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Subject: Re: To NON-believers in EGTB benefits... (your analysis is wrong)

Author: enrico carrisco

Date: 23:42:11 11/20/05

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On November 21, 2005 at 02:38:15, Uri Blass wrote:

>On November 20, 2005 at 22:42:02, enrico carrisco wrote:
>
>>Let's take a simple KRK ending...
>>
>>[D]8/2k5/8/3R4/8/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Now let's run it through some of our favorite new and old engines without using
>>any egtb's... (i.e. engine's knowledge of the ending only.)
>>
>>8/2k5/8/3R4/8/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
>
><snipped>
>>Now let's use Fruit 2.2.1 in the same conditions (no egtb):
>>
>>8/2k5/8/3R4/8/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by Fruit 2.2.1:
>>
>>1.Ke3
>>  +-  (5.45)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
>>1.Ke3 Kc6
>>  +-  (5.57)   Depth: 2/2   00:00:00
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Ke4
>>  +-  (5.45)   Depth: 3/4   00:00:00
>>1.Kg3 Kb7 2.Kf4
>>  +-  (5.55)   Depth: 3/6   00:00:00
>>1.Kg3 Kb7 2.Kf4 Kc6
>>  +-  (5.58)   Depth: 4/6   00:00:00
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Ke4 Kc7
>>  +-  (5.76)   Depth: 4/6   00:00:00
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Ke4 Kc7 3.Rc5+ Kd6
>>  +-  (5.57)   Depth: 5/8   00:00:00
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Kb7
>>  +-  (5.85)   Depth: 6/10   00:00:00  13kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rd6+ Kb5 4.Rg6 Kb4 5.Rb6+ Ka4
>>  +-  (5.89)   Depth: 7/11   00:00:00  58kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rd6+ Kb5 4.Rg6 Kb4 5.Rb6+ Ka5
>>  +-  (5.89)   Depth: 8/13   00:00:01  238kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rd7 Kb5 4.Rd6 Kb4 5.Rb6+ Ka5
>>  +-  (5.89)   Depth: 9/14   00:00:01  972kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Ke5 Kc7 4.Rc5+ Kd7 5.Rc1 Ke7 6.Rc7+ Kd8
>>  +-  (6.25)   Depth: 10/18   00:00:01  3671kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Ke5 Kc7 4.Rb5 Kd7 5.Rc5 Ke7 6.Rc7+ Kd8
>>  +-  (6.25)   Depth: 11/19   00:00:05  13571kN
>>1.Rh5 Kd6 2.Ke3 Ke6 3.Kd4 Kd6 4.Rh6+ Ke7 5.Rc6 Ke8 6.Rc7 Kd8
>>  +-  (6.26)   Depth: 11/20   00:00:18  48869kN
>>1.Rh5 Kd6 2.Ke2 Kd7 3.Kd3 Kc6 4.Rh6+ Kc7 5.Rg6 Kb8 6.Rg7 Kc8 7.Kd4
>>  +-  (6.14)   Depth: 12/20   00:00:28  77398kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Ke4 Kc7 3.Ke5 Kc6 4.Ke6 Kc7 5.Rd6 Kc8 6.Rd7 Kb8
>>  +-  (6.33)   Depth: 12/20   00:00:30  83851kN
>>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Kb7 4.Ke5 Ka7 5.Rc6 Kb8 6.Rc4 Ka8 7.Rc7
>>  +-  (6.45)   Depth: 13/22   00:01:43  279150kN
>
>Something is wrong in your analysis
>

This is interesting.  What size hash did you use?  I assume your settings are
default.

I just re-checked it and I am getting the same analysis.

-elc.


