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Subject: Re: A test position(perpetual check),chessmaster and Fritz have problems

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 01:32:36 10/22/00

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Shredder 4 needs 10 seconds to give a draw score here.

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
new game!
position:
[FEN "3r1r1k/1b4pp/ppn1p3/4Pp1R/Pn5P/3P4/4QP2/1qB1NKR1 w - -"]
opening book: C:\Shredder4\shredder.bkt
tablebases with 4 pieces found! [Cache: 1 MB + internal 1.45 MB]
endgame databases: 0
 7 ->   0:02.27  -7.48   Rhg5 Qxc1 Rxg7 Bc8 Qh5 h6 R1g5 Qxg5 hxg5 Kxg7 gxh6+ Kh8
(251.905) 110.9
 8.01   0:02.32  -7.73-- Rhg5 Qxc1 Rxg7 Nxd3 Rh1 Kxg7 Qg4+ fxg4 (258.256) 111.0
 8.01   0:02.35  -8.23-- Rhg5 Qxc1 Rxg7 Nxd3 Rh1 Kxg7 Qg4+ fxg4 (261.732) 111.3
 8.01   0:02.81  -8.86   Rhg5 Qxc1 Rxg7 Nxd3 Rxb7 Nxe1 Qxe1 Rd1 Rxh7+ Kxh7
(317.005) 112.8
 8.02   0:03.80  -8.85++ Qe3 Rd7 (428.590) 112.7
 8.02   0:04.43  -8.50++ Qe3 Rd7 Rg3 Nxd3 Nxd3 Rxd3 Qxd3 Qxc1+ Ke2 Nd4+ Qxd4
Qc4+ Qxc4 (512.765) 115.5
 8.02   0:09.29  -7.72   Qe3 Rd7 Rhg5 Rfd8 R1g3 Nd5 Qd2 Nxe5 (1.057.890) 113.8
 8.04   0:09.66  -7.71++ Qb2 Qxb2 Bxb2 Nxd3 Nxd3 Rxd3 Rhg5 Ne7 Ke2 (1.099.548)
113.8
 8.04   0:09.89  -7.36++ Qb2 Qxb2 Bxb2 Nxd3 Nxd3 Rxd3 Rhg5 Rd1+ Ke2 Rfd8 Rxd1
Rxd1 (1.129.434) 114.1
 8.04   0:09.94  -7.35   Qb2 Qxb2 Bxb2 Nxd3 Nxd3 Rxd3 Rhg5 Rd1+ Ke2 Rd7
(1.136.609) 114.3
 8.11   0:10.66  -7.26++ Rxh7+ Kg8 (1.219.955) 114.4
 8.11   0:10.66   0.00++ Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.219.959) 114.3
 8.11   0:10.66   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kg8 Qxe6+ Rf7 Qxf7+
Kxf7 (1.220.373) 114.4
 8 ->   0:10.69   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Qh6+ Kg8 Qxe6+ Rf7 Qxf7+
Kxf7 (1.223.260) 114.4
 9.01   0:10.72   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.228.109) 114.5
 9 ->   0:11.13   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.278.344) 114.8
10.01   0:11.16   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.283.474) 115.0
10 ->   0:12.21   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.418.450) 116.1
11.01   0:12.31   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.431.876) 116.3
11 ->   0:15.31   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.798.102) 117.4
12.01   0:15.47   0.00   Rxh7+ Kxh7 Qh5+ Kg8 Rxg7+ Kxg7 Bh6+ Kh8 Bg5+ Kg8 Qg6+
Kh8 Qh5+ Kg8 (1.822.406) 117.7
best move: Rh5xh7 time: 0:17.054 min  n/s: 118.152  nodes: 2.014.978

Ernst.


On October 21, 2000 at 05:28:14, Uri Blass wrote:

>I composed this position to see if chessmaster can see perpetual check.
>
>[D]4k3/6RQ/6PP/8/r7/8/r7/7K b - - 0 1
>
>The target is to see 0.00 score
>
>I found that chessmaster does not see the draw even after some minutes but after
>Ra1+ Kg2 it can see the draw very quickly in clearly smaller depth.
>
>The same after Ra1+ Kh2
>
>I tried also Fritz5.32 and it does not see the draw at least after a short time.
>
>If I give Fritz5.32 the moves  Ra1+ Kg2 it can see the draw but after Ra1+ Kh2
>it has problems to see the draw.
>
>Fritz5.32 expects Kg2 when it plays Ra1+ and wants to play Kg2 at depth 13 with
>evaluation 0.00.
>
>How many squares can the white king visit before the repetition?(it is clear
>that the white king cannot visit all the 21 squares (b1-b3... h1-h3))
>
>Uri



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