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Subject: Wrong bishop ending is surprisingly common (and difficult also)!

Author: Jouni Uski

Date: 09:28:14 05/23/05


When playing match between Gandalf and Spike I saw there was in 2/14 = 14% of
games wrong colour bishop ending. Of course it was Spike who thinks it's
winning. But it's no shame, when both positions are also beyond Shredder9
knowledge... I think this is the most important ending for engines to handle
with TBs or knowledge.

First position:
[D]1b6/1P6/4k3/8/8/7p/5K2/8 w - -

Analysis by Shredder 9 UCI:

76.Kg1
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
76.Kg1
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Kd6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Kd6 77.Kh2
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 3/7   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Kd6 77.Kh1 Kc6
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Ba7+ 77.Kh2 Bb8+ 78.Kxh3
  =  (-0.01)   Depth: 5/8   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Ba7+ 77.Kh2 Bb8+ 78.Kxh3
  =  (-0.01)   Depth: 6/8   00:00:00
76.Kg1 Kd6 77.Kh2 Kc6+
  =  (-0.02)   Depth: 7/8   00:00:00  1kN
76.Kg1 Kd6
  ³  (-0.27)   Depth: 8/10   00:00:00  2kN
76.Kg1 Kd6
  -+  (-4.67)   Depth: 8/10   00:00:00  2kN
76.Kg1 Kd7 77.Kf2 Kc6 78.Kg1
  -+  (-4.67)   Depth: 8/10   00:00:00  3kN
76.Kf1
  -+  (-4.66)   Depth: 8/10   00:00:00  5kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1
  -+  (-4.66)   Depth: 8/10   00:00:00  5kN
76.Kf1 Kd7 77.Kg1 Kc6
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 9/10   00:00:00  7kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kd7 80.Kf2
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 10/11   00:00:00  10kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kd7
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 11/11   00:00:00  14kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kd7 80.Kh1 Kc6
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 12/12   00:00:00  20kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kd5 80.Kf1 Kc6 81.Kg1 Kd5
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 13/13   00:00:00  29kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kd7
  -+  (-4.68)   Depth: 14/14   00:00:00  39kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kc5 78.Kh1 Kc6
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 15/15   00:00:01  75kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kd5 78.Kf1 h2
  -+  (-4.70)   Depth: 16/16   00:00:01  111kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kg1 Kc5 78.Kh1 h2
  -+  (-4.71)   Depth: 17/25   00:00:01  169kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kf2 Kd5 78.Kg1 Kc5 79.Kf1 Kc6 80.Kg1
  -+  (-4.70)   Depth: 18/27   00:00:01  253kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kf2 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 19/28   00:00:01  394kN
76.Kf1 Kd6 77.Kf2 Kd5 78.Kf1 Kc6 79.Kg1 Kc5 80.Kf1 Kc6 81.Kg1 Kc5 82.Kf1 Kc6
  -+  (-4.70)   Depth: 20/30   00:00:01  581kN
76.Kg1
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 20/37   00:00:02  747kN
76.Kg1 Kd7 77.Kh1 Kc6 78.Kg1 Kc5 79.Kh1
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 20/37   00:00:02  754kN
76.Kg1 Kd7 77.Kh1 Kc6 78.Kg1 Kc5 79.Kh1 Kc6 80.Kg1 Kc5 81.Kh1 Kc6
  -+  (-4.70)   Depth: 21/39   00:00:02  1015kN
76.Kg1 Kd7 77.Kh1 Kc6 78.Kg1 Kc5 79.Kh1 Kd5 80.Kg1
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 22/42   00:00:05  2422kN
76.Kg1 Kd7 77.Kh1 Kc6 78.Kg1 Kc5 79.Kh1 Kd5 80.Kg1 Kc5 81.Kh1 Kd5 82.Kg1 Kc5
  -+  (-4.69)   Depth: 23/44   00:00:07  3485kN

Second position:
[D]8/2K5/5k1P/8/8/8/1p6/1B6 b - -

Analysis by Shredder 9 UCI:

73...Kf7
  +-  (6.39)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
73...Kf7
  +-  (6.39)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Kd6
  +-  (6.46)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Kd6
  +-  (6.21)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Kd6
  +-  (5.65)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Bh7 Kf6
  +-  (4.52)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Bh7
  +-  (4.27)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.Bh7
  +-  (3.77)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8 76.Kd6
  ²  (0.26)   Depth: 4/9   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.h7
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 5/9   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 5/9   00:00:00
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 6/9   00:00:00  1kN
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 7/9   00:00:00  2kN
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 8/9   00:00:00  3kN
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 9/10   00:00:01  5kN
73...Kf7 74.h7 Kg7 75.h8Q+ Kxh8
  =  (0.01)   Depth: 10/11   00:00:01  7kN
73...Kf7 74.Kd6 Kg8 75.Ke7 Kh8 76.h7
  =  (0.05)   Depth: 11/12   00:00:01  11kN
73...Kf7 74.Kd6
  ²  (0.30)   Depth: 12/12   00:00:01  16kN
73...Kf7 74.Kd6
  ±  (0.80)   Depth: 12/12   00:00:01  16kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb6 Kf7 76.Ka5 Kg8 77.Kb4 Kh8 78.Ka3 Kg8
  +-  (4.76)   Depth: 12/18   00:00:01  46kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb6 Kf7 76.Ka5 Kg8 77.Kb4 Kh8 78.Ka3 Kg8
  +-  (4.76)   Depth: 13/18   00:00:01  53kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb6 Kh8 76.Ka5 Kg8
  +-  (4.75)   Depth: 14/18   00:00:02  63kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kh8 76.Kb4
  +-  (4.76)   Depth: 15/23   00:00:02  84kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kc5 Kh8 76.h7
  +-  (4.78)   Depth: 16/25   00:00:02  107kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kh8 76.Kb4
  +-  (4.78)   Depth: 17/28   00:00:02  138kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kh8 76.Kb4 Kg8 77.Kc5
  +-  (4.77)   Depth: 18/29   00:00:02  203kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kh8 76.Kb4 Kg8 77.Kc5 Kh8 78.Kb5
  +-  (4.77)   Depth: 19/32   00:00:03  284kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kh8 76.Kb4 Kg8 77.Kc5
  +-  (4.76)   Depth: 20/33   00:00:03  502kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kc5 Kh8 76.Kb6 Kg8 77.Ka5
  +-  (4.78)   Depth: 21/37   00:00:03  804kN
73...Kf7 74.Kc6 Kg8 75.Kb5 Kf7 76.Ka4 Kg8 77.Kb4 Kf7
  +-  (4.82)   Depth: 22/37   00:00:03  1363kN

Yes I don't have 5 piece Nalimov set, but Gandalf and Fritz handles these
without them.

Jouni



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