Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:16:27 02/20/05
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On February 20, 2005 at 12:02:12, John Merlino wrote: >On February 20, 2005 at 11:02:00, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>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... > >Just out of curiosity, how long would it take Crafty to find the win if it >weren't for the KQPPKQ tablebase? > >jm Not within 30 seconds. Unfortunately someone started playing Crafty online so I had to stop. I'll try again later.
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