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Subject: Re: Endgame position

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 09:26:55 04/01/04

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On April 01, 2004 at 12:04:39, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On March 31, 2004 at 23:15:56, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>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??
>
>
>That is in the most recently released version I think.  It fails high (or low)
>in steps.  +1 means expectation is winning a pawn, +3 is winning a piece, +M
>means beta was relaxed to + infinity (probably mating)...

I thought 19.11 was the current release, which I have, and it does not do this.
:)

I like the change though!



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