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Subject: Re: Easy & Hard

Author: Leen Ammeraal

Date: 01:04:33 07/26/02

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On July 26, 2002 at 00:54:10, Slater Wold wrote:

>[D]8/pR4pk/1b2p3/2p3p1/N1p5/7P/PP1r2P1/6K1 b - - 0 31
>
>The only move to make here is Rxb2.  The win is only about 10 moves away, and
>while some programs I tested find Rxb2, none have an impressive score.  And
>that's *if* they find it.
>
>
>[D]8/pR4pk/1b5p/2p5/N1p2P2/6P1/PP1r2P1/6K1 b - - 0 29
>
>Same position.  Only slightly deeper.  No program I tested can find Rxb2.

Using the following epd file and epd2wb, Queen 2.29 could quickly
find Rxb2 in even the hard problem version:

8/pR4pk/1b5p/2p5/N1p2P2/6P1/PP1r2P1/6K1 b - - bm Rxb2; id "passedpawn-hard";

(However, Queen did not find a very high score, as it did
with the easy problem version.)

Epd2Wb, Release 02

Engine:         q229
Suite:          rxb2hard.epd
Time per move:  20 seconds
Language:       English (PNBRQK)
Engine uses ...
    "analyze":  No
    "white" &
      "black":  Yes
    "ping":     Yes
    "setboard": Yes
    "usermove": No
Try "st":       No

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Id:  passedpawn-hard
Fen: 8/pR4pk/1b5p/2p5/N1p2P2/6P1/PP1r2P1/6K1 b - - 0 1
Bm:  Rxb2

no    1         0   -125            2 d2d4
no    1         0    -79            5 d2d3
no    1         0    -28            7 d2d6
no    2         0    -50           52 d2d6 a4c3
no    2         0    -45          122 d2d1 g1f2 d1d6
no    2         0    -44          187 c4c3 b2c3
no    3        10    -43          312 c4c3 b2c3 d2d6
no    3        10    -34          602 d2d6 g1f2 h7g6
no    4        10    -50         1285 d2d6 g1f2 d6d2 f2f3 d2d3 f3f2
no    4        10    -44         2736 h7g6 g1f1 d2d6 a4c3
no    5        10    -32         7422 h7g6 g3g4 d2d6 f4f5 g6f6 a4c3
no    6        20    -53        16240 h7g6 g3g4 d2d6 g1f2 g6f6 a4c3
no    6        40    -50        36194 d2d1 g1f2 h6h5 b7e7 d1d2 f2f3 c4c3 e7e2
no    6        60    -46        47430 h6h5 g1h2 h7g6 h2h3 d2d6 a4c3
no    7        90    -44        79475 h6h5 b7b8 d2d1 g1f2 d1d2 f2f1 d2d6 b8b7
                                      h7g6
no    8       200    -43       184854 h6h5 b7b8 b6c7 b8c8 c7d6 c8a8 c4c3 b2c3
yes   8       230    +28       226685 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1f2
yes   9       250    +16       254552 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1f2
                                      h7h8
yes  10       310    +30       329960 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1f2
                                      b6b5 f2e3
yes  11       410    +18       468018 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1f2
                                      b6b5 f2e3 h7h8
yes  12       670    +47       813321 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1f2
                                      c5c4 d3c1 h7h8 c1e2
yes  13      1020    -13      1344870 d2b2 a4b2 c4c3 b7b6 a7b6 b2d3 c3c2 g1h2
                                      c5c4 d3c1 g7g5 c1e2 g5f4

Result:   Success
Found in: 230 ms (00:00:00.230)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Results:

<Sec Solved Total
---- ------ ------
   1      1      1

1 problem solved.
0 problems unsolved.


Leen Ammeraal




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