Hard pawn endgame

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Nordlandia
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Hard pawn endgame

Post by Nordlandia »

M. Zinar | special price | white wins | EG Oct issue 2019

[d]8/5ppp/2p5/p1Pk1p2/3P1K1p/2Pp1P1P/1P4P1/8 w - - 0 0
Vinvin
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

Post by Vinvin »

Nice long zugzwang.
Current Stockfish has trouble with that.
The big difference between white and black is that white has the treat to create a winning passed pawn and go to promotion.
Surprisingly Sting-SF has a hard time here as well. No solution after 3 billions nodes.

But if you teach SF how to play, it recognizes immediately white is winning :

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 34/58	00:05	 82.498k	15.939k	+6,91	1.Ke3 Kc4 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc1 h6 4.Kd2 g6 5.Kc1 Kd5 6.Kd1 Kc4 7.Kd2 g5 8.Kc1 Kd5 9.Kd1 Kc4 10.Kd2 h5 11.Kc1 Kb5 12.Kd1 f6 13.Kc1 Kc4 14.Kd2 g4 15.Kc1 Kb5 16.Kd1 Ka5 17.Kd2 Ka6 18.Kxd3 Kb5 19.Kd2 Kc4 20.Kc2 Kd5 21.Kd3 Ke6 22.Kc4 a3 23.bxa3 Kf7 24.Kd3 Ke7 25.c4 Kd8 26.Kc3 Kc8 27.Kb4 gxf3 28.gxf3 Kc7
One possible line :

[pgn][White "w"] [Black "b"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "8/5ppp/2p5/p1Pk1p2/3P1K1p/2Pp1P1P/1P4P1/8 w - - 0 1"] 1. Ke3 Kc4 2. Kd2 a4 3. Kc1 g5 4. Kd2 f4 5. Kc1 Kd5 6. Kd1 Kc4 7. Kd2 h6 8. Kc1 Kd5 9. Kd1 Kc4 10. Kd2 h5 11. Kc1 Kd5 12. Kd1 Kc4 13. Kd2 f6 14. Kc1 Kd5 15. Kd1 Kc4 16. Kd2 g4 17. Kc1 Kd5 18. Kd1 Kc4 19. Kd2 gxf3 20. gxf3 f5 21. Kc1 Kd5 22. Kd2 Kc4 23. Kc1 Kd5 24. Kd1 Kc4 25. Kd2 Kd5 26. Kxd3 1-0[/pgn]

One idea to solve this kind of positions : if one side has a threat and the other side has only waiting moves, it's a bad sign.
So let's play all this waiting moves.
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

Post by Vinvin »

McCain-X2 starts to see something here :

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McCain-X2_x64_bmi2:
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 45/57	00:55	 496.436k	8.999k	+0,06	1.Ke3 Kc4 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc1 g6 4.Kd2 f6 5.Kc1 Kb5 6.Kd1 Kc4 7.Kd2 f4 8.Kc1 Kb5 9.Kd1 f5 10.Kc1 g5 11.Kd1 Kc4 12.Kd2 g4 13.Kc1 Kb5 14.Kd1 Kc4 15.Kd2 g3 16.Kc1 Kb5 17.Kd1 Kc4 18.Kd2 h6 19.Kc1 Kb5 20.Kd1 Kc4 21.Kd2 h5 22.Kc1 Kd5 23.Kd1 Kc4 24.Kd2 Kb3 25.d5
 46/55	01:22	 733.356k	8.894k	+0,06	1.Ke3 Kc4 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc1 g6 4.Kd2 f6 5.Kc1 Kb5 6.Kd1 Kc4 7.Kd2 f4 8.Kc1 Kb5 9.Kd1 Kc4 10.Kd2 g5 11.Kc1 Kb5 12.Kd1 Kc4 13.Kd2 h6 14.Kc1 Kd5 15.Kd1 Kc4 16.Kd2 f5 17.Kc1 Kb5 18.Kd1 Kc4 19.Kd2 g4 20.Kc1 Kd5 21.Kd1 Kc4 22.Kd2 h5 23.Kc1 Kb5 24.Kd1 g3 25.Kc1 Kc4 26.Kd2 Kb3 27.d5
 47/58	01:44	 959.374k	9.152k	+0,07	1.Ke3 Kc4 2.Kd2 a4 3.Kc1 g6 4.Kd2 f6 5.Kc1 Kb5 6.Kd1 Kc4 7.Kd2 f4 8.Kc1 Kb5 9.Kd1 Kc4 10.Kd2 g5 11.Kc1 Kb5 12.Kd1 Kc4 13.Kd2 h6 14.Kc1 Kb5 15.Kd1 f5 16.Kc1 Kc4 17.Kd2 g4 18.Kc1 Kd5 19.Kd1 Kc4 20.Kd2 g3 21.Kc1 Kb5 22.Kd1 Kc4 23.Kd2 h5 24.Kc1 Kd5 25.Kd1 Kc4 26.Kd2 Kb3 27.d5 Kxb2 28.dxc6
 48/63+	02:33	 1.476.582k	9.600k	+0,13	1.Ke3
 48/67+	02:37	 1.514.141k	9.637k	+0,20	1.Ke3
 48/67+	07:21	 4.944.191k	11.193k	+1,14	1.Ke3
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

