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Subject: Re: Endgame test position - avoid Kc4?

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 02:19:33 03/25/05

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On March 25, 2005 at 03:17:52, Martin Baumung wrote:

>Hi everyone,
>
>here's an endgame position taken from a game between Shredder 9 and Gandalf
>6.01.
>
>[D]b7/P6p/5Kp1/1k4P1/7P/2p1B3/8/8 b - - 1 76
>
>Gandalf played 76...Kc4? and lost.
>
>Interestingly many other engines like this move as well.
>
>For those interested, here's the complete game:
>
>[Event "90 Minuten/Partie + 30 Sekunden/Zug"]
>[Site "Engine Match"]
>[Date "2005.03.21"]
>[Round "1"]
>[White "Shredder 9 UCI"]
>[Black "Gandalf 6.01"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "D48/16"]
>[Opening "Abgelehntes Damengambit"]
>[Variation "Halbslawisch, Meran, Reynold's-Variante, Hauptvariante"]
>[TimeControl "120+12"]
>[Termination "normal"]
>[PlyCount "163"]
>[WhiteType "program"]
>[BlackType "program"]
>
>1.c4 {Buch 0s} e6 {Buch 0s} 2.Nc3 {Buch 0s} d5 {Buch 0s} 3.d4 {Buch 0s} c6 {Buch
>0s} 4.e3 {Buch 0s} Nf6 {Buch 0s} 5.Nf3 {Buch 0s} Nbd7 {Buch 0s} 6.Bd3 {Buch 0s}
>dxc4 {Buch  0s} 7.Bxc4 {Buch 0s} b5 {Buch 0s} 8.Bd3 {Buch 0s} Bb7 {Buch 0s}
>9.O-O
>{Buch 0s} a6 {Buch 0s} 10.e4 {Buch 0s} c5 {Buch 0s} 11.d5 {Buch 0s} Qc7 {Buch
>0s}
>12.dxe6 {Buch 0s} fxe6 {Buch 0s} 13.Bc2 {Buch 0s} c4 {Buch 0s} 14.Nd4 {Buch  0s}
>Qb6
>{-0.22/15} 15.Be3 {+0.49/16} Rd8 {+0.03/13} 16.Ndxb5 {+1.03/17} Nc5 {-0.12/15}
>17.Nd4
>{+0.85/18} e5 {-0.83/15} 18.Na4 {+0.85/17} Qa7 {-0.80/14} 19.Ne6 {+0.90/17} Rxd1
>{-0.89/14} 20.Raxd1 {+1.20/19} Nfd7 {-0.89/14} 21.Rd2 {+0.80/16} Bc6 {-0.28/15}
>22.Rfd1
>{+0.60/17} Be7 {-0.41/15} 23.Naxc5 {+0.57/18} Nxc5 {-0.16/15} 24.b4 {+0.32/19}
>Qb8
>{0.00/16} 25.Bxc5 {+0.34/19} Kf7 {0.00/16} 26.Bd6 {+0.50/18} Qc8 {-0.25/17}
>27.Bxe7
>{+0.74/19} Qxe6 {-0.25/17} 28.Bc5 {+0.54/19} Rc8 {-0.19/16} 29.Rf1 {+0.41/19}
>Kg8
>{-0.19/15} 30.Rfd1 {+0.23/18} Kf7 {0.00/20} 31.Rf1 {+0.22/18} Kg8 {0.00/17}
>32.f3
>{+0.20/19} Qe8 {-0.09/15} 33.f4 {+0.09/19} exf4 {0.00/15} 34.Rxf4 {-0.02/18} Qe5
>{0.00/16}
>35.Rff2 {-0.02/18} a5 {+0.19/15} 36.Rd1 {-0.25/18} axb4 {+0.03/16} 37.Bxb4
>{-0.30/20}
>Bxe4 {0.00/16} 38.Bd6 {-0.35/19} Qe8 {+0.09/17} 39.Re2 {-0.03/19} Bxc2
>{+0.16/16}
>40.Rxe8+ {+0.01/22} Rxe8 {+0.16/16} 41.Rc1 {+0.01/21} Bd3 {+0.12/18} 42.Bb4
>{+0.02/20}
>Kf7 {+0.12/17} 43.a4 {+0.01/20} g6 {+0.16/17} 44.a5 {+0.15/20} Re2 {+0.16/17}
>45.Rf1+ {+0.14/20} Ke6 {+0.16/18} 46.Rf2 {+0.14/20} Rxf2 {+0.16/18} 47.Kxf2
>{+0.22/23}
>Kd5 {+0.06/17} 48.a6 {+0.22/21} Be4 {+0.12/17} 49.Bc3 {+0.18/22} Kc5 {+0.12/17}
>50.a7 {+0.19/25} Bb7 {+0.09/18} 51.g4 {+0.50/24} Bc6 {0.00/18} 52.g5 {+0.54/23}
>Be4
>{-0.09/18} 53.Ke3 {+0.58/24} Bb7 {-0.09/19} 54.Kd2 {+0.61/24} Kd5 {-0.09/19}
>55.Bf6
>{+0.66/25} Bc6 {-0.09/20} 56.Kc3 {+0.66/25} Kc5 {-0.09/20} 57.Bd4+ {+0.67/25}
>Kd5
>{-0.09/21} 58.Bf2 {+0.67/27} Bb7 {-0.09/21} 59.Bd4 {+0.67/27} Bc6 {0.00/22}
>60.Be3
>{+0.62/27} Ba8 {-0.09/22} 61.Bf2 {+0.70/26} Bb7 {0.00/22} 62.h3 {+0.63/26} Ba8
>{-0.09/21}
>63.Bd4 {+0.63/26} Bc6 {-0.09/21} 64.h4 {+0.54/27} Bb7 {-0.09/21} 65.Bg7
>{+0.62/26} Kc5
>{-0.09/19} 66.Kd2 {+0.62/25} Kb4 {-0.09/19} 67.Kc2 {+0.57/23} Be4+ {-0.09/18}
>68.Kb2
>{+0.64/26} Kc5 {-0.09/19} 69.Be5 {+0.64/25} Bb7 {-0.09/19} 70.Kc3 {+0.57/25} Kb5
>{-0.06/19} 71.Bd4 {+0.65/25} Ba8 {-0.06/20} 72.Bf2 {+0.65/25} Bg2 {-0.06/20}
>73.Be3
>{+0.68/25} Bb7 {-0.06/19} 74.Kd4 {+0.64/25} Ba8 {-0.44/18} 75.Ke5 {+0.60/25} c3
>{-0.48/18}
>76.Kf6 {+0.60/23} Kc4 {-0.48/17} 77.Kg7 {+2.18/22} Kd3 {-0.64/17} 78.Bc1
>{+3.14/22}
>Kc2 {-2.84/17} 79.Bf4 {+7.93/19} Kd3 {-4.73/16} 80.Kxh7 {+10.13/20} Ke4
>{-7.64/16}
>81.Bc1 {+12.69/21} Kd3 {-8.96/17} 82.Kxg6 {+17.34/20}  {} 1-0
>
>Cheers,
>
>Martin





