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36/76  1:53   +M8++    1.Bd7 (274.642.680) 2429 
36/76  1:53   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (274.707.943) 2429 
37/10  1:53   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (275.052.394) 2429 
38/10  1:53   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (275.518.619) 2429 
39/10  1:53   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (276.231.683) 2429 
40/10  1:53   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (276.874.913) 2429 
41/10  1:54   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (278.386.992) 2429 
42/10  1:55   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (280.061.937) 2430 
43/10  1:55   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (281.467.594) 2430 
44/10  1:56   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (284.117.776) 2430 
45/10  1:57   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (285.481.917) 2431 
46/10  1:57   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (286.830.109) 2432 
47/10  1:58   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (288.293.974) 2434 
48/10  1:59   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (289.836.243) 2435 
49/10  1:59   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (292.711.578) 2439 
50/10  2:00   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (295.351.446) 2443 
51/10  2:03   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (301.790.606) 2451 
52/10  2:05   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (308.045.403) 2459 
53/10  2:07   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (315.077.224) 2467 
54/10  2:11   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (327.393.739) 2481 
55/10  2:16   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (339.479.808) 2493 
56/10  2:19   +M5      1.Bd7 b4 2.Kf7 b3 3.Ke7 b2 4.Kd8 g5 
                       5.Bxc7+ (350.324.057) 2505 
best move: Be6-d7 time: 2:19.891 min  n/s: 2.505.177  nodes: 350.324.057 
I must say it is not really clear to me why this happens , even though some at Fishcooking say you only need an inkling of knowledge of the way Stockfish works to explain why Stockfish has trouble, that is not enough explanation. It is clear Zugzwang is involved and only the PV search solves the one below, so if Stockfish chooses the wrong move for the PV in this one, which is very possible if there are more moves with a draw score, it has even far less chance of finding especially concerning this position below. Kaissa can't if it chooses something like Rd7 as first move, it is only the one version that does this but still:
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q7/7R/k7/1p6/1p6/1P2B3/7K/8 w - -
Engine: Kaissa IV NoContempt 20190801_008 (512 MB)
by T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott
35/09  0:01   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (5.339.958) 3093 
36/09  0:02   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (7.916.691) 3116 
37/07  0:03   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (11.207.294) 3147 
38/31  0:04   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 5.Bc5 Qb8 6.Kf3 Qa8+ (14.565.140) 3146 
39/15  0:06   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (19.884.761) 3153 
40/05  0:08   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (25.647.041) 3145 
41/13  0:11   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (35.947.868) 3145 
42/09  0:21   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (66.599.533) 3113 
43/48  0:26   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (82.949.714) 3116 
44/48  0:30   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 5.Ra7+ Qxa7 6.Bxa7 Kxa7 
                       7.Ke3 Kb7 8.Ke4 Kc6 9.Kd4 Kd6 10.Ke3 Kd5 
                       11.Kd3 Ke5 12.Ke3 (94.346.198) 3118 
45/09  0:33   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (103.480.179) 3122 
46/09  0:45   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (140.571.468) 3113 
47/15  0:55   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (172.834.924) 3128 
48/09  1:08   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (214.997.968) 3152 
49/09  1:39   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (317.815.399) 3187 
50/15  1:59   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (383.318.708) 3204 
51/14  2:27   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 5.Ke2 Qg2+ 6.Ke1 Qh1+ 
                       7.Ke2 (474.889.335) 3213 
52/13  2:57   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (573.210.566) 3235 
53/13  3:22   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (658.763.516) 3252 
54/09  4:06   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (804.694.830) 3260 
55/09  5:34   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (1.084.789.697) 3245 
56/09  6:49   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (1.340.135.006) 3271 
57/27  8:19   0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (1.643.405.149) 3290 
58/31  10:59  0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Kf2 Qa8 (2.147.365.553) 3255 
59/23  15:44  0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (3.104.593.270) 3287 
60/23  18:22  0.00     1.Rd7 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ (3.639.819.776) 3301 
best move: Rh7-d7 time: 18:22.641 min  n/s: 3.301.091  nodes: 3.639.819.776 Tablebases help it seems but they were not used in my case.
