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Subject: Re: Two Test Positions = Queen and Pawn Endings

Author: John Merlino

Date: 15:58:17 04/30/04

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On April 30, 2004 at 17:21:34, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:

> [D]7k/6p1/2P3Qp/p3q2P/8/6P1/5K2/8 w
> Bogoljubow vs Stahlberg, Kemeri 1933  1. Qc2!! Qxh5 2. Qc4!

CM_SKR on an AMD 2500+ finds 1.Qc2 in two seconds and needs another two seconds
to see 2.Qc4:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	1.13	1984		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qc5+ 3.Ke2
0:00	1/3	1.22	2615		1.Kg2 a4 2.Qf7
0:00	1/4	0.42	4244		1.Kg2 a4 2.Qf7 Qb2+ 3.Kh3 a3 4.Qe8+
					Kh7
0:00	1/4	1.13	5510		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qc5+ 3.Ke2
0:00	1/5	1.20	12587		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qc5+ 3.Kg2 Qc3
					4.Qe8+ Kh7
0:00	1/6	1.00	31580		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qf7+ 3.Qf4 Qa2+
					4.Kf3 Qb3+ 5.Qe3
0:00	1/7	0.86	85276		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qf7+ 3.Qf4 Qa2+
					4.Ke3 Qe6+ 5.Qe4 Qc8
0:00	1/7	0.92	102342		1.Kg2 a4 2.Qc2 Qd5+ 3.Kg1 Qe5 4.c7
					Qxg3+ 5.Kf1 Qh3+ 6.Ke1 Qc8
0:00	1/8	0.88	187606		1.Kg2 a4 2.Qc2 Qd5+ 3.Kf2 Qf7+
					4.Ke1 Qc7 5.Qxa4 Qxg3+ 6.Ke2 Qe5+
					7.Kf3 Qxh5+ 8.Qg4
0:01	1/9	0.49	404604		1.Kg2 a4 2.Qc2 Qd5+ 3.Kg1 Qe5 4.Kf2
					Qd4+ 5.Kf1 Qf6+ 6.Ke2 Qe5+ 7.Kd2
					Qg5+ 8.Kc3 Qxg3+ 9.Qd3
0:02	1/9	0.83	581436		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qe4 Qf7+ 3.Kg2 Qa2+
					4.Kf1 Qd2 5.Qa4 Qd6 6.Kg2 Qc7
0:04	1/10	0.64	1144930		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qc4 Qf5+ 3.Kg2 Qc8
					4.Qc2 Qc7 5.Qa4 Kg8 6.Qa2+ Kf8
0:10	2/11	0.84	2779295		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qc4 Qh2+ 3.Kf3 Qh3
					4.c7 Qc8 5.Qf4 a4 6.Qd6 Kh7 7.Qd8
0:21	3/12	0.86	5946125		1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qc4 Qh2+ 3.Kf3 Qh5+
					4.Kg2 Qf5 5.c7 Qc8 6.Qf7 a4 7.Qe7
					Kh7 8.Qd8
0:57	4/13	1.04	16225501	1.Qc2 Qxh5 2.Qc4 Qh2+ 3.Kf3 Qh5+
					4.Kg2 Qe8 5.c7 Qa8+ 6.Kf2 Qc8 7.Qf4
					a4 8.Qd6 Kh7 9.Qd8


> [D]8/8/p7/2Q5/1P6/1P3qp1/3k4/6K1 b
> Grigoriev 1930  1...Kd1!
> The immediate transposition into a pawn ending leads only to a draw.