Post by Spliffjiffer »

no prob for Bluefish (Stockfish_19100908_x64_modern.exe did comparably well)...probably because of TB-using but i didnt test this:

FEN: 8/5ppp/2p5/p1Pk1p2/3P3p/2PpKP1P/1P4P1/8 b - - 1 1
Bluefish-modern:
Found 177 tablebases
...
45/65 00:24 110.369k 4.562k 0,00 1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 g6-g5 7.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 9.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 11.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 12.Kd1-c1 d3-d2+ 13.Kc1xd2 Kb3xb2 14.d4-d5 a4-a3 15.d5xc6 a3-a2 16.c6-c7 a2-a1D 17.c7-c8D Da1-a2 18.c5-c6 Da2-d5+ 19.Kd2-e1 Dd5-c5 20.Ke1-f1 Dc5-e3 21.Dc8-b7+ Kb2-c2 22.Db7xf7 De3-c1+ 23.Kf1-f2 Dc1-e3+
46/55+ 00:29 135.924k 4.622k +0,14 1.Kf4-e3
46/61 00:31 151.405k 4.844k +0,15 1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 f5-f4 5.Kd1-d2 Kd5-c4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 h7-h6 8.Kd1-e1 Kd5-c4 9.Ke1-d2 f7-f6 10.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 11.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 12.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 13.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 14.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 15.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 16.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 17.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 18.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 19.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 20.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 21.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 23.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 26.Kc1-d1 d3-d2 27.Kd1xd2
47/59+ 00:53 302.408k 5.684k +0,28 1.Kf4-e3
47/59+ 00:56 330.161k 5.834k +0,42 1.Kf4-e3
47/71+ 02:50 1.467.825k 8.610k +2,41 1.Kf4-e3
47/71 03:06 1.590.562k 8.523k +2,97 1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 14.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 15.Kc1-d2 f5-f4 16.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 17.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 18.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 19.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 20.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 21.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 26.Kc1-d1 d3-d2 27.Kd1xd2 Kb5-c4 28.Kd2-c2 g4xh3 29.g2xh3 a4-a3 30.b2xa3
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

Post by George Tsavdaris »

Vinvin wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 1:10 pm Nice long zugzwang.
Current Stockfish has trouble with that.
Well not that big trouble :D (and i put it by mistake just 4 GB hash so it would be faster with more)

Analysis by Stockfish 021119 64 POPCNT:

1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.00) Depth: 47/57 00:00:01 84987kN, tb=23133
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 48/57 00:00:07 628MN, tb=505931
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.00) Depth: 48/57 00:00:07 642MN, tb=513871
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 49/39 00:00:09 799MN, tb=811065
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.00) Depth: 49/43 00:00:09 801MN, tb=816666
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 50/49 00:00:10 893MN, tb=949949
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.00) Depth: 50/54 00:00:10 896MN, tb=954090
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 h7-h5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 10.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 12.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 13.Kd1-d2
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 51/61 00:00:11 1047MN, tb=1150932
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 51/63 00:00:11 1052MN, tb=1160085
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 52/62 00:00:12 1115MN, tb=1254395
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 13.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 52/62 00:00:12 1116MN, tb=1256639
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 13.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 53/62 00:00:12 1132MN, tb=1311322
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 g7-g6 11.Kd1-d2 Kd5-c4 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5
= (0.00) Depth: 54/63 00:00:14 1325MN, tb=1803828
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 g7-g6 11.Kd1-d2 Kd5-c4 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5
= (0.10 ++) Depth: 55/63 00:00:15 1405MN, tb=1934610
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
= (0.11) Depth: 55/67 00:00:39 3578MN, tb=5133747
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
= (0.21 ++) Depth: 56/51 00:01:26 8902MN, tb=5614822
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+/= (0.31 ++) Depth: 56/57 00:01:39 10289MN, tb=5788214
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+/= (0.46 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:01:56 12147MN, tb=6401639
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+/= (0.66 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:05 13033MN, tb=7343952
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+/- (0.93 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:11 13626MN, tb=7619760
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+/- (1.29 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:22 14895MN, tb=7946814
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+- (1.76 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:30 15658MN, tb=8303801
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+- (2.38 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:41 16860MN, tb=8702561
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+- (3.17 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:02:58 18652MN, tb=8950359
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 4.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 9.Kd2-d1 Kc4-b3 10.Kd1-c1 Kb3-c4 11.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 13.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 16.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 17.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 g5-g4 20.Kd1-c1 Kd5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g4-g3 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b3 29.d4-d5 c6xd5 30.c5-c6
+- (4.18 ++) Depth: 56/93 00:07:49 58229MN, tb=9587947
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

