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Subject: Re: Simple quad-opteron test

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 23:27:35 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.
>
>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.

Hiarcs 9,5 best moves after 8h of thinking on an AMD barton 2800+ :
WAC.230
2b5/1r6/2kBp1p1/p2pP1P1/2pP4/1pP3K1/1R3P2/8 b - - 0 1

Analysis by Hiarcs 9:

1. -+ (-1.82): 1...Th7 2.Tb1 a4 3.Fa3 Th5 4.f4
2. -+ (-1.82): 1...a4 2.Fa3 Th7 3.Tb1 Th5 4.f4
3. -+ (-1.82): 1...Tf7 2.Fa3 Th7 3.Tb1 Th5 4.f4 a4 5.Ta1 Fb7 6.Fb2 Rb5 7.Te1 Th8
8.Rg2
4. -+ (-1.82): 1...Tg7 2.Fa3 Th7 3.Tb1 Th5 4.f4 a4 5.Ta1 Fb7 6.Fb2 Rb5 7.Te1 Th8
8.Rg2
5. -+ (-1.82): 1...Td7 2.Fa3 Th7 3.Tb1 Th5 4.f4 a4 5.Ta1 Fb7 6.Fb2 Rb5 7.Te1 Th8
8.Rg2


>
>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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