CM_SKR sees Kd1 immediately, but then gives it up for Qg4 after four seconds. It
ends up taking 45 seconds to truly see that Kd1 wins:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-2.05	4211		1...Qxb3 2.Kg2 Qd3 3.Qg5+ Kc3 4.Qxg3
					Qxg3+ 5.Kxg3 Kxb4
0:00	1/3	-2.45	9056		1...Kd1 2.Qd4+ Kc2 3.Qc4+ Kb2
0:00	1/4	-2.56	12897		1...Kd1 2.Qd4+ Kc2 3.b5 axb5
0:00	1/5	-2.66	31090		1...Kd1 2.Qd4+ Kc2 3.Qc4+ Kb2 4.Qd4+
					Kxb3 5.Qd2 Ka3
0:00	1/6	-2.67	54902		1...Kd1 2.b5 axb5 3.b4 Kd2 4.Qc2+
					Ke1
0:00	1/7	-2.55	91643		1...Kd1 2.b5 axb5 3.b4 Kd2 4.Qd4+
					Kc2 5.Qd2+ Kb3
0:00	1/8	-2.08	170990		1...Kd1 2.b5 axb5 3.b4 Qd3 4.Kg2
					Kd2 5.Qg5+ Kc3 6.Qxg3 Qxg3+ 7.Kxg3
					Kxb4
0:01	1/9	-1.35	548783		1...Kd1 2.b5 axb5 3.b4 Qe2 4.Qd6+
					Kc2 5.Qxg3 Qd1+ 6.Kg2 Qd2+ 7.Kg1
					Qd4+ 8.Kg2 Qxb4 9.Qg6+ Kc1
0:04	1/9	-1.73	1266555		1...Qg4 2.Qd6+ Kc3 3.b5 axb5 4.Qc5+
					Kb2 5.Qe5+ Ka2 6.Qxb5 Qd4+ 7.Kh1
					Qf2
0:12	1/10	-1.92	3562741		1...Qg4 2.Qd6+ Kc3 3.b5 axb5 4.Qc5+
					Kb2 5.Qe5+ Ka2 6.Qxb5 Qd4+ 7.Kh1
					Qe4+ 8.Kg1 Qe3+ 9.Kg2 Qf2+ 10.Kh3
					g2
0:14	1/10	-2.05	4264746		1...Qe2 2.Qd4+ Qd3 3.Qb2+ Kd1 4.Qf6
					Kc2 5.Qf4 Kxb3 6.Kg2 Kc3 7.Kh3
					Qg6 8.Qxg3+ Qxg3+ 9.Kxg3 Kxb4
0:20	2/11	-2.17	6150078		1...Qe2 2.Qd4+ Qd3 3.Qf6 Kc2 4.Qf4
					Kxb3 5.Kg2 Qg6 6.Qb8 Kc4 7.Qb7
					Kd4 8.Qc7
0:32	3/12	-2.17	9652113		1...Qe2 2.Qd4+ Qd3 3.Qf6 Kc2 4.Qf4
					Kxb3 5.Kg2 Qg6 6.Qb8 Kc4 7.Qb7
					Kd4 8.Qc7
0:45	3/12	-4.74	13683607	1...Kd1 2.Qd4+ Kc2 3.Qc4+ Kb2 4.Qd4+
					Kxb3 5.Qd2 g2 6.Kh2 Qf1 7.Qe3+
					Ka4 8.Qe8+ Kxb4 9.Qe4+ Kb3 10.Qe3+
					Kc2 11.Qe4+ Kc3 12.Qe3+ Kc4 13.Qe4+
					Kc5 14.Qe5+ Kc6 15.Qe6+ Kb7
0:53	4/13	-4.43	16374673	1...Kd1 2.Qd4+ Kc2 3.Qc4+ Kb2 4.Qd4+
					Kxb3 5.Qd2 g2 6.Kh2 Qf1 7.Qe3+
					Ka4 8.Qe8+ Kxb4 9.Qe4+ Kb3 10.Qe3+
					Kc2 11.Qe4+ Kc3 12.Qe3+ Kc4 13.Qe4+
					Kb5 14.Qe5+ Ka4 15.Qd4+ Ka3 16.Qd6+
					Ka2
1:43	5/14	-7.62	32814838	1...Kd1 2.b5 axb5 3.b4 Qf2+ 4.Qxf2
					gxf2+ 5.Kxf2 Kd2 6.Kf3 Kc3 7.Ke2
					Kxb4 8.Kd2 Kb3 9.Kc1 Kc3 10.Kb1 b4

jm



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