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Subject: Re: Endgame study

Author: John Merlino

Date: 08:30:09 03/31/05

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On March 31, 2005 at 11:21:10, Mihaly Szalai wrote:

>I think this is a very good engine test.
>Try to avoid Rh1+ (leads to a draw) and find Rg1!
>
>J. Fleck - Ch. Lutz
>
>[D]8/7r/1pp4P/8/1P1K4/7k/8/R7 w - - 0 1
>
>1. Rg1! (1. Rh1+? Kg2 2. Rh5 c5+ 3. bxc5 bxc5+ 4. Ke5 Kf3 5. Kf6 Ke3=) 1... c5+
>(
>1... Kh4 2. Ke4 Rxh6 3. Ke5 c5 4. b5 c4 5. Rh1+ Kg5 6. Rxh6 Kxh6 7. Kd4+-) 2.
>bxc5 bxc5+ 3. Ke5 c4 4. Kf5 Kh2 5. Rg6 Rc7 6. Rg7 Rc5+ 7. Kg4 c3 8. h7 Rc4+ 9.
>Kg5 Rc5+ 10. Kh6 c2 11. h8=Q c1=Q+ 12. Kg6+ Kg3 13. Kf6++-

CMX Yoda v25 needs 4:14 on a P4-2.4 to find the move -- note that this is
without tablebases:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	2/6	0.72	36895		1.Rh1+ Kg4 2.Ke5 Kg5 3.Kd6 c5 4.bxc5
					bxc5
0:00	3/7	1.06	51949		1.Rh1+ Kg4 2.Ke5 c5 3.bxc5 bxc5
					4.Kf6 c4 5.Kg6
0:00	3/8	1.11	82942		1.Rh1+ Kg4 2.Ke5 c5 3.Kf6 cxb4
					4.Kg6 Rh8 5.h7
0:00	3/9	1.27	142575		1.Rh1+ Kg4 2.Ke5 c5 3.bxc5 bxc5
					4.Kf6 c4 5.Kg6 Rh8 6.h7
0:01	4/10	1.31	303938		1.Rh1+ Kg4 2.Ke5 c5 3.bxc5 bxc5
					4.Kf6 c4 5.Kg6 Rh8 6.h7 c3
0:04	5/11	0.74	1216268		1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.Ke5 cxb4
					4.Kf5 b3 5.Kg6 Re7 6.Rb5 Re6+ 7.Kh7
					Re7+ 8.Kg8
0:07	6/12	0.52	2327113		1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.Ke5 cxb4
					4.Kf5 b3 5.Kg6 Rc7 6.Rb5 Rc6+ 7.Kh7
					Rc7+ 8.Kg8 Rc8+ 9.Kg7
0:12	7/13	0.62	4333873		1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.Ke5 cxb4
					4.Kf5 b3 5.Kg6 Rc7 6.h7 Rc6+ 7.Kg7
					Rc7+ 8.Kg8 Rc8+ 9.Kf7 Rc7+ 10.Kf6
					b2 11.Rh2+ Kf3
0:26	8/14	0.35	9531005		1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.Ke5 cxb4
					4.Kf5 b3 5.Kg6 Rc7 6.h7 Rc6+ 7.Kg7
					Rc7+ 8.Kg8 Rc8+ 9.Kf7 Rc7+ 10.Kf6
					b2 11.Rh2+ Kf3 12.Rh3+ Ke4
1:07	9/15	0.43	24459308	1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.bxc5 bxc5+
					4.Ke5 c4 5.Kf5 c3 6.Kg6 Rc7 7.h7
					Rc6+ 8.Kf7 Rc7+ 9.Ke6 c2 10.h8=Q
					c1=Q 11.Rh2+ Kf3 12.Qf6+ Ke4 13.Qe5+
					Kd3
2:05	10/16	0.90	46440459	1.Rh1+ Kg2 2.Rh5 c5+ 3.bxc5 bxc5+
					4.Ke4 c4 5.Kf5 Kf3 6.Rh3+ Kg2 7.Rh4
					c3 8.Kg6 Ra7 9.h7 Ra6+ 10.Kf5 Ra5+
					11.Kf6 Ra6+ 12.Ke5 Ra5+ 13.Ke6
					Ra6+ 14.Kf7
4:14	10/16	1.20	93524096	1.Rg1 c5+ 2.Ke4 cxb4 3.Kf5 Kh2
					4.Rg6 b5 5.Rb6 Rh8 6.Kg6 Rg8+ 7.Kf6
					Rh8 8.Kg7 Rd8 9.Rxb5 Rd7+ 10.Kg8

jm



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