>I ger the following analysis with fruit2.2.1 with no tablebases
>
>New game,
>8/2k5/8/3R4/8/8/5K2/8 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Fruit 2.2.1:
>
>1.Ke3
>  +-  (5.45)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
>1.Ke3 Kc6
>  +-  (5.57)   Depth: 2/4   00:00:00
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Ke4
>  +-  (5.45)   Depth: 3/4   00:00:00
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Ke4 Kc6
>  +-  (5.67)   Depth: 4/6   00:00:00
>1.Ke3 Kb7 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Ke4
>  +-  (5.55)   Depth: 5/8   00:00:00
>1.Ke3 Kb7 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Ke4 Kb6
>  +-  (5.76)   Depth: 6/10   00:00:00  9kN
>1.Ke3 Kb7 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Rc5+ Kd6 4.Re5 Kc6
>  +-  (5.67)   Depth: 7/10   00:00:00  25kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Ke5 Kb6 4.Kd6 Ka6
>  +-  (5.75)   Depth: 8/12   00:00:00  61kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Rc5+ Kd6 4.Rc3 Ke6 5.Rf3 Kd6 6.Rf6+ Kd7
>  +-  (5.67)   Depth: 9/14   00:00:01  105kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rc5 Kb7 5.Kb5 Kb8
>  +-  (5.79)   Depth: 10/16   00:00:01  203kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rd6+ Kc7 5.Kc5 Kb7 6.Rg6 Kc8
>  +-  (5.87)   Depth: 11/16   00:00:01  302kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rd6+ Kc7 5.Kc5 Kb8 6.Rd7 Kc8 7.Rg7
>  +-  (6.04)   Depth: 12/18   00:00:01  418kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rd6+ Kc7 5.Kc5 Kb7 6.Rd7+ Kc8 7.Kd6 Kb8 8.Ke5
>  +-  (6.23)   Depth: 13/20   00:00:01  736kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rd6+ Kb7 5.Kb5 Kc7 6.Kc5 Kb7 7.Rd7+ Kc8 8.Kc6
>Kb8
>  +-  (6.23)   Depth: 14/20   00:00:01  975kN
>1.Ke3 Kb6 2.Kd4 Kc6 3.Kc4 Kb6 4.Rc5 Ka7 5.Kb5 Kb7 6.Rc6 Ka7 7.Rc7+ Ka8 8.Rd7 Kb8
>  +-  (6.26)   Depth: 15/22   00:00:01  1401kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Ke5 Kb7 5.Kd5 Kb6 6.Kd6 Kb7 7.Rc6 Kb8 8.Rc7 Ka8
>  +-  (6.55)   Depth: 16/24   00:00:02  4852kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Ke5 Kb7 5.Kd5 Kb6 6.Kd6 Kb7 7.Rb5+ Ka6 8.Kc6 Ka7
>9.Ra5+ Kb8 10.Ra4 Kc8 11.Ra8#
>  +-  (#11)   Depth: 17/24   00:00:03  5509kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Ke5 Kb7 5.Kd5 Kb6 6.Kd6 Kb7 7.Rb5+ Ka6 8.Kc6 Ka7
>9.Ra5+ Kb8 10.Ra4 Kc8 11.Ra8#
>  +-  (#11)   Depth: 18/24   00:00:04  5858kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Ke5 Kb7 5.Kd5 Kb6 6.Kd6 Kb7 7.Rb5+ Ka6 8.Kc6 Ka7
>9.Ra5+ Kb8 10.Ra4 Kc8 11.Ra8#
>  +-  (#11)   Depth: 19/24   00:00:05  6374kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Ke5 Kb7 5.Kd5 Kb6 6.Kd6 Kb7 7.Rb5+ Ka6 8.Kc6 Ka7
>9.Ra5+ Kb8 10.Ra4 Kc8 11.Ra8#
>  +-  (#11)   Depth: 20/24   00:00:05  7177kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Kc4 Kb6 5.Kb4 Ka6 6.Rb5 Ka7 7.Ka5 Ka8 8.Kb6 Kb8
>9.Rc5 Ka8 10.Rc8#
>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 21/24   00:00:05  7840kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Kc4 Kb6 5.Kb4 Ka6 6.Rb5 Ka7 7.Ka5 Ka8 8.Kb6 Kb8
>9.Rc5 Ka8 10.Rc8#
>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 22/24   00:00:06  8658kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Kc4 Kb6 5.Kb4 Ka6 6.Rb5 Ka7 7.Ka5 Ka8 8.Kb6 Kb8
>9.Rc5 Ka8 10.Rc8#
>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 23/24   00:00:07  9594kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Kc4 Kb6 5.Kb4 Ka6 6.Rb5 Ka7 7.Ka5 Ka8 8.Kb6 Kb8
>9.Rc5 Ka8 10.Rc8#
>  +-  (#10)   Depth: 24/24   00:00:07  10573kN
>1.Ke3 Kc6 2.Kd4 Kb6 3.Rc5 Ka6 4.Kc4 Kb6 5.Kb4 Ka6 6.Rb5 Ka7 7.Ka5 Ka8 8.Kb6 Kb8



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