[d]q7/7R/k7/1p6/1p6/1P2B3/7K/8 w - -
Code: Select all
q7/7R/k7/1p6/1p6/1P2B3/7K/8 w - -
Engine: Kaissa IV NoContempt 20190801_006 (one thread, 512 MB)
by T. Romstad, M. Costalba, J. Kiiski, G. Linscott
35/21  0:01   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (5.743.308) 3244 
36/27  0:02   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (7.669.494) 3263 
37/19  0:03   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (11.141.149) 3247 
38/25  0:04   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ (14.171.748) 3234 
39/23  0:06   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ (19.320.921) 3205 
40/23  0:06   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       4.Kf3 Qa8+ 5.Ke3 Qb8 6.Ra7+ Qxa7 
                       7.Bxa7 Kxa7 8.Kd4 Kb6 9.Kd5 Ka6 
                       10.Kc6 Ka5 11.Kc5 Ka6 (21.943.827) 3205 
41/23  0:09   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       4.Kf3 Qa8+ 5.Ke3 Qb8 6.Ra7+ Qxa7 
                       7.Bxa7 Kxa7 8.Kd4 Kb6 9.Kd5 Ka6 
                       10.Kc6 Ka5 11.Kc5 Ka6 (29.568.593) 3183 
42/23  0:12   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (41.077.562) 3164 
43/23  0:17   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (56.155.012) 3182 
44/11  0:22   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (73.292.305) 3199 
45/28  0:30   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       4.Kf3 Qa8+ 5.Ke3 Qb8 6.Ra7+ Qxa7 
                       7.Bxa7 Kxa7 8.Kd4 Ka6 9.Kc5 Ka5 
                       10.Kd5 Kb6 11.Kd6 Kb7 12.Kc5 Ka6 
                       13.Kc6 Ka5 14.Kd5 (95.597.678) 3181 
46/41  0:41   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ (131.623.242) 3144 
47/27  0:49   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       4.Kf3 Qa8+ 5.Ke3 Qb8 6.Ra7+ Qxa7 
                       7.Bxa7 Kxa7 8.Kd4 Kb6 9.Kd5 Ka5 
                       10.Kc5 Ka6 11.Kc6 Ka5 12.Kd7 Kb6 
                       13.Kd6 Ka5 (155.998.983) 3151 
48/29  1:15   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       4.Kf3 Qa8+ 5.Ke3 Qe8+ 6.Kd2 Qb8 
                       7.Ke2 Qe8+ (239.608.565) 3156 
49/15  1:29   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (283.744.769) 3178 
50/15  1:45   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 (335.694.603) 3185 
51/27  2:54   0.00     1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh3 Qa8 3.Kg3 Qb8+ (561.648.173) 3215 
52/43  3:15   +0.11++  1.Bd4 (626.644.204) 3207 
52/43  3:26   +0.22++  1.Bd4 (664.205.918) 3220 
52/43  3:26   +0.37++  1.Bd4 (664.927.631) 3220 
52/56  3:26   +0.59++  1.Bd4 (666.357.623) 3220 
52/56  3:28   +0.88++  1.Bd4 (670.464.253) 3219 
52/56  3:28   +1.26++  1.Bd4 (671.768.582) 3219 
52/56  3:28   +1.76++  1.Bd4 (672.071.308) 3220 
