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Subject: Re: Endgame test position

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:02:00 02/20/05

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On February 20, 2005 at 04:05:33, Martin Baumung wrote:

>Hi,
>
>even though the following position is a study, I think that it is not that
>far-fetched. So why not have a look at it with some engines - and enjoy what you
>see :-)
>
>White wins!
>
>[D]7k/5K2/5P1p/3p4/6P1/3p4/8/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Engines have a very hard time finding the winning move.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Martin


This isn't a hard one:

               12     1.45  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=3)
               12->   1.93  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=5)
               13     1.97  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=4)
               13->   2.72  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=5)
               14     2.96  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=4)
               14->   4.81  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=5)
               15     4.93  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=4)
               15->   8.30  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=5)
               16     9.02  Mat15   1. g5 hxg5 2. Ke7 d2 3. f7 d1=Q 4.
                                    f8=Q+ <EGTB> (s=4)


It finds it in about .01 seconds here...



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