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Subject: Re: Another test position

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 12:52:01 12/02/02

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On December 02, 2002 at 15:16:53, Uri Blass wrote:

>On December 02, 2002 at 14:23:03, Jeremiah Penery wrote:
>
>>On December 02, 2002 at 13:28:25, Steffen Basting wrote:
>>
>>>Hi!
>>>How long do your engines need to find Nc6! with a huge white advantage (at least
>>>+2)?
>>>[D] kb2r1qr/pp3b2/1p2p3/1Pn1pp1n/R2N2pP/1PN1BPP1/4PQB1/R4K2 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>Regards, Steffen
>>
>>A modified Crafty 18.15/19.1 sort of hybrid, with many additions, AthlonXP
>>1600MHz.  I get only about 275k NPS here.
>>
>>   7     1.01   0.36   1. Nxf5 exf5 2. Bxc5 Nxg3+ 3. Qxg3
>>                       bxc5 4. Rxa7+ Bxa7 5. f4
>>   7->   1.68   0.36   1. Nxf5 exf5 2. Bxc5 Nxg3+ 3. Qxg3
>>                       bxc5 4. Rxa7+ Bxa7 5. f4
>>   8     2.61     ++   1. Nxf5!!
>>   8     3.97   1.44   1. Nxf5 exf5 2. Bxc5 bxc5 3. Rxa7+
>>                       Bxa7 4. Qxc5 Nxg3+ 5. Kf2 Nh1+ 6. Bxh1
>>                       g3+ 7. Kg2 b6
>>   8     9.58   2.29   1. Nc6 bxc6 2. fxg4 e4 3. Rxa7+ Bxa7
>>                       4. Bxc5 bxc5 5. Rxa7+ Kxa7 6. gxh5
>
>So fast and not 1.Nc6 Nxa4
>Is it speculative score or agrresive threat or singular extensions that help in
>this position?
>
>I get even after Nc6 at 11,12 plies the following lines
>so movei probably needs at least depth 14 in the original position to find
>1.Nc6 with +2 score.
>
>depth=11 +1.32 c5a4 c3a4 b7c6 b5c6 b8d6 a4b6 a8b8 b6c4 d6c7 e3a7 b8c8 c4b6 c7b6
>a7b6 c8b8 c6c7 b8c8 a1a8 c8d7 f3g4 e8a8 g2a8
>Nodes: 21542228 NPS: 136420
>Time: 00:02:37.91
>depth=12 +0.00 c5a4 c3a4 b7c6 b5c6 b8c7 a4b6 c7b6 e3b6 g4f3 a1a7 a8b8 a7b7 b8c8
>b7c7 c8b8 c7b7
>Nodes: 47866431 NPS: 135957
>Time: 00:05:52.07
>depth=12 +0.00 c5a4 c3a4 b7c6 b5c6 b8c7 a4b6 c7b6 e3b6 g4f3 a1a7 a8b8 a7b7 b8c8
>b7c7 c8b8 c7b7
>Nodes: 156307601 NPS: 131313
>Time: 00:19:50.34
>
>Uri

Even depth 13 after Nc6 is not enough for latest movei to see more than +2 for
white so I guess that it needs at least depth 15 from the root position that may
mean many hours.

depth=13 -1.85 c5a4 c3a4 b7c6 b5c6 b8c7 a4b6 c7b6 e3b6 h5g3 f2g3 e8e7 c6c7 a8b7
f3g4 b7b6 g3e3 b6c7 a1a7 c7d8 e3b6 d8c8 a7a8 c8d7 a8g8 h8g8
Nodes: 314049824 NPS: 132147
Time: 00:39:36.51

Uri



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