Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:41:05 11/29/99
Go up one level in this thread
On November 29, 1999 at 18:17:42, Dann Corbit wrote:
>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?
Here is crafty analysis after the suggested move Be5 with white now to move.
There seems to be very little to recommend it as a saving position. The eval is
about the same as crafty's other choice.
E:\crafty\Release>crafty1
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)
10 0.80 2.84 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Ke7 3. Bf5 Be5 4.
Be6 Kd8 5. Kf5 Bd4 6. Kg6
10-> 0.89 2.84 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Ke7 3. Bf5 Be5 4.
Be6 Kd8 5. Kf5 Bd4 6. Kg6
11 1.71 3.08 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
11-> 1.78 3.08 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
12 2.89 3.10 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5
12-> 2.97 3.10 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5
13 5.21 3.10 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Bf5
13-> 5.41 3.10 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Bf5
14 10.79 3.07 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Be4 Bf6
14-> 11.15 3.07 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Be4 Bf6
15 16.51 3.08 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Be4 Bf6 9. Bf5
15-> 16.94 3.08 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. h7+ Kh8 4.
Kf7 Bd8 5. Ke8 Bg5 6. Bf5 Bf6 7. Bg6
Bg5 8. Be4 Bf6 9. Bf5
16 28.00 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Ba5 7. Kb7
Bd8 8. Kc8 Bg5 <HT>
16-> 28.65 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Ba5 7. Kb7
Bd8 8. Kc8 Bg5 <HT>
17 41.42 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kd8 Bh4+ 9. Ke8 Bf6 10. Bf5
Kh8 11. Bg6 Kg8 12. Be4 <HT>
17-> 42.28 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kd8 Bh4+ 9. Ke8 Bf6 10. Bf5
Kh8 11. Bg6 Kg8 12. Be4 <HT>
18 1:04 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kd8 Bh4+ 9. Ke8 Bf6 10. Bf5
Kh8 <HT>
18-> 1:05 3.17 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kd8 Bh4+ 9. Ke8 Bf6 10. Bf5
Kh8 <HT>
19 1:38 3.18 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Bf6 10. Kc7
Kh8 11. Bg6 Be5+ 12. Kc8
19-> 1:41 3.18 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Bf6 10. Kc7
Kh8 11. Bg6 Be5+ 12. Kc8
20 2:32 3.18 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Bf6 10. Kc7
Be5+ 11. Kd8 Bf4 12. Kc8 Bg5
20-> 2:37 3.18 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Bf6 10. Kc7
Be5+ 11. Kd8 Bf4 12. Kc8 Bg5
21 4:18 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bg3+ 11. Kd8 Bh4+ 12. Kc8 Bg5 13. Bg6
<HT>
21-> 4:30 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bg3+ 11. Kd8 Bh4+ 12. Kc8 Bg5 13. Bg6
<HT>
22 8:26 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bf6 11. Bg6 Be5+ 12. Kd8 Bd4 13. Ke7
Bc5+ 14. Ke8
22-> 9:01 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bf6 11. Bg6 Be5+ 12. Kd8 Bd4 13. Ke7
Bc5+ 14. Ke8
23 16:03 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bf6 11. Bc2 Kg8 12. Bg6 Bg5 13. Bc2
Bf6
23-> 17:03 3.19 1. d7 Bc7 2. Kg6 Kg8 3. Kf6 Bd8+ 4.
Ke6 Bh4 5. Kd6 Bd8 6. Kc6 Bh4 7. Kc7
Bg3+ 8. Kc8 Bh4 9. Bf5 Kh8 10. Kc7
Bf6 11. Bc2 Kg8 12. Bg6 Bg5 13. Bc2
Bf6
This page took 0 seconds to execute
Last modified: Thu, 15 Apr 21 08:11:13 -0700
Current Computer Chess Club Forums at Talkchess. This site by Sean Mintz.