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Subject: Re: a "simple" knight ending

Author: Bernhard Bauer

Date: 08:14:52 08/31/05

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On August 31, 2005 at 09:31:07, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On August 31, 2005 at 08:53:15, Bernhard Bauer wrote:
>
>>On August 31, 2005 at 05:53:26, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>
>>>[d]4K1nk/7p/8/7P/4N3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>A subtle knight placement, who allow white king a triangulation !
>>>Hard for null-mover because zugzwang, unless you have the KNPKNP EGTB ;o)
>>
>>Hard for crafty, even if you set selective to 0,0.
>>However, Zappa gives a mate in 30 within 10 seconds.
>>Spike 10 announces mate in 28 within 90 sec, but the mate goes up to 43 in 1:54.
>>Toga2 gives a score of 5.3 in 12 sec. The score goes up!
>>SOS 5.1 gives a mate in 18 in 23 sec.
>>
>>Huh! Why are some programs so good at this position and others take so long?
>>It cannot only be a null move issue.
>>Kind regards
>>Bernhard
>
>Toga2 doesn't support EGTB, that's why it didn't find the mate
>
>Here's the best sequence :
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "New"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "*"]
>[SetUp "1"]
>[FEN "4K1nk/7p/8/7P/4N3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
>
>1. Kf8 h6 2. Kf7 Kh7 3. Nd6 Kh8 4. Ne8 Kh7 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Kd6 Kh7 7. Kd7 Kh8 8.
>Ke6 Kh7 9. Kf7 *
>
>White succeed triangulation and we will the black knight because of zugzwang !
>The shortest mate should be between 26 and 28 moves.

The mate takes exactly in 28 moves.
Kind regards
Bernhard



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