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

Author: Vincent Diepeveen

Date: 03:15:24 05/07/01

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On May 06, 2001 at 16:11:11, Uri Blass wrote:

>On May 06, 2001 at 14:44:40, Paul wrote:
>
>>On May 06, 2001 at 14:26:52, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On May 06, 2001 at 14:25:58, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>
>>>>On May 06, 2001 at 14:16:04, Paul wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>
>>>>I believe that the bug happened only after failing low on Rf5.
>>>>
>>>>The logfiles do not give a score for Rd1 so I believe that the bug is not
>>>>relevant for Rd1
>>>
>>>I mean of course is not relevant for the lines before Rd1
>>>>
>>>>The last line of the logfile of game 1 begins with
>>>>11(6)[Rf5](-260)v [find a move]
>>>>
>>>>I never see the words find a move in deeper blue in other cases and it suggests
>>>>that the bug happened only after Deeper blue failed low.
>>>>
>>>>The line for Rd1 is also a short line when previous lines are long lines so I
>>>>trust the analysis of deeper blue at depth<17.
>>>>
>>>>Uri
>>
>>Uri, you don't know what the bug was, I don't know what the bug was, and now out
>>of all the positions you could analyze, you pick the one where it's certain that
>>there is a bug in it. Why?
>>
>>Seems to me there are hundreds of other positions more useful & interesting for
>>analysis, for example from the (by Deep Blue at least) excellently played game
>>6? But if you want to ... go on by all means. :)
>>
>>Greetings,
>>Paul
>
>I already analyzed another position from the first game and unfortunately nobody
>responded to the analysis and the discussion was about the question if Deeper
>blue did processing at the root.
>
>see http://www.icdchess.com/forums/1/message.shtml?167877
>
>Uri

Uri, for all programmers you had proven the point very clearly.




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