Post by George Tsavdaris »

Cfish is even faster (i used 4 GB hash to to compare with Stockfish):

Analysis by Cfish 060719 64 POPCNT NUMA:
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 g7-g6 4.Kc1-d2 h7-h6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 40/34 00:00:01 66504kN, tb=55781
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 41/46 00:00:02 117MN, tb=142722
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.00) Depth: 42/12 00:00:12 842MN, tb=2759647
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.09 ++) Depth: 43/73 00:00:15 1031MN, tb=3582289
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4
= (0.19 ++) Depth: 43/73 00:00:15 1032MN, tb=3585243
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
= (0.24) Depth: 43/73 00:00:19 1290MN, tb=4289436
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/= (0.34 ++) Depth: 44/56 00:00:23 1611MN, tb=5081669
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/= (0.43 ++) Depth: 44/56 00:00:24 1670MN, tb=5195293
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/= (0.57 ++) Depth: 44/56 00:00:27 1901MN, tb=5736283
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/- (0.77 ++) Depth: 44/64 00:00:32 2326MN, tb=6800569
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/- (1.04 ++) Depth: 44/64 00:00:36 2653MN, tb=7097345
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/- (1.39 ++) Depth: 44/64 00:00:50 3913MN, tb=7708047
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
= (0.12 --) Depth: 44/64 00:00:50 3915MN, tb=7710203
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+/- (1.00 ++) Depth: 44/64 00:00:50 3928MN, tb=7723551
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 h7-h6 4.Kc1-d2 g7-g6 5.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 6.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 7.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 8.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 9.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 10.Kd1-d2 h6-h5 11.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 12.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 13.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 14.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 15.Kc1-d1 f7-f6 16.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 17.Kc1-d2 f6-f5 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 19.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 20.Kd1-d2 g5-g4 21.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 22.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 23.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 24.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 25.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 26.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 27.d4-d5 Kb3xb2 28.d5xc6
+- (1.79 ++) Depth: 44/74 00:02:14 11449MN, tb=9235777
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 13.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 16.Kc1-d1 h7-h6 17.Kd1-d2 Kb5-c4 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 19.Kc1-d1 h6-h5 20.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g5-g4 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 29.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 30.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 31.d4-d5 c6xd5 32.c5-c6 Kb3xb2 33.c6-c7
+- (2.00) Depth: 44/74 00:06:11 32427MN, tb=10334668
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 13.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 16.Kc1-d1 h7-h6 17.Kd1-d2 Kb5-c4 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 19.Kc1-d1 h6-h5 20.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g5-g4 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 29.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 30.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 31.d4-d5 c6xd5 32.c5-c6 Kb3xb2 33.c6-c7
+/- (1.51 --) Depth: 45/58 00:06:15 32785MN, tb=10708104
1.Kf4-e3 Kd5-c4 2.Ke3-d2 a5-a4 3.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 4.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 5.Kd1-d2 g7-g6 6.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 7.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 8.Kd1-d2 g6-g5 9.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 10.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 11.Kd1-d2 f7-f6 12.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 13.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 14.Kd1-d2 f5-f4 15.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 16.Kc1-d1 h7-h6 17.Kd1-d2 Kb5-c4 18.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 19.Kc1-d1 h6-h5 20.Kd1-c1 Kb5-c4 21.Kc1-d2 g5-g4 22.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 23.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 24.Kd1-d2 f6-f5 25.Kd2-c1 Kc4-d5 26.Kc1-d1 Kd5-c4 27.Kd1-d2 g4-g3 28.Kd2-c1 Kc4-b5 29.Kc1-d1 Kb5-c4 30.Kd1-d2 Kc4-b3 31.d4-d5 c6xd5 32.c5-c6 Kb3xb2 33.c6-c7
+- (2.00 ++) Depth: 45/58 00:06:15 32832MN, tb=10785671
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

