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Subject: Re: An interesting position - what do your programs think of this?

Author: William Bryant

Date: 21:23:29 06/30/99

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On June 30, 1999 at 20:03:45, Will Singleton wrote:

>On June 30, 1999 at 17:43:02, Peter Kappler wrote:
>
>>
>>Grok finds Rxd5 in 20 seconds, with a score of +1.1  At 30 seconds the score
>>jumps to +3.7.  (Running on a P2-350)
>>
>>--Peter
>
>
>That's an impressive result by Grok.  Are you using the single-reply extension?
>If so, could you run it without it?
>
>Amateur takes 1 min 40 sec, 9 ply, +4.22.  Too long!  Good position for us
>amateurs, but the commercials get these types real quick.
>
>Will

Will, how long to find the move in the first place?

 With only minimal extensions, I can find the move in 34 seconds, but take 2:35
seconds before my score jumps to +4.  Enabling just the one-reply extension and
legal move generation (vs. pseudo-legal move generation) does not improve the
score in this position for my program.

William
wbryant@ix.netcom.com

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New Board Position
4k3/1p4p1/2pbP2p/2Rn4/8/r2P2Pq/4QP1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 30
Move 1 W>>
PLY     NODES     TIME   SCORE  PV
____________________________________________
  5     79048     0:01   +0.52  Rc4 Qf5 d4 Qd3 Qh5+ g6
  6    247052     0:04   +0.44  Rc4 Qf5 Qe4 g6 Rb1 Ra7
  7   1692114     0:31   +0.62  Rc4 g5 Qb2 Ra7 Qg7 Be7 Qh8+ Bf8
  7   1849538     0:34   +0.81  Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Be7 Qf7+ Kd8 Qg8+ Kc7 Qxg7
  8   2935560     0:53   +1.26  Rxd5 cxd5 Qb2 Kf8 Qxb7 Kg8 Qxd5 Ra6
  9   8055309     2:35   +4.21  Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Bf4 Qxd5 Bd6 Qxd6
  9   8880012     3:00   +4.21  Rxd5 cxd5 Qf3 Bf4 Qxd5 Bd6 Qxd6
     Total Search Time: 3:00
     Move: Rxd5



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