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Subject: Re: Great Position ! (with diagram)

Author: John Merlino

Date: 13:44:42 05/28/04

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On May 28, 2004 at 15:25:47, Charlie GOLD wrote:

>
> Go to Chesscafe.com -End Game Study, number 383. How long does your computer
>take to solve the win for white?

Here's the diagram (note that Rob Basham's diagram is missing the critical White
Pawn on a4):

[D]7R/7p/1K3pp1/3p1k1N/P7/8/3pP3/8 w - - 0 1

CM_SKR finds the solution in 0:02 on an AMD 2500:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.80	3563		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.a5 d1=Q
					4.Nxh7
0:00	1/3	-0.63	6689		1.Ng3+ Ke6 2.Re8+ Kd7 3.Rd8+ Kxd8
0:00	1/4	-3.09	9626		1.Ng3+ Kf4 2.Nf1 d1=Q 3.e3+ Ke5
					4.Re8+ Kd6
0:00	1/4	-0.80	10894		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.a5 d1=Q
					4.Nxh7
0:00	1/5	-0.58	20240		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.Rxh7 d1=Q
					4.Rh3+ Kf4 5.a5
0:00	1/6	-1.23	39603		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.Nxh7 d1=Q
					4.Rf8+ Kg3 5.a5 Qd4+ 6.Kb5
0:00	1/7	-1.59	73144		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.Nxh7 d1=Q
					4.Rf8+ Ke3 5.a5 Qd4+ 6.Kb5 Qc4+
					7.Kb6
0:00	1/8	-1.78	168411		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.Nxh7 d1=Q
					4.Rf8+ Ke3 5.a5 Qd4+ 6.Kb5 Qc4+
					7.Kb6 Qb4+ 8.Ka6
0:01	2/9	-2.01	414344		1.e4+ Kxe4 2.Nxf6+ Kf3 3.Rxh7 d1=Q
					4.Rh3+ Ke2 5.Rh2+ Kd3 6.Rh4 Qb1+
					7.Ka6 d4 8.Ne4
0:02	2/9	-0.37	559873		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Ke5
					4.exd5 gxh5 5.a5 h4 6.a6 h3 7.a7
					h2 8.a8=Q h1=Q
0:02	3/10	-0.34	653372		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Ke5
					4.exd5 gxh5 5.a5 h4 6.a6 h3 7.a7
					h2 8.a8=Q h1=Q 9.Kc5
0:03	4/11	0.73	1066902		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Qxe4
					4.Ng3+ Kf4 5.Nxe4 f5 6.Kc5 h5 7.a5
					h4 8.a6
0:05	5/12	0.57	1671633		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Qxe4
					4.Ng3+ Kf4 5.Nxe4 f5 6.Nf2 Kg3
					7.a5 h5 8.a6
0:10	6/13	0.82	3142380		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Qxe4
					4.Ng3+ Kf4 5.Nxe4 f5 6.Nf2 Kg3
					7.a5 g5 8.a6 Kg2 9.Ne4
0:26	7/14	0.98	8010993		1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Qxe4
					4.Ng3+ Kf4 5.Nxe4 f5 6.Nf6 h6 7.a5
					Kg3 8.Nh5+ Kf3 9.a6 g5
1:53	8/15	1.51	34505400	1.Rd8 d1=Q 2.Rxd5+ Qxd5 3.e4+ Qxe4
					4.Ng3+ Kf4 5.Nxe4 f5 6.Nf6 Kf3
					7.Nxh7 f4 8.Ng5+ Kg2 9.Ne6 f3 10.Nf4+
					Kg1 11.Nxg6

jm



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