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This is difficult. The best problems solver = Crystal is clueless after 10 minutes. It don't reach enough depth I think.
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

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Nordlandia wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:34 am M. Zinar | special price | white wins | EG Oct issue 2019

[d]8/5ppp/2p5/p1Pk1p2/3P1K1p/2Pp1P1P/1P4P1/8 w - - 0 0
What do mean by hard? All the engines find the correct continuation after only 1 ply. If you mean hard is to recognize a plus score for white, then Schooner2.1 with 4 cores finds a plus score in 38.51 seconds:

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 38	+2.37	1329.3M	2:07.06	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 f6f5 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g7g6 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g6g5 d2c1 d3d2 c1d2 g5g4 d2c2 c4b5 c2d3 g4g3 d3d2 b5c4 d2c2 h7h6 c2d2 c4b5 d2d3 h6h5 d3d2 b5a5 d2c2 a5
 38	+1.98	1000.6M	1:36.77	f4e3
 38	+1.98	992.4M	1:35.98	f4e3
 37	+1.88	730.0M	1:10.94	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 h7h6 c1d2 g7g6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 g6g5 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 h6h5 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g5g4 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 f6f5 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g4g3 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5a
 37	+1.88	723.0M	1:10.24	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 h7h6 c1d2 g7g6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 g6g5 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 h6h5 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g5g4 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 f6f5 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5c4 d1d2 g4g3 d2c1 c4b5 c1d1 b5a
 37	+1.50	580.4M	0:56.68	f4e3
 37	+0.70	384.4M	0:38.51	f4e3
 36	0.00	193.9M	0:19.53	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 h7h6 c1d2 g7g6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 g6g5 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1d2 f6f5 d2c1 c4d5 c1d1 d5c4 d1c1
 35	0.00	91.7M	0:09.39	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 34	0.00	74.2M	0:07.61	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 33	0.00	68.2M	0:06.99	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 32	0.00	53.1M	0:05.44	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 31	0.00	47.2M	0:04.84	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 30	0.00	44.8M	0:04.60	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 f7f6 d2c1 g7g5 c1d2 h7h6 d2c1 c4d5 c1d2 d5c4
 29	-0.36	20.3M	0:02.15	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 g7g5 d1d2 h7h6 d2c1 f7f6 c1d1 c4b3 d1c1 d3d2 c1d2 b3b2 d4d5 a4a3 d5c6 a3a2 c6c7 a2a1q c7c8q a1c1 d2e2 b2c3 c8e6
 28	-0.36	17.6M	0:01.87	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 g7g5 d1d2 h7h6 d2c1 f7f6 c1d1 c4b3 d1c1 d3d2 c1d2 b3b2 d4d5 a4a3 d5c6 a3a2 c6c7 a2a1q c7c8q a1c1 d2e2 b2c3
 27	-0.37	16.6M	0:01.76	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 g7g5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d1 c4b3 d1d2 b3b2 d4d5 a4a3 d5c6 a3a2 c6c7 a2a1q c7c8q a1c1 d2d3 c1c2 d3d4 c2c3 d4d5 c3d2 d5e6
 26	-0.58	8.2M	0:00.90	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 g7g5 d2d1 h7h5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d2 g5g4 d2c1 f6f5 c1d1 c4b3 d4d5 b3b2 d5c6 a4a3 c6c7 a3a2 c7c8q a2a1q
 25	-0.58	6.6M	0:00.72	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 g7g5 d2d1 h7h5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d2 g5g4 d2c1 f6f5 c1d1 c4b3 d4d5 b3b2 d5c6 a4a3 c6c7 a3a2 c7c8q a2a1q
 24	-0.58	6.3M	0:00.69	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 g7g5 d2d1 h7h5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d2 g5g4 d2c1 f6f5 c1d1 c4b3 d4d5 b3b2 d5c6 a4a3 c6c7 a3a2 c7c8q
 23	-0.58	5.1M	0:00.55	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 h7h5 d2d1 g7g5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d2 g5g4 d2c1 f6f5 c1d1 c4b3 d4d5 b3b2 d5c6 a4a3 c6c7
 22	-0.58	4.9M	0:00.53	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d2 h7h5 d2d1 g7g5 d1c1 f7f6 c1d2 g5g4 d2c1 f6f5 c1d1 c4b3 d4d5 b3b2 d5c6 a4a3 c6c7 a3a2 c7c8q a2a1q
 22	-1.35	3.1M	0:00.33	f4e3
 21	-2.05	2.0M	0:00.22	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 f7f5 d1d2 h7h6 d2c1 h6h5 c1d1 g7g5 d1d2 g5g4 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3 d5c5 d3c2
 20	-2.05	1.6M	0:00.18	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 f7f5 d1d2 h7h6 d2c1 h6h5 c1d1 g7g5 d1d2 g5g4 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3 d5c5
 19	-2.05	1.5M	0:00.17	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d2c1 f5f4 c1d1 h7h5 d1d2 g7g5 d2c1 f7f5 c1d2 g5g4 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3 d5c5 d3e2
 18	-2.16	644288	0:00.08	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3c2 c6c5 c3c4 d5e5 c2d3 h7h6 d3c2 f7f6
 17	-2.17	477348	0:00.06	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3c2 c6c5 c3c4 d5e5 c2c3 h7h5 c3d3
 16	-2.12	438963	0:00.06	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3e2 c6c5 c3c4 d5e5 e2d3 h7h6 d3e2 e5d4
 15	-1.99	116885	0:00.02	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3e2 h7h6 e2d2 c6c5 d2d3
 14	-1.99	81801	0:00.01	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3e2 h7h6 e2d2 c6c5
 13	-1.99	74645	0:00.01	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 f5f4 e3d2 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 d2d3 c5d5 d3e2 h7h6 e2d2 c6c5 d2d3 c5c4
 12	-1.87	37839	0:00.01	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 e3d3 c5d5 d3e3 d5e6 f3f4 h7h6
 11	-1.87	34173	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 c4d5 b2b3 d5c5 e3d3 c5d5 d3e3 d5e6 f3f4 h7h6
 10	-1.88	9546	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 f3f4 a5a4 e3d2 h7h6 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3 d5c5
  9	-1.88	6616	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 f3f4 a5a4 e3d2 h7h6 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3
  8	-1.80	3763	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 e3d2 a5a4 d4d5 c4d5 d2d3 d5c5
  7	-1.86	2696	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 c4d5 e3d3 d5c5 f3f4
  6	-1.69	1477	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 f3f4 a5a4 e3d2 c4b3
  5	-1.67	835	0:00.00	f4e3 d5c4 d4d5 c4d5 e3d3
  4	+0.02	153	0:00.00	f4e3 f5f4 e3d3 h7h6
  3	-0.04	77	0:00.00	f4e3 h7h6 e3d3
  2	-0.04	46	0:00.00	f4e3 h7h6
  1	-1.44	12	0:00.00	f4e3
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

