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Subject: Re: Endgame position

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 20:15:56 03/31/04

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On March 31, 2004 at 22:35:50, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On March 31, 2004 at 11:09:26, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>From the game Chekhov - Sorokin, Protvino,1988.
>>
>>[D]5k2/6p1/2p5/2P2PKP/3B4/1b6/1P6/8 w - - 0 52
>>
>>White is two pawns up but there are opposite color bishops.
>>Both 52.f6 and 52.h6 are bad, however 52.Bxg7! wins.
>>
>>You should show it to your engine, I'm sure that quite a few
>>will find it.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mihaly
>
>
>Takes Crafty about two seconds on my dual xeon to find the move, about a half a
>minute to see a winning score:
>
>               19    39.63     +1   1. Bxg7+!!
>               19    42.46     +3   1. Bxg7+!!
>               19    49.90   2.95   1. Bxg7+ Kxg7 2. f6+ Kh7 3. Kf4 Kh6
>                                    4. Ke5 Kg5 5. Kd6 Kxf6 6. Kxc6 Ke6
>                                    7. h6 Bd5+ 8. Kb6 Kf6 9. c6 Be6 10.
>                                    Kb7 Bd5 11. b4 Ke5 (s=8)
>               19->   1:21   2.95   1. Bxg7+ Kxg7 2. f6+ Kh7 3. Kf4 Kh6
>                                    4. Ke5 Kg5 5. Kd6 Kxf6 6. Kxc6 Ke6
>                                    7. h6 Bd5+ 8. Kb6 Kf6 9. c6 Be6 10.
>                                    Kb7 Bd5 11. b4 Ke5 (s=7)

I take it you've made some changes?

What is that +1 & +3??



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