52/56  3:28   +2.41++  1.Bd4 (672.831.604) 3220 
52/63  3:29   +3.24++  1.Bd4 (673.447.147) 3221 
52/70  3:35   +3.97    1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke2 Qa8 9.Ke3 Qe8+ 
                       10.Kd3 Qb8 11.Rg6+ Ka5 12.Rg1 Ka6 
                       13.Rg7 Qa8 14.Rf7 (692.828.854) 3221 
53/79  3:41   +4.08++  1.Bd4 (711.253.277) 3215 
53/79  3:58   +4.19++  1.Bd4 (760.955.100) 3188 
53/79  4:03   +4.34++  1.Bd4 (777.803.721) 3188 
53/79  4:05   +4.56++  1.Bd4 (782.478.260) 3186 
53/79  4:05   +4.85++  1.Bd4 (783.759.586) 3187 
53/79  4:07   +5.23++  1.Bd4 (789.251.041) 3191 
53/100 4:08   +5.74++  1.Bd4 (794.792.336) 3197 
53/100 4:09   +6.38++  1.Bd4 (797.899.671) 3201 
53/100 4:10   +7.22++  1.Bd4 (802.120.813) 3204 
53/100 4:11   +8.28++  1.Bd4 (805.629.993) 3207 
53/100 4:15   +8.28    1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke2 Qe8+ 9.Kd3 Qa8 
                       10.Rf7 Qb8 11.Kc2 Qh2+ 12.Bf2 Qb8 
                       13.Kb1 Qa8 14.Kb2 (818.857.498) 3208 
54/67  5:44   +8.38++  1.Bd4 (1.100.376.654) 3194 
54/99  6:49   +8.49++  1.Bd4 (1.301.196.843) 3179 
54/99  7:06   +8.65++  1.Bd4 (1.380.659.610) 3233 
54/99  7:19   +8.86++  1.Bd4 (1.439.283.033) 3276 
54/99  7:35   +9.15++  1.Bd4 (1.499.630.668) 3293 
54/99  7:43   +9.54++  1.Bd4 (1.532.909.498) 3310 
54/99  7:57   +10.04++ 1.Bd4 (1.600.251.647) 3349 
54/99  7:59   +10.69++ 1.Bd4 (1.606.054.982) 3350 
54/99  8:00   +11.52++ 1.Bd4 (1.610.033.785) 3351 
54/99  8:01   +12.58++ 1.Bd4 (1.612.873.871) 3351 
54/99  8:02   +13.93++ 1.Bd4 (1.616.372.303) 3351 
54/99  8:02   +15.63++ 1.Bd4 (1.617.260.642) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +17.78++ 1.Bd4 (1.617.844.415) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +20.49++ 1.Bd4 (1.618.240.645) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +23.90++ 1.Bd4 (1.618.432.859) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +28.18++ 1.Bd4 (1.618.518.403) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +33.56++ 1.Bd4 (1.618.609.458) 3352 
54/99  8:02   +40.30++ 1.Bd4 (1.618.646.788) 3352 
54/99  8:03   +9.91    1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke2 Qe8+ 9.Kd3 Qa8 
                       10.Rf7 Qb8 11.Kc2 Qh2+ 12.Bf2 Qb8 
                       13.Kb1 Qa8 14.Ka2 (1.623.461.550) 3354 
55/47  10:03  +10.02++ 1.Bd4 (1.992.323.000) 3302 
55/75  10:12  +10.13++ 1.Bd4 (2.018.462.996) 3296 
55/75  10:23  +10.28++ 1.Bd4 (2.060.680.264) 3304 
55/75  10:29  +10.50++ 1.Bd4 (2.081.518.087) 3308 
55/75  10:35  +10.79++ 1.Bd4 (2.105.071.118) 3313 
55/75  10:43  +11.17++ 1.Bd4 (2.134.461.629) 3318 
55/155 10:49  +11.68++ 1.Bd4 (2.157.931.100) 3322 
55/155 10:52  +12.32++ 1.Bd4 (2.170.369.979) 3324 
55/155 10:56  +13.15++ 1.Bd4 (2.183.092.855) 3327 
