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Subject: Re: an endgame test position

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 16:40:50 08/28/04

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On August 28, 2004 at 18:40:43, martin fierz wrote:

>aloha!
>
>after all the cloning talk, here's something to test your favorite engine with:
>i played a weakish IM today and got the following position after 56...Qg6+
>57.Kf2:
>
>[D] 8/6kp/8/3p4/1P4q1/P4p2/5K2/4Q3 b - - 0 57
>
>it took me a couple of seconds to see that after 57...Qh4+ 58. Kf1 Qxe1+ 59.
>Kxe1 Kf6 black is completely winning due to the floating square (it's nice to
>see that reading dvoretzky is some good!) and so i played that and won :-)
>
>interestingly, when i entered this game in chessbase running fritz7 in the
>background, fritz didn't seem to see this at all within a minute or so. so
>question to all: how long does your favorite engine need to see the line ...Qh4+
>Kf1 Qxe1+ with a HUGE plus score (i.e. +9 or so - that is what my assessment of
>the position was after a couple of seconds...)?
>
>i don't want to claim that this is the only win, but it is by far the easiest
>one, and fritz 7 misses it completely.
>
>cheers
>  martin


Crafty instantly says Qg2+ is +6 here, it sees the queen trade in a different
way than your check.

                6     0.13  -5.61   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 f2 3. Qxf2 d4+ 4.
                                    Ke2 d3+ 5. Ke3 Qxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Kf6 7.
                                    a4
                6->   0.13  -5.61   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 f2 3. Qxf2 d4+ 4.
                                    Ke2 d3+ 5. Ke3 Qxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Kf6 7.
                                    a4
                7     0.18  -5.53   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 h5
                                    7. Kxe4
                7->   0.19  -5.53   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 h5
                                    7. Kxe4
                8     0.31  -5.45   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Kg8 4.
                                    Qf5 Qe2+ 5. Kf4 Qe4+ 6. Qxe4 dxe4 7.
                                    Ke3 Kf7 8. Kxe4
                8->   0.35  -5.45   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Kg8 4.
                                    Qf5 Qe2+ 5. Kf4 Qe4+ 6. Qxe4 dxe4 7.
                                    Ke3 Kf7 8. Kxe4
                9     0.71  -5.45   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Kg8 4.
                                    Qf5 Qe2+ 5. Kf4 Qe4+ 6. Qxe4 dxe4 7.
                                    Ke3 Kf7 8. a4 <HT>
                9->   0.80  -5.45   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Kg8 4.
                                    Qf5 Qe2+ 5. Kf4 Qe4+ 6. Qxe4 dxe4 7.
                                    Ke3 Kf7 8. a4 <HT>
               10     0.83     -1   1. ... Qg2+!!
               10     1.92  -5.89   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 Ke7
                                    7. a4 Ke6 8. Kxe4 f2
               10->   2.19  -5.89   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 Ke7
                                    7. a4 Ke6 8. Kxe4 f2
               11     2.22     -1   1. ... Qg2+!!
               11     5.45  -6.72   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 Ke7
                                    7. a4 Ke6 8. a5 Kd5 9. b5
               11->   6.28  -6.72   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qb1 Qe2+
                                    4. Kf4 Qe4+ 5. Qxe4 dxe4 6. Ke3 Ke7
                                    7. a4 Ke6 8. a5 Kd5 9. b5
               12    18.36  -6.63   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qd2 d4+ 4.
                                    Kd3 Qxd2+ 5. Kxd2 Ke7 6. a4 Kd6 7.
                                    a5 h5 8. Kd3 Kd7 9. b5 f2
               12->  20.80  -6.63   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qd2 d4+ 4.
                                    Kd3 Qxd2+ 5. Kxd2 Ke7 6. a4 Kd6 7.
                                    a5 h5 8. Kd3 Kd7 9. b5 f2
               13     1:04  -6.55   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qd2 d4+ 4.
                                    Kd3 Qxd2+ 5. Kxd2 Ke7 6. a4 Kd7 7.
                                    a5 Kc8 8. b5 h5 9. b6 <HT>
               13->   1:11  -6.55   1. ... Qg2+ 2. Ke3 Kf8 3. Qd2 d4+ 4.
                                    Kd3 Qxd2+ 5. Kxd2 Ke7 6. a4 Kd7 7.
                                    a5 Kc8 8. b5 h5 9. b6 <HT>
               14     1:12     -1   1. ... Qg2+!!



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