Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:17:42 11/29/99
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On November 29, 1999 at 17:01:49, Howard Exner wrote:
>5k2/7K/3P3P/8/3bB3/8/8/8 b - - id Rebel Century - Junior 6.0ss; bm d4e5;
>
>This position occurred in the recent tournament in Germany. Here Junior played
>Ke8 and Rebel eventually won. Can the game be saved with the move Be5?
>eg: 1. ... Be5 2.d7 Bc7. Are endgame table bases needed for this?
With 4 piece tablebase files, crafty still wants Bc5 after 24 plies, but it is
not a glowing endorsement at -3.17. Maybe it is some kind of zugzwang. I will
make the move Be5 and see what crafty thinks the chances are for white.
EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
unable to open book file [e:/crafty/release/book.bin].
book is disabled
unable to open book file [e:/crafty/release/books.bin].
search time set to 8000.00.
using cpu time
Crafty 17.2 vs ferret
pondering enabled.
EGTB cache memory = 16M bytes.
hash table memory = 48M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 8M bytes.
play best book line after search.
EGTB access enabled
using tbpath=e:/crafty/release/tb,F:/KBP
4 piece tablebase files found
1302kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables
Crafty v17.2
White(1): epdpfga epd.epd epd.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
end-game phase
clearing hash tables
time surplus 0.00 time limit 133:20 (133:20)
nss depth time score variation (1)
9 0.84 -2.82 1. ... Kf7 2. Bd5+ Ke8 3. Be6 Be5 4.
d7+ Kd8 5. Kg6 Bb2 6. Bf5 Bd4
9-> 0.90 -2.82 1. ... Kf7 2. Bd5+ Ke8 3. Be6 Be5 4.
d7+ Kd8 5. Kg6 Bb2 6. Bf5 Bd4
10 1.26 -2.88 1. ... Kf7 2. Bd5+ Ke8 3. Be6 Kf8 4.
d7 Bb6 5. Kg6 Ke7 6. h7 Bd4 7. Kf5
Kd8 8. Ke4
10 1.93 -2.83 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Ke7 4.
Bc6 Bd4 5. Kf5 Kd8 6. Kg6 Be5
10-> 1.96 -2.83 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Ke7 4.
Bc6 Bd4 5. Kf5 Kd8 6. Kg6 Be5
11 2.35 -3.09 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bb6 7. Bf5
Bc7
11-> 5.46 -3.09 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bb6 7. Bf5
Bc7
12 6.00 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6
12-> 6.22 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6
13 7.17 -3.10 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6 Bg5
13-> 10.54 -3.10 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6 Bg5
14 12.03 -3.10 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6 Bg5 9. Bf5
14-> 12.93 -3.10 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bf5
Bf6 8. Bg6 Bg5 9. Bf5
15 16.74 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bg6 Bf6
15-> 17.68 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bg6 Bf6
16 22.48 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bf6 10. Bf5
16-> 23.23 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bf6 10. Bf5
17 31.27 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bg5 10. Bg6 Bf6
17-> 32.26 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bg5 10. Bg6 Bf6
18 44.47 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bg5 10. Bg6 Bf6
11. Bf5
18-> 45.47 -3.08 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
h7+ Kh8 5. Kf7 Bd8 6. Ke8 Bg5 7. Bd3
Bf6 8. Bf5 Bh4 9. Bc2 Bg5 10. Bg6 Bf6
11. Bf5
19 1:10 -3.18 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Bb6 6. Ke7 Kh8 7. Ke8
Bc7 8. Bf5 Ba5 9. Ke7 Bb4+ 10. Kd8
Ba5+ 11. Ke8 Kg8 12. Ke7 Bb4+ 13. Ke8
19-> 3:02 -3.18 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Bb6 6. Ke7 Kh8 7. Ke8
Bc7 8. Bf5 Ba5 9. Ke7 Bb4+ 10. Kd8
Ba5+ 11. Ke8 Kg8 12. Ke7 Bb4+ 13. Ke8
20 3:23 -3.18 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Bb6 6. Ke7 Kh8 7. Ke8
Bc7 8. Bf5 Ba5 9. Ke7 Bb4+ 10. Kf7
Ba5 11. Bg6 Bd8 12. Ke8 Bf6
20-> 3:27 -3.18 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Bb6 6. Ke7 Kh8 7. Ke8
Bc7 8. Bf5 Ba5 9. Ke7 Bb4+ 10. Kf7
Ba5 11. Bg6 Bd8 12. Ke8 Bf6
21 5:46 -3.16 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bg6
Bd8 8. Kf7 Bh4 9. Ke8 Kg8 10. Bf5 Bg5
11. Be4 Bh4 12. Bg6 Bf6
21-> 5:56 -3.16 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bg6
Bd8 8. Kf7 Bh4 9. Ke8 Kg8 10. Bf5 Bg5
11. Be4 Bh4 12. Bg6 Bf6
22 7:59 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Kd5 Bh4 9. Kc6 Kh8 10. Kc7 Kg8
11. Bf5 Bf6 12. Bg6 Be5+ 13. Kc8 Bf6
22-> 8:34 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Kd5 Bh4 9. Kc6 Kh8 10. Kc7 Kg8
11. Bf5 Bf6 12. Bg6 Be5+ 13. Kc8 Bf6
23 12:43 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Bd3 Bh4 9. Bg6 Kf8 10. Kd6 Bg3+
11. Kd5 Bc7 12. Kc5 Bd8 13. Kc6 Bf6
14. Kc7 <HT>
23-> 13:24 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Bd3 Bh4 9. Bg6 Kf8 10. Kd6 Bg3+
11. Kd5 Bc7 12. Kc5 Bd8 13. Kc6 Bf6
14. Kc7 <HT>
24 22:04 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Bd3 Bh4 9. Bg6 Kf8 10. Kd6 Bg3+
11. Kc6 Bh4 12. Bf5 Kg8 13. Kc7 Bf6
14. Kc8 Be7
24-> 23:11 -3.17 1. ... Bc5 2. d7 Bb6 3. Kg6 Kg8 4.
Kf6 Bd8+ 5. Ke6 Kh8 6. Bf5 Bg5 7. Bc2
Kg8 8. Bd3 Bh4 9. Bg6 Kf8 10. Kd6 Bg3+
11. Kc6 Bh4 12. Bf5 Kg8 13. Kc7 Bf6
14. Kc8 Be7
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