Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:46:13 01/21/02
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On January 21, 2002 at 13:41:25, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 21, 2002 at 11:00:13, David Rasmussen wrote: > >>[D]8/1R5P/8/p7/2k1pK2/2p5/8/7r b - - 0 60 >> >>Chezzz eventually moved Rh4+, which lead to a draw. It considered c2, but >>rejected it. What is the best move here, and can black win? The game history >>might be important too, I don't know. Here's the game: >> >>[Event "ICC 60 10 u"] >>[Site "Internet Chess Club"] >>[Date "2002.01.20"] >>[Round "-"] >>[White "Sjeng"] >>[Black "Chezzz"] >>[Result "1/2-1/2"] >>[ICCResult "Game drawn by mutual agreement"] >>[WhiteElo "2492"] >>[BlackElo "2362"] >>[Opening "Queen's pawn: English defense"] >>[ECO "A40"] >>[NIC "QO.17"] >>[Time "13:23:40"] >>[TimeControl "3600+10"] >> >>1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. f3 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 dxe4 8. >>fxe4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ncxd5 exd5 14. Nh5 >>Bc8 15. Qe1 Bh4 16. Nf6+ Qxf6 17. exf6 Bxe1 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Rxe1 Bf5 20. >>c4 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd7 22. Bd2 Rae8 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Nf6 25. Bc3 Kg6 26. >>Bb3 Ne4 27. Bd4 Nc5 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Ba4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rb8 31. Re2 Kf6 32. >>Kf2 Bd3 33. Rd2 Be4 34. Ke3 Ke5 35. Bd1 f5 36. g3 c4 37. Re2 Rd8 38. Bc2 Rb8 >>39. Ba4 h5 40. Kf2 h4 41. gxh4 Rh8 42. Bc2 Rxh4 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Kg3 Rh8 >>45. h4 Kd4 46. Rd2+ Ke3 47. Rd7 Rg8+ 48. Kh3 Rb8 49. h5 Rxb2 50. h6 Rb6 51. >>h7 Rh6+ 52. Kg4 c3 53. Kg5 Rh1 54. Rc7 Kd2 55. Rd7+ Kc1 56. Rf7 Kb2 57. Rb7+ >>Kxa3 58. Rc7 Kb3 59. Rb7+ Kc4 60. Kf4 Rh4+ 61. Kg3 Rh6 62. Kf4 Kd5 63. Rc7 >>Rh5 64. Kg4 Rh1 65. Rxc3 Rxh7 66. Ra3 Ra7 67. Ra4 Ke5 68. Kg3 Kf5 69. Kf2 >>Kf4 70. Ke2 Ra6 71. Kf2 Ra7 72. Ke2 Ra6 73. Kf2 Ra8 74. Ke2 Ra7 75. Kf2 Ra8 >>76. Ke2 Ra7 77. Kf2 Ra6 78. Ke2 Rh6 79. Rxa5 Rh2+ 80. Kd1 >>{Game drawn by mutual agreement} >>1/2-1/2 >> >>What knowledge does a program need to pick the/a winning move from this position >>fairly quickly (besides from TB's)? > >Takes Pepito quite a while to find a4 (almost 3 minutes). > >Pepito> setboard 8/1R5P/8/p7/2k1pK2/2p5/8/7r b - - >Pepito> go > 5 362 91 9890 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-e2 Rd7-c7 Ke2-d2 > 5 362 92 11794 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-e2 Rd7-c7 Ke2-d2 > 6 329 99 41454 c2 ?? Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-e2 Rd7-c7 Ke2-d2 > 6 330 102 49557 c2 !! > 6 327 102 51900 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-c3 Rd7-c7 Kc3-d2 Rc7-d7 >Kd2-e2 Rd7-c7 > 6 327 104 58531 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-c3 Rd7-c7 Kc3-d2 Rc7-d7 >Kd2-e2 Rd7-c7 > 7 360 111 87456 c2 !! > 7 333 112 91502 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-c3 Rd7-c7 Kc3-d2 Rc7-d7 > 7 333 119 120933 c2 Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-c3 Rd7-c7 Kc3-d2 Rc7-d7 > 8 300 175 366319 c2 ?? Rb7-c7 Kc4-d3 Rc7-d7 Kd3-c3 Rd7-c7 Kc3-d2 Rc7-d7 > 8 284 221 562189 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 a3 Rc7xc3 a2 Rc3-a3 a1=B > 8 284 238 634808 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 a3 Rc7xc3 a2 Rc3-a3 a1=B > 9 293 285 844319 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 a3 Rc7xc3 a2 Rc3-a3 Rh1-f1 >Kf5-g6 Rf1-g1 Kg6-f6 a1=B > 9 293 334 1068215 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 a3 Rc7xc3 a2 Rc3-a3 Rh1-f1 >Kf5-g6 Rf1-g1 Kg6-f6 a1=B >10 289 433 1522123 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-f6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-e7 Ke4-d3 Kf6-g7 >10 289 547 2050061 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-f6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-e7 Ke4-d3 Kf6-g7 >11 265 653 2543858 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-e7 Ke4-d3 Re7-d7 Kd3-e2 Kg6-g7 >11 265 854 3451594 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-e7 Ke4-d3 Re7-d7 Kd3-e2 Kg6-g7 >12 291 1221 4979960 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1-h4 Kg6-g7 Rh4-g4 Kg7-h8 >12 291 1472 6158720 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1-h4 Kg6-g7 Rh4-g4 Kg7-h8 >13 271 1963 8319152 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-c4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1-h4 Rd1-a1 Kc4-b3 Kg6-g7 >13 271 2931 12869142 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-c4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1-h4 Rd1-a1 Kc4-b3 Kg6-g7 >14 257 4713 20943418 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1xd1 h8=Q c2 Qh8-e8 Ke4-d3 Qe8-b5 Kd3-c3 Qb5-a5 Kc3 >-b2 >14 257 9437 42121527 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Kf4-f5 Kd5-d4 Kf5-g6 e3 Rc7-d7 Kd4-e4 >Rd7-d1 Rh1xd1 h8=Q c2 Qh8-e8 Ke4-d3 Qe8-b5 Kd3-c3 Qb5-a5 Kc3 >-b2 >15 237 12704 56324491 Kc4-d5 Rb7-c7 a4 Rc7xc3 Rh1xh7 Rc3-a3 Rh7-f7 Kf4-g5 >Rf7-g7 Kg5-f4 Rg7-a7 Ra3-a1 Ra7-f7 Kf4-g4 e3 Ra1xa4 e2 Ra4-a5 K >d5-e4 Ra5-a1 >15 290 17508 77808102 a4 !! To beat you to the punch, I did this analysis without tablebase files! I will do a follow-up with tablebase files enabled (I assumed that the current Chezzz does not have tablebase files).
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