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Subject: Re: LCT-II Fin8

Author: Mark Rawlings

Date: 10:57:54 08/27/99

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I let Crafty with 3+2 tablebases chew on this one overnight after the moves c5
bxc5.  After 25 ply, the eval was still +1.07 (Be1 Kc7 Ba5+ Kb8...)  This one is
really deep!

Mark



On August 27, 1999 at 13:14:34, Howard Exner wrote:

>On August 27, 1999 at 04:54:05, Howard Exner wrote:
>
>>On August 27, 1999 at 00:00:22, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>
>>>On August 26, 1999 at 15:26:30, Howard Exner wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 26, 1999 at 05:20:10, Paulo Soares wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>1. c5 really wins?  I have my doubts with the following variant: 1.c5 bxc5.
>>>>>I didn't still get to find a line that wins.
>>>>>
>>>>>2k5/p7/Pp1p1b2/1P1P1p2/2P2P1p/3K3P/5B2/8 w - -
>>>>>
>>>>>Paulo
>>>>
>>>>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Kc4 Kc8 4. Ba5 Bd4 5. Bd8 Be3 6. Bg5 Kc7 7. Kd3
>>>>Bc1 8. Bxh4 Bxf4 9. Bd8+ Kc8 10. h4 Be5 11. Ba5 Bg7 12. h5
>>>>
>>>>This sequence looks like it should win for white. If there's a better
>>>>sequence of moves maybe we can continue to work on it.
>>>
>>>Good line! I didn't get to find defense for black.
>>>I am not getting to find a winner endgame for
>>>white  with the line below, in which  black plays
>>>4...Kb8 instead of 4...Bd4.
>>
>>This is a tough one. I'll try some lines and report back.
>>I wonder if the author of this test, Frederic Louguet, has
>>the solution somewhere? Also I read another reply to your post saying
>>that the solution is a long one but no lines were given.
>>
>>>Paulo
>>>
>>>[Round ""?]
>>>[White ""?]
>>>[Black ""?]
>>>[Result " *"]
>>>[Annotator " Soares,P "]
>>>[SetUp " 1 "]
>>>[FEN " 2k5/p7/Pp1p1b2/1P1P1p2/2P2P1p/3K3P/5B2/8 w - - 0 1 "]
>>>
>>>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Kc4 Kc8 4. Ba5 Kb8 5. b6 axb6
>>>6. Bxb6 Bd4 7. a7+ Kb7 8. Bc7 Kxa7 9. Bxd6 Kb6
>
>Here are some lines that look promising:
>
>
>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Ba5 Kc8 4. b6 axb6 5. Bxb6 Kb8 6. a7+ Kb7 7. Bc7
>Kxa7 8. Bxd6 Kb6 9. Be5 Be7 10. Kc4 Bf8 11. Bf6 Bd6 12. Bd8+ Kb7 13. Bxh4
>Bxf4 14. Kxc5 Kc7 15. Bf2 Bh6 16. h4 Kd7 17. h5 Bg5 18. Be1 Bh6 19. Kd4
>Bg7+ 20. Kc4 Bh6 21. Bb4 Be3 22. Kd3 Bg5 23. Bd2 f4 24. Ke4 f3 25. Be3
>Kd6 26. Kxf3 Bf6 27. Ke4 Bg7 28. h6
>
>1. c5 bxc5 2. Be1 Kb8 3. Ba5 Kc8 4. b6 axb6 5. Bxb6 Kb8 6. a7+ Kb7 7. Bc7
>Be7 8. Bb8 Bf8 9. Kc3 Ka8 10. Kc4 Kb7 11. Kb5 Be7 12. Bc7 Kxa7 13. Kc6
>Ka6 14. Kd7 Bf8 15. Ke8 Kb7 16. Ba5 Bh6 17. Bd2 c4 18. Kd7 c3 19. Be3 Bf8
>20. Ke6 Ka6 21. Kxf5 Kb5 22. Ke6 Kc4 23. f5 Kd3 24. Bg5 c2 25. f6



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