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Subject: Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 04:34:23 04/27/99

On April 27, 1999 at 07:03:42, Bernhard Bauer wrote:

>>>Yes, I did. I also enjoyed this problem:
>>>
>>>qnb5/1p1kBK2/pPp5/P1p5/2P5/8/8/8 b - - 0 0
>>>
>>>White to move and win. It SHOULD be an easy one, only move#2 and the motive must
>>>be found.

Hmm, here seem to be mixed up some things...
In the FEN above it is correct, BLACK to move.

>>>What amazes me is that Crafty and Fritz5.32 with their deepest search depth
>>>don't find the final winning move in move#19 pv. They have only a draw eval
>>
>
>It's white to move, so the FEN should be
>qnb5/1p1kBK2/pPp5/P1p5/2P5/8/8/8 w

No, not in this position.
Again, now the correct position where Crafty and Fritz only see Be5 as best move
while Be7 easily wins:

qnb5/1p1k1K2/pPp2B2/P1p5/2P5/8/8/8 b - -

Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Bernhard Bauer 05:00:18 04/27/99
- Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Harald Faber 05:22:21 04/27/99
  - Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Jeremiah Penery 10:25:15 04/27/99
    - Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Harald Faber 02:04:14 04/28/99
      - Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? blass uri 02:34:41 04/28/99
        
        Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? blass uri 02:48:00 04/28/99
        
        Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Harald Faber 03:39:20 04/28/99
        
        Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? blass uri 06:08:15 04/28/99
  - Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Bernhard Bauer 05:50:07 04/27/99
    - Re: Nice end-game problem; here is another phenomenon, who can explain? Harald Faber 06:52:12 04/27/99

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