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Subject: Re: f3?? from deepblue-kasparov game 5 match1

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 19:43:36 09/16/01

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On September 15, 2001 at 19:39:38, Vincent Diepeveen wrote:

>On September 15, 2001 at 19:25:36, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>My guess would be that deep blue 1 (being hell slower than version
>which played in 97) was simply getting at most 10 ply here. Then
>it probably missed the tactical Bh5 there to be winning (note i find
>it at 9 ply, fritz at 11, but probably my SE there is lucky
>and i do not limit it bigtime like DB is known to have done it),
>and it probably missed that after f3 e3 that this endgame with a piece
>down is not a good plan to try.



There is _another_ possibility.  That your analysis is incorrect and f3 is
actually _better_ than the pawn capture.



>
>So most likely its 10 ply search didn't reveal anything useful and because
>of that it probably played f3.
>
>No superb search. In contradiction an INFERIOR search compared to nowadays
>2001 programs. I wouldn't want to try diep 1996 though at this position,
>i fear a problem then. It might play f3 for the same reason.
>
>I didn't have nullmove very well implemented back then, neitehr hashtables
>were very well working back then. And i sure wouldn't search more than 8
>ply in 1997 WMCC at a PII300 with 66Mhz edoram most likely at this position,
>so a 10 ply search in 1996 was in those days *real* deep. let's not forget
>that. I got WITH nullmove and 32mb hashtables at a PII300 at the wmcc1996
>with a program WITH mobility and such inside its eval a search depth from
>between 8 and 10 ply. Usually 8 ply at crucial positions. 10 ply when i
>was kind of lucky with the bounds or in endgame or when it could think for
>10 minutes.
>
>We must see things in clear perspective.
>
>Deep Blue 1 outsearched me bigtime. Deep Blue2 however searched perhaps
>1 to 2 ply deeper than DB1. Tactical for sure better, because that 1 or 2
>ply more in the software search probably triggered quite some extensions.
>
>But if we compare it with today then both machines look pathetic of course,
>just like my current diep version will look pathetic with diep 2005.
>
>>Deep Fritz at depth 14 after 1.f3 Bh5
>>
>>New position
>>8/p5pk/7p/3rq2b/3Npp2/PPQ2PP1/3R2KP/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Deep Fritz:
>>
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxg3
>>  µ  (-0.91)   Depth: 6/19   00:00:00  107kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.h4 Qh2+ 5.Kf1 Qh3+ 6.Kf2 Bg6 7.Qf3 Qh2+
>>  µ  (-0.94)   Depth: 7/21   00:00:00  218kN
>>2.fxe4--
>>  µ  (-1.25)   Depth: 8/24   00:00:00  422kN
>>2.fxe4--
>>  µ  (-1.25)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:00  488kN
>>2.g4!
>>  µ  (-1.22)   Depth: 8/27   00:00:00  560kN
>>2.g4--
>>  -+  (-1.53)   Depth: 9/21   00:00:01  1096kN
>>2.g4-- e3 3.Rd1 Bg6 4.Kh3 Rxd4 5.Qxd4 e2 6.Qxe5 exd1Q
>>  -+  (-2.06)   Depth: 9/25   00:00:01  1251kN
>>2.fxe4!
>>  -+  (-2.03)   Depth: 9/25   00:00:01  1387kN
>>2.fxe4! Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.gxf4 Qxh2+ 5.Kf1 Qxf4+ 6.Kg1 Qg4+ 7.Kf2
>>  -+  (-1.59)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:02  1829kN
>>2.gxf4!
>>  -+  (-1.56)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:02  2186kN
>>2.gxf4! Qxf4 3.Kg1 exf3 4.Kf1 Bg4 5.Qd3+ Kh8 6.Qc3
>>  -+  (-1.53)   Depth: 9/27   00:00:03  2370kN
>>2.gxf4--
>>  -+  (-1.84)   Depth: 10/26   00:00:06  4523kN
>>2.gxf4-- Qxf4 3.Kg1 Rd6 4.Rg2 Qf6 5.Rd2 Bxf3 6.Qe3
>>  -+  (-1.87)   Depth: 10/26   00:00:06  4815kN
>>2.fxe4!
>>  -+  (-1.84)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:07  5719kN
>>2.g4!
>>  -+  (-1.81)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:11  8482kN
>>2.g4--
>>  -+  (-2.12)   Depth: 11/28   00:00:14  10717kN
>>2.g4-- e3 3.Rd1 Bg6 4.Kh3 Rxd4 5.Rxd4 e2 6.Qe1
>>  -+  (-2.31)   Depth: 11/28   00:00:16  12074kN
>>2.fxe4!
>>  -+  (-2.28)   Depth: 11/31   00:00:18  13565kN
>>2.fxe4 Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.Qd3+ Bg6 5.Qf3 Qxh2+ 6.Qg2 fxg3+ 7.Kf1 Rh5
>>  -+  (-2.41)   Depth: 12/35   00:00:46  33748kN
>>2.g4!
>>  -+  (-2.37)   Depth: 12/35   00:00:50  36499kN
>>2.g4! e3 3.Rd1 Bg6 4.Kh3 Rxd4
>>  -+  (-2.34)   Depth: 12/35   00:00:52  37934kN
>>2.g4--
>>  -+  (-2.66)   Depth: 13/32   00:01:24  61487kN
>>2.g4-- e3 3.Rd1 Bf7 4.Qc2+ Bg6 5.Qc4 e2 6.Re1 Rxd4 7.Rxe2 Qd6
>>  -+  (-2.72)   Depth: 13/36   00:01:38  71530kN
>>2.fxe4!
>>  -+  (-2.69)   Depth: 13/37   00:02:11  95269kN
>>2.fxe4! Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.Qd3+ Bg6 5.Qf3 Qxh2+ 6.Qg2 fxg3+ 7.Kf1 Rh5
>>  -+  (-2.62)   Depth: 13/38   00:02:38  114441kN
>>2.fxe4--
>>  -+  (-2.94)   Depth: 14/39   00:04:44  204688kN
>>2.fxe4-- Qxe4+ 3.Kf2 Qh1 4.Qd3+ Kh8 5.gxf4 Qxh2+ 6.Kf1 Qxf4+ 7.Ke1 Qh4+
>>  -+  (-4.19)   Depth: 14/41   00:09:44  406536kN
>>2.gxf4!
>>  -+  (-4.16)   Depth: 14/41   00:11:02  463509kN
>>2.gxf4! Qxf4 3.Kf1 e3 4.Re2 Bxf3 5.Rxe3 Bh1+ 6.Nf3 Rf5
>>  -+  (-3.62)   Depth: 14/41   00:12:06  505085kN
>>2.g4!
>>  -+  (-3.59)   Depth: 14/41   00:12:20  514401kN
>>2.g4! e3 3.Rd1 Bf7 4.b4 e2 5.Re1 Rxd4 6.Qc2+
>>  -+  (-2.66)   Depth: 14/41   00:13:25  557294kN
>>
>>(Blass, Tel-aviv 16.09.2001)
>>
>>The evidence suggests that Deep Fritz is going to find 1.f3
>>at depth 15.
>>
>>I do not say that the reasons are idntical to the reasons of
>>Deep blue.
>>
>>Uri
>>
>>Uri



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