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Subject: Re: Endgame test position

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:00:14 01/31/05

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On January 31, 2005 at 10:07:40, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>[D]8/4p3/p4kp1/8/6pP/4P1K1/P7/8 b - - 0 1
>
>1... g5!
>(1... Kf5 2. e4+ Kxe4 3. Kxg4 e5 4. Kg5 Kf3 5. Kxg6 e4 6. h5 e3 7. h6
>e2 8. h7 e1=Q 9. h8=Q =)
>2. h5
>(2. Kxg4 gxh4 3. Kxh4 Kf5-+)
>2... Kg7! 3. Kxg4 Kh6 4.e4 a5 5. a3 e6 6. a4 e5 7. Kf5 Kxh5 8. Kxe5 g4 9. Kf4
>Kh4 10. e5 g3 11. Kf3 Kh3 12. e6 g2 13. e7 g1=Q 14. e8=Q Qf1+ -+
>
>Mihaly

As can be seen from Fritz's and CM9_SKR's output (the former of which is in
another post and the latter of which is from analysis on a P4-2.4), this
position requires a search depth of about 23 or 24. The King finds g5 after
3:39, with a winning score:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	10/14	-1.10	157656		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd5 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qb1+ 10.Kf7 Qxa2
0:00	11/15	-1.19	292292		1...Kf5 2.a4 e5 3.a5 Ke4 4.Kxg4
					Kxe3 5.Kg5 e4 6.Kxg6 Kf4 7.h5 e3
					8.h6 e2 9.h7 e1=Q 10.h8=Q Qxa5
0:00	12/16	-1.25	448974		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qe4+ 10.Kf7 Qd5+ 11.Ke7
					Qxa2
0:01	13/17	-1.14	679476		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qg3+ 10.Kf7 Qf2+ 11.Qf6
					Qxa2+ 12.Ke7 a5
0:02	14/18	-1.17	1059223		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kf3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qb1+ 10.Kg5 Qc1+ 11.Kf5
					Qc2+ 12.Kg5 Qg2+ 13.Kf5 Qxa2
0:04	15/19	-1.02	1738307		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kf3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qb1+ 10.Kg5 Qb5+ 11.Kg6
					Qd3+ 12.Kf7 Qc4+ 13.Ke7 Qe2+ 14.Kd6
					Qd2+ 15.Ke7 Qxa2
0:08	16/20	-0.99	3032791		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd5 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qb1+ 10.Kg5 Qg1+ 11.Kf5
					Qf2+ 12.Kg5 Qg2+ 13.Kf5 Qc2+ 14.Kg5
					Qd2+ 15.Kf5 Qxa2
0:18	17/21	-0.95	6086657		1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qe4+ 10.Kf7 Qd5+ 11.Ke7
					Qxa2 12.Qh3+ Kd4 13.Qg4+ Kc5 14.Qg1+
					Kb5 15.Qg5+ Ka4 16.Qe5
0:32	18/22	-0.98	10036257	1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qe4+ 10.Kf7 Qd5+ 11.Ke7
					Qb7+ 12.Ke6 Qc6+ 13.Kf7 Qc4+ 14.Kg6
					Qxa2 15.Qd8+ Kc2 16.Qc7+ Kb3 17.Qe5
1:14	19/23	-0.82	21749168	1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kd3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qe4+ 10.Kf7 Qd5+ 11.Ke7
					Qxa2 12.Qh3+ Kd4 13.Qg4+ Kc5 14.Qc8+
					Kb4 15.Qb8+ Ka4 16.Qf4+ Kb5 17.Qe5+
					Kb6 18.Kd7
2:52	20/24	-0.74	48552512	1...Kf5 2.e4+ Kxe4 3.Kxg4 e5 4.Kg5
					Kf3 5.Kxg6 e4 6.h5 e3 7.h6 e2 8.h7
					e1=Q 9.h8=Q Qb1+ 10.Kg5 Qxa2 11.Qh3+
					Ke4 12.Qg4+ Kd3 13.Qf5+ Kd4 14.Qf4+
					Kc5 15.Qc7+ Kb5 16.Qe5+ Kc6 17.Qf6+
					Kb7 18.Qe7+ Kb6 19.Qd6+ Ka5
3:39	20/24	-2.97	64746899	1...g5 2.Kxg4 gxh4 3.Kxh4 Kf5 4.Kg3
					Ke4 5.Kf2 Kd3 6.Kf3 Kc3 7.Ke2 a5
					8.a4 Kb4 9.Kd1 Kxa4 10.Kc2 Ka3
					11.Kb1 a4 12.e4 Kb3 13.e5 a3

jm



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