55/155 10:58  +14.22++ 1.Bd4 (2.192.840.223) 3329 
55/155 10:59  +15.56++ 1.Bd4 (2.197.865.731) 3330 
55/155 11:00  +17.27++ 1.Bd4 (2.200.460.927) 3330 
55/155 11:00  +19.42++ 1.Bd4 (2.201.410.999) 3331 
55/155 11:01  +22.13++ 1.Bd4 (2.202.290.491) 3331 
55/155 11:01  +25.53++ 1.Bd4 (2.202.792.693) 3331 
55/155 11:01  +29.82++ 1.Bd4 (2.203.127.404) 3331 
55/155 11:01  +35.19++ 1.Bd4 (2.203.387.988) 3331 
55/155 11:01  +41.93++ 1.Bd4 (2.203.531.792) 3331 
55/155 11:02  +47.82   1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke2 Qe8+ 9.Kd3 Qa8 
                       10.Rf7 Qb8 11.Kc2 Qc8+ 12.Kb2 Qa8 
                       13.Bf2 Qh8+ 14.Kb1 (2.206.247.513) 3332 
56/76  29:24  +47.92++ 1.Bd4 (6.000.434.811) 3400 
56/76  34:40  +48.03++ 1.Bd4 (7.088.070.986) 3406 
56/95  36:01  +48.19++ 1.Bd4 (7.472.998.393) 3457 
56/95  38:39  +48.19   1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke4 Qe8+ 9.Kd3 Qa8 
                       10.Rf7 Qb8 11.Kc2 Qh2+ 12.Bf2 Qb8 
                       13.Kc1 Qc8+ 14.Kb1 (7.965.122.353) 3434 
57/72  69:48  +48.30++ 1.Bd4 (13.943.637.671) 3329 
57/87  71:09  +48.40++ 1.Bd4 (14.324.547.351) 3355 
57/87  72:12  +48.56++ 1.Bd4 (14.626.048.661) 3376 
57/87  72:48  +48.77++ 1.Bd4 (14.803.244.256) 3388 
57/87  73:23  +49.07++ 1.Bd4 (14.969.502.082) 3399 
57/87  73:47  +49.45++ 1.Bd4 (15.081.627.924) 3406 
57/87  74:04  +49.95++ 1.Bd4 (15.165.298.595) 3412 
57/87  74:20  +50.60++ 1.Bd4 (15.241.399.311) 3416 
57/87  74:27  +51.43++ 1.Bd4 (15.277.442.076) 3419 
57/87  74:41  +52.49++ 1.Bd4 (15.345.364.365) 3423 
57/87  74:51  +53.84++ 1.Bd4 (15.395.637.100) 3427 
57/87  74:57  +55.54++ 1.Bd4 (15.421.824.388) 3429 
57/87  74:57  +52.51   1.Bd4 Qb8+ 2.Kh1 Qa8+ 3.Kg1 Qg8+ 
                       4.Rg7 Qb8 5.Kg2 Qa8+ 6.Kg3 Qb8+ 
                       7.Kf3 Qf8+ 8.Ke4 Qe8+ 9.Kd3 Qa8 
                       10.Rf7 Qb8 11.Kc2 Qa8 12.Kb2 Qg2+ 
                       13.Bf2 Qa8 14.Rh7 (15.425.027.214) 3429 
58/70  102:18 +52.61++ 1.Bd4 (20.696.832.287) 3371 
58/70  102:30 +52.72++ 1.Bd4 (20.752.224.210) 3373 
58/70  102:38 +52.88++ 1.Bd4 (20.787.122.692) 3375 
58/70  102:43 +53.09++ 1.Bd4 (20.811.982.988) 3376 
58/70  102:46 +53.38++ 1.Bd4 (20.826.519.163) 3377 
58/70  102:51 +53.77++ 1.Bd4 (20.847.067.164) 3378 
58/70  102:54 +54.27++ 1.Bd4 (20.862.768.812) 3378 
58/70  102:57 +54.92++ 1.Bd4 (20.878.277.175) 3379 
58/70  102:59 +55.75++ 1.Bd4 (20.887.038.881) 3380 
58/70  103:00 +56.81++ 1.Bd4 (20.891.613.066) 3380 
58/70  103:16 +52.40-- 1.Bd4 Qb8+ (20.945.505.747) 3379 
58/70  140:57 +55.28++ 1.Bd4 (27.761.507.471) 3282 
58/70  140:59 +57.43++ 1.Bd4 (27.769.865.489) 3282 
58/70  156:31 +57.43   1.Bd4 (30.704.116.953) 3269 
best move: Be3-d4 time: 156:31.906 min  n/s: 3.269.222  nodes: 30.704.116.953 



