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Subject: Re: Arasan finds a new WAC bust

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:04:25 09/15/04

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On September 15, 2004 at 19:48:37, Will Singleton wrote:

>On September 15, 2004 at 19:25:41, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>They are not exactly news anymore.  Anyway -- the score for Qf1+ always seemed
>>so convincing before that I considered the alternate Qd1+ to be so inferior that
>>it was not worthy of a bust.  But a devastating advantage of 17 pawns pretty
>>well signals a win, I think.
>>
>>[D]6k1/p5p1/5p2/2P2Q2/3pN2p/3PbK1P/7P/6q1 b - - bm Qf1+; id "WAC.111";
>>
>>E:\programme\winboard\Arasan>testsrc -v -t 999 -H 350000 111.epd
>>"WAC.111"
>>ply 1.  Qxh2    0 seconds.      score:  +1.36   2 nodes.
>>ply 1.  Qxh2    0 seconds.      score:  +1.77   32 nodes.
>>ply 2.  Qf1+    0 seconds.      score:  +1.91   87 nodes.
>>ply 2.  Qd1+    0 seconds.      score:  +2.27   98 nodes.
>>ply 2.  Qd1+    0 seconds.      score:  +2.27   217 nodes.
>>ply 2.  Qd1+    0 seconds.      score:  +1.94   403 nodes.
>>ply 3.  Qd1+    0 seconds.      score:  +1.94   1004 nodes.
>>ply 4.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +1.77   5070 nodes.
>>ply 5.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +1.84   15095 nodes.
>>ply 6.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +2.34   25565 nodes.
>>ply 6.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +6.44   28698 nodes.
>>ply 7.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +6.94   29046 nodes.
>>ply 7.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +7.56   33095 nodes.
>>ply 8.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +7.81   50121 nodes.
>>ply 9.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +8.31   51348 nodes.
>>ply 9.  Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +8.45   86277 nodes.
>>ply 10. Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +8.80   203409 nodes.
>>ply 11. Qd1+    1 seconds.      score:  +9.30   210955 nodes.
>>ply 11. Qd1+    2 seconds.      score:  +9.42   486838 nodes.
>>ply 12. Qd1+    3 seconds.      score:  +9.80   1118739 nodes.
>>ply 13. Qd1+    5 seconds.      score: +10.11   2975827 nodes.
>>ply 14. Qd1+    5 seconds.      score: +10.61   3092568 nodes.
>>ply 14. Qd1+    14 seconds.     score: +11.03   9842234 nodes.
>>ply 15. Qd1+    31 seconds.     score: +11.23   24902293 nodes.
>>ply 16. Qd1+    78 seconds.     score: +11.61   68710668 nodes.
>>ply 17. Qd1+    81 seconds.     score: +12.11   71174244 nodes.
>>ply 17. Qd1+    217 seconds.    score: +12.44   191891996 nodes.
>>ply 18. Qd1+    222 seconds.    score: +12.94   195880805 nodes.
>>ply 18. Qd1+    662 seconds.    score: +16.86   559877434 nodes.
>>ply 19. Qd1+    999 seconds.    score: +16.86   854738444 nodes.
>>855577 nodes/second.
>>572442064 regular nodes, 282296380 quiescence nodes.
>>570363667 searches of hash table, 303209570 successful (53 percent).
>>10937500 hash entries inserted, 57243447 entries replaced, 296346264 inserts
>>failed.
>>move ordering: 1st 98.142% 2nd 1.22517% 3rd 0.263888% 4th 0.0570437%
>>null cutoffs: 6986245 (0%)
>>pruning: 1569422013 moves (futility), 79172316 nodes (razored)
>>extensions: 444457580 check, 994594 recapture, 0 capture,
>>            14120701 pawn, 205350 threat, 10399675 forced move.
>>0 tablebase probes, 0 tablebase hits
>>result: Qd1+    999 seconds.    score:+16.86    854738444 nodes.        ** error
>>Qd1+ Kg2 Qg1+ Kf3 Qf1+ Kg4 Qe2+ Kxh4 g5+ Kg3 Bf4+ Qxf4 gxf4+ Kxf4 Qf1+ Kg4 f5+
>>Kg5 fxe4 dxe4 d3 h4 d2 h5 d1=Q h6 Qc1+ Kh5 Kh7 e5
>
>I don't think so.  All Qd1 does is force the king to move twice before Qf1 is
>played.

It's not a transposition.




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