Author: Bruce Moreland
Date: 09:28:07 03/01/99
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On March 01, 1999 at 05:50:44, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On March 01, 1999 at 04:48:28, Will Singleton wrote: > >>u2600 Position of the Week >>-------------------------- >> >>5R2/8/8/4rp2/3r4/5k2/2B1p2P/2K1R3 w - - >>ArasanX Amateur, 0-1, 1999.02.27, fics >> >>In this position, White played 78. Rg8 and lost. Could your >>program avoid that move within 10 seconds or so? The game might be >>lost in any event (not sure); there is still some play left. > >Rxf5 Rxf5 Bxf5 Kf2 Rxe2 is a dead draw (even without the pawn on h2) - the white >king is in the correct corner to easily draw this ending. Just play the king to >a1, and oscillate the bishop between b1 and a2 :-) > >It takes LambChop 28sec to lock onto Rxf5 (at depth 8) using a P133 searching >about 20K nps. > >Peter Yes, R vs B knowledge helps with this. 1. Rxf5 is a draw. bruce
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