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Subject: Re: Crafty Bug?

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 02:06:31 08/14/02

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On August 14, 2002 at 03:22:54, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 14, 2002 at 01:01:57, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>White(1): setboard 8/8/3pR1P1/2k5/8/1p1b4/7K/8 b - - 0 67
>>Black(1): go
>>end-game phase
>>              clearing hash tables
>>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 3:00 (3:00)
>>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>>starting thread 1
>>         (4)    8->   0.39   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (3)    9     0.48   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (4)    9->   0.73   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (3)   10     0.97   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (4)   10->   1.67   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (3)   11     1.70   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (4)   11->   3.55   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (3)   12     3.55   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (4)   12->   7.45   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>         (3)   13     7.53   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>               13    21.12     ++   1. ... b2!!
>>               13->   2:49  -0.38   1. ... b26
>>              time=3:00  cpu=307%  mat=1  n=242037717  fh=94%  nps=1342k
>>              ext-> chk=29936339 cap=78644 pp=227271 1rep=1144737 mate=32723
>>              predicted=0  nodes=242037717  evals=21110434
>>              endgame tablebase-> probes done=239240  successful=53187
>>              SMP->  split=778  stop=81  data=9/32  cpu=9:13  elap=3:00
>>
>>Black(1): b2
>>              time used:   3:00
>>
>>#1 - You should see b2 wins pretty much immediatly.  Sure, 21.12 seconds isn't
>>bad, but imagine this on a PIII 600!  -0.38 isn't very convincing either.
>
>I disagree.
>
>seeing that b2 is winning is not an easy task for programs.
>
>Here is some analysis on p850
>with part of the tablebases(including KR vs KPP)
>
>Junior7 could not see it in a minute(I stopped it so I do not know if it is
>faster than Crafty) when Deep Fritz also needed time
>(faster than Crafty but Crafty is only an amateur)
>
>My crafty also needs depth 14 to find it under chessbase gui
>and I do not find that amateurs like Comet are better and
>at least CometB27 that is not very old
>could not find it in 3 minutes when Crafty could do it.

>>#3 - Any reason you can see why Crafty would take *forver* (even after this
>>move) to see the win?
>
>The win is not simple without the relevant knowledge
>that most programs do not have.

Hossa 1.150:

8 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black: Hossa v1.151 (C) 0
7 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black material: 5.21
6 |   |   |   |=P=| R |   | P |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
5 |   |   |=K=|   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black to move
4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 8/8/3pR1P1/2k5/8/1p1b4/7K/8 b
3 |   |=P=|   |=B=|   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White material: 6.07
2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | K |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White: opponent 0
1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
3> analyze
    1    +0.49    0.00        2 1... b2
   <1>   +0.49    0.00       21 1... b2
    2    +0.14    0.01      132 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7
   <2>   +0.14    0.01      199 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7
    3    +0.12    0.01      532 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1
   <3>   +0.12    0.04      698 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1
!   4    +0.54    0.05     1403 1... b2
!   4    +0.94    0.06     2563 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.g7g8Q h7xg8
   <4>   +0.94    0.10     3432 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.g7g8Q h7xg8
?   5    -0.01    0.48    11956 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3
   <5>   -0.01    0.59    15162 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3
!   6    +0.41    0.74    19660 1... b2
!   6    +1.20    0.80    25851 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8
   <6>   +1.20    0.87    29562 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8
    7    +0.94    1.11    42373 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8 5.Kg3
   <7>   +0.94    1.54    58226 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8 5.Kg3
!   8    +1.36    2.24    93518 1... b2
!   8    +3.41    2.76   131545 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1e3 Kd2 6.e3b3
   <8>   +3.41    2.84   135887 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1e3 Kd2 6.e3b3
    9    +3.09    6.26   297443 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 h7g8 6.Ke4
   <9>   +3.09    7.20   332571 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 h7g8 6.Ke4
   10    +3.35   12.74   616931 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 Kc2 6.e1e2 Kb3
                                7.e2e3 Ka2
  <10>   +3.35   15.11   777543 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 Kc2 6.e1e2 Kb3
                                7.e2e3 Ka2
   11    +3.35   40.31  2823617 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1h1 h7g8 6.Kf4 Kc2
                                7.h1h2 Kc3
  <11>   +3.35   58.08  3751282 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1h1 h7g8 6.Kf4 Kc2
                                7.h1h2 Kc3

Greetings,
Steffen.



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