6
14   00:06  0.45   dxc3 Kxc3 b4+ Kxb4 Kb1 Kc3 Re2 Qg1+ Ka2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kd4 Rd3+
Kxc4 Rfd5 Qe2+ Rd2 Qe3 Rd1 Qe4
15   00:14  0.61   dxc3 Kxc3 Re2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kc2 Ka2 Qxf5 b4 Qc5 b3+ Kd2 Rd3+ Ke1
Rc3 Qb4 Rc1+ Kd2 Rc2+ Ke3 a3
16   00:32  0.50   dxc3 Kxc3 Re2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kc2 Ka2 Qxf5 b4 Qb5 Rc3+ Kd1 Kb3 f5
a3 f6 Rf3 Qc6 Rf2
17   01:08  0.47   dxc3 Kxc3 Re2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kc2 Ka2 Qxf5 b4 Qa5 b3+ Kd2 Rd3+ Ke2
a3 Qb4 b2 Qxc4+ Rb3 Qc2 Rh3 Qc4+ Ka1 Qd4
18   02:15  0.78   dxc3 Kxc3 Re2 Qxg4 Re3+ Kc2 Ka2 Qxf5 b4 Qb5 Rc3+ Kd1 Kb3 f5
a3 f6 Rf3 Qa6 Rf2 Qe6 a2 Qe5



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