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The first position is based on the theme moremovers associated with Otto Blathy. By hard i refer to moremovers such in the style of O.T Blathy.

Moremovers have been hard for engines to solve in the past.

For example:

[d]2K5/p1p4k/p1p5/2p3p1/6Pb/6p1/p5P1/B7 w - - 0 0

1k6/1P3ppp/P1p5/1pP5/p1p3p1/2P1K1P1/1P3P1P/8 w - - 0 1

[d]nkNn4/2pP1p2/1pP1pPp1/pP2P1P1/8/1p6/bP6/2K5 w - - 0 0

[d]2k5/P2p1pp1/1K5b/1p1p1PpP/1P1P2P1/8/1P3P2/r5B1 w - - 0 0

[d]1n6/k2p4/p1pPp3/P1P1Pp2/5p2/5P2/2P2P2/4K3 w - - 0 1

[d]8/Pk3ppp/1Pp5/KpP5/p1p3p1/2P3P1/1P3P1P/8 w - - 0 0
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Re: Hard pawn endgame

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The first position is based on the theme moremovers associated with Otto Blathy. By hard i refer to moremovers such in the style of O.T Blathy.

Moremovers have been hard for engines to solve in the past.

For example:

[d]2K5/p1p4k/p1p5/2p3p1/6Pb/6p1/p5P1/B7 w - - 0 0

1k6/1P3ppp/P1p5/1pP5/p1p3p1/2P1K1P1/1P3P1P/8 w - - 0 1

[d]nkNn4/2pP1p2/1pP1pPp1/pP2P1P1/8/1p6/bP6/2K5 w - - 0 0

[d]2k5/P2p1pp1/1K5b/1p1p1PpP/1P1P2P1/8/1P3P2/r5B1 w - - 0 0

[d]1n6/k2p4/p1pPp3/P1P1Pp2/5p2/5P2/2P2P2/4K3 w - - 0 1

[d]8/Pk3ppp/1Pp5/KpP5/p1p3p1/2P3P1/1P3P1P/8 w - - 0 0