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Subject: Re: Some analysis of Deep Fritz for kasparov-deeper blue first game

Author: Paul

Date: 11:16:04 05/06/01

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On May 06, 2001 at 14:01:22, Terry McCracken wrote:

>On May 06, 2001 at 05:40:02, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On May 06, 2001 at 03:51:47, Paul wrote:
>>
>>>On May 06, 2001 at 02:28:14, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>I gave Deep Fritz to analyze similiar number of nodes to Deeper blue and Deep
>>>>Fritz seems to be clearly better in tactics.
>>>>
>>>>Deep Fritz needs only 191728 knodes to see the line Rf5+ Ke3
>>>>It means only 1 second if I asuume 200,000,000 nodes per second.
>>>>
>>>>I believe that Rf5+ failed low at depth 17 for Deeper blue for the reason Ke3.
>>>>The pv of deeper blue at smaller depthes is Rf5+ Ke2
>>>>
>>>>Deep Fritz probably does better extensions than Deeper blue because Deep Fritz
>>>>see big fail low at depth 16.
>>>>
>>>>Deep fritz also can see another fail low for Rg8 at depth 22 when deeper blue
>>>>could get only depth 17 after similiar number of nodes.
>>>>
>>>>I do not believe that you lose more than 2-3 plies from null move pruning(my
>>>>test suggest that you do not lose even 1 ply at small depthes so I guess that
>>>>Deep Fritz can search deeper because it is a better software.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>kasparov - Deeper blue
>>>>4r3/8/2p2PPk/1p1r4/pP2p1R1/P1B5/2P2K2/8 b - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>Analysis by Deep Fritz:
>>>
>>><snip>
>>>
>>>I remember from the time this match was played that this was due to some bug
>>>which was subsequently corrected, so there's not much sense in discussing this
>>>position. Any other will do, but not this one. Even my program finds Rf5+ in
>>>seconds.
>>>
>>>Groetjes,
>>>Paul
>>
>>I know about the bug
>>
>>I am not talking about finding Rf5 but about finding the reason that Rf5+ is
>>losing.
>>
>>I mean to find the fact that line Rf5+ Ke3 that is good for white.
>>Deeper blue could not see it at iteration 16 and the logfile suggests Rf5+ Ke2
>>
>>Deeper blue had a fail low at iteration 17 and the logfile does not give a line
>>for Rf5.
>>I guess that it failed low because of Ke3.
>>
>>The point is that Deeper blue is slower than top programs in failing low.
>>
>>Deeper blue could not find Rf5+ Ke3 after 73 seconds when Deep Fritz can find it
>>in a few minutes on p800 and it means that it could find it in less than second
>>if it could search 200M nps.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I think you're right Uri if you dragged out Deep Blue of May 1997 or at least
>close.
>But you have to remember it was 1997 and if my memory serves me correctly,
>Kasparov was very puzzled by Rf5+ as programms just didn't look at this move
>at that time, except for Deep Blue in such a short time frame.
>At least that's what I remeber from what Kasparov mentioned in his notes. Not
>the exact words, I'm not quoting what Kasparov said or wrote but just what I
>remember from that time, on the "Old Club Kasparov" hosted by IBM which is long
>gone.
>I also remember after many hours of analysis with "computers of the day"
>P6-200's, that Kasparov finally "understood" why Deep Blue played the "Human"
>looking move, Rf5+.
>Actually, I think Kasparov wasted too much energy trying to understand Deeper
>Blue which I believe exhausted him. Hence, his less than stellar preformance
>in Game 2 and the rest of the match.
>
>Terry McCracken

Deep Blue didn't play Rf5, it played Rd1! Uri wants to analyze the evaluation
out of the log of Deep Blue ignoring the bug. Seems impossible to me. :)

Paul




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