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Subject: Re: Avoid perpetual check?

Author: Peter Fendrich

Date: 13:24:44 09/03/04

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On September 02, 2004 at 22:14:42, David Dahlem wrote:

>Interesting position posted on r.g.c.c. Which engines avoid 1.h7, and how long
>does it take to avoid this move which leads to a perpetual check?
>
>[d]3R2nk/r5p1/6PP/3NK3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Regards
>Dave

On my laptop Terra needs 2 1/2 seconds to find the draw.
Start Analyze
 3      0.01    304    1601 h7 Re7+ Kf4 Re4+ Kg3 Re8 hxg8=Q+ {H}
 4      0.07    474    4241 h7 Re7+ Kd6 Re8 hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 Rd7
 5      0.14    397   10336 h7 Re7+ Kf4 Re8 hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 Rd7 Re8
 6      0.19    397   12192 h7 Re7+ Kf4 Re8 hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 Rd7 Rf8+ Rf7 Re8
 7      0.29    391   38075 h7 Re7+ Kf4 Re8 hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 Rd7 Rb8 Ke5 Rb2
 8      0.44    382   92431 h7 Re7+ Kd4 Re4+ Kd3 Re8 hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 Rd7 Rb8 Kd4
                               Rb3
 9      0.60    282  141839 h7 Re7+ Kf4 Re4+ Kf5 Rf4+ Ke6 Re4+ Kf7 Rf4+ Ke8
                               Re4+ Kf8 Nh6 Rd7 Nf5
10      0.93    247  282646 h7 Re7+ Kd6 Re6+ Kc5 Rc6+ Kd4 Rc4+ Ke5 Re4+ Kf5
                               Rf4+  (Kf5e6 Rf4e4)
11      2.27      0  994710 h7 Re7+
11     13.90      3 7206846 hxg7+ Kxg7 Rd6 Ra5 Kd4 Nh6 Re6 Nf5+ Ke4 Nh4 Rd6
                               Nxg6 Kf5
11     24.92     65 13143672 Ne3 Ra6 hxg7+ Kxg7 Nf5+ Kxg6 Rxg8+ Kh7 Rg7+ Kh8
                               Ne7 Kxg7 Kf4 Ra3  (Ne7c6)
11     56.90    119 29923204 Nf4 Ra5+ Ke6 Ra6+ Kf5 Ra5+ Kg4 gxh6 Ne6 Re5
                               (Rd8e8 Re5e4)
11      1:03    120 33295025 Rc8 gxh6 Nf6  (Ra7e7 Ke5f5)
11      1:11    202 37980683 Ke4 gxh6 Nf6 Rg7 Kf5 h5 Kg5 h4 Nh5 Re7 Kxh4 Re3
11      1:13    232 38889651 Kf5 gxh6 Nf6 Rg7 Rf8 h5 Kg5 h4 Nxg8 Rxg8 Rf4 Rd8
                               Rxh4+ Kg8
12      1:14    232 39139950 Kf5 gxh6 Nf6 Rg7 Rf8 h5 Kg5 h4 Nxg8 Rxg8 Rf4 Rd8
                               Rxh4+ Kg8
13      1:29    233 46828330 Kf5 gxh6 Nf6 Ra5+ Kf4 Kg7 Nxg8 Kxg6 Ne7+ Kh5 Rf8
                               Rg5 Kf3 Re5 Re8  (Kh5g5)
14      1:51    234 58118857 Kf5 gxh6 Nf6 Ra5+ Kf4 Kg7 Nxg8 Kxg6 Ne7+ Kh5 Rd3
                               Ra4+ Kf5 Rb4 Rd6 Rb5+ Nd5 Rb2

/Peter



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