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Subject: Re: Simple quad-opteron test

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 13:22:27 12/03/03

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On December 03, 2003 at 15:54:45, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On December 03, 2003 at 14:59:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>=====================10 seconds per position========================
>>test results summary:
>>
>>total positions searched..........         300
>>number right......................         299
>
>That's really impressive, even considering the fast hardware.  The last
>time I tried, I got 289/300 at 1 second/position, 293/300 at 3 seconds,
>294/300 at 5 seconds, 295/300 at 10 seconds, and 298/300 at 20 seconds.
>
>The remaining two positions, number 100 and 230, are *never* solved.
>I can let my program analyse for hours, but it still doesn't find
>the solutions.  In both positions, it thinks it is winning, but
>never finds the right moves.

I have gotten 230 in the past, but when I made some passed pawn changes of
some sort, it went away.  But even back then it took several minutes to choose
the rook toss...


>
>In number 100, Gothmog switches back and forth between Be3 and Kb3, both
>with a score around +4.  In number 230, it plays Rh7 with a score around
>+3.3.

Be3 is a known cook solution in number 100.  That or the pawn move wins,
anything else draws.

I get Rh7 myself for 230.  That is the only one the current version
misses..


>
>What tricks do you use which helps you solve WAC100 and/or WAC230?
>
>And, I *REALLY* hope you're *NOT* planning to use that machine at CCT6,
>because I'm probably going to be there with my PIV 2.4 GHz, searching
>less than 200 kn/s ...   :-)
>
>Tord



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