Shredder 9 UCI

 16/30	 0:01 	-0.70 	1...Kc4 2.Kg7 Kd3 3.Bc1 Be4 4.Kxh7 Ke2 5.a8Q Bxa8 6.Kxg6
Kd1 7.Bf4 Be4+ 8.Kg7 c2 (412.429) 361
 17/31	 0:01 	-0.81 	1...Kc4 2.Kg7 Kd3 3.Bc1 Be4 4.Kxh7 Ke2 5.a8Q Bxa8 6.Kxg6
Kd1 7.Bf4 Be4+ 8.Kf6 c2 9.g6 Bf3 10.Kg5 (647.540) 331
 17/31	 0:03 	-0.80++	1...Be4 (1.139.038) 301
 17/31	 0:03 	-0.74 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bf4 Kb6 (1.250.677) 317
 18/31	 0:05 	-0.70 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bf4 Kb6 9.Kf6 Be4 10.Be5 (1.552.064) 303
 19/29	 0:08 	-0.66 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bd2 Kb6 9.Kf6 Be4 (2.527.029) 283
 20/33	 0:11 	-0.63 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bb2 (3.640.142) 315
 21/36	 0:16 	-0.63 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bf4 Kb6 (6.325.381) 390
 22/38	 0:21 	-0.63 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Bb2 (9.853.719) 457
 23/40	 0:34 	-0.61 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Kf4 Bd5 9.Bb2 (19.279.320) 554
 24/48	 1:03 	-0.59 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Kf4 Bd5 9.Be3+ Kb7 10.Ke5 Kc6 11.Bd4 Bf3 (38.059.889) 600
 25/48	 1:39 	-0.59 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Kf4 Bd5 9.Be3+ Kb7 10.Ke5 Kc6 11.Bd4 (60.369.000) 605
 26/50	 3:40 	-0.58 	1...Be4 2.Kg7 Ka6 3.Kxh7 Kb7 4.Kg7 c2 5.Kf6 c1Q 6.Bxc1 Kxa7
7.Ke5 Bf3 8.Ke6 Kb6 9.Kf6 (137.702.133) 623
best move: Ba8-e4 time: 3:51.641 min  n/s: 619.694  CPU 92.7%   n/s(1CPU):
668.494  nodes: 143.517.635 TB: 8.388




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