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Subject: Re: interesting position

Author: Dan Newman

Date: 03:10:21 06/12/00

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On June 09, 2000 at 10:10:32, Jon Dart wrote:

>This is from a recent ICC game:
>
>[D] 4r1k1/p4ppp/1pq1P3/3p1PPP/3B1Q2/P4NK1/8/3n4 b - -
>
>How long does your program take to avoid fxe6 and play Qb7?
>Arasan takes about 3:30 and Crafty about 2:18 on a fast
>PC (Athlon 750). fxe6 fails low several times but it takes
>quite a while before the programs really see the danger.
>
>--Jon

Here's what Shrike gets on a PIII/500:

 3>     357     0.01      1826 fxe6 g6 exf5 Qxf5
 4-     339     0.02      6175 fxe6 g6 exf5 Qxf5
 4.     323     0.03      9284 fxe6 fxe6 Qxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qd4+ Kf7 Qxd1
 4>     323     0.03     10441 fxe6 fxe6 Qxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qd4+ Kf7 Qxd1
 5.     323     0.06     18461 fxe6 fxe6 Qxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qd4+ Kf7 Qxd1
 5>     323     0.08     24697 fxe6 fxe6 Qxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qd4+ Kf7 Qxd1
 6-     305     0.32     75657 fxe6 fxe6 Qxe6 Bxg7 Kxg7 Qd4+ Kf7 Qxd1
 6.     214     0.37     93687 fxe6 Qe5 Qd7 h6 exf5 Qxg7+ Qxg7 hxg7 a6
 6>     214     1.07    259356 fxe6 Qe5 Qd7 h6 exf5 Qxg7+ Qxg7 hxg7 a6
 7-     196     2.02    614319 fxe6 Qe5 Qd7 h6 exf5 Qxg7+ Qxg7 hxg7 a6
 7.      85     2.29    716371 fxe6 f6 Rc8 fxg7 Nc3 Qe5 Qc7 Qxc7 Rxc7
 7>      85     3.48   1176111 fxe6 f6 Rc8 fxg7 Nc3 Qe5 Qc7 Qxc7 Rxc7
 8.      88     3.79   1296795 fxe6 f6 Rc8 fxg7 Nc3 Qe3 a6 Qe5 Qc7
 8>      88     5.62   1996798 fxe6 f6 Rc8 fxg7 Nc3 Qe3 a6 Qe5 Qc7
 9-      70    15.58   5729405 fxe6 f6 Rc8 fxg7 Nc3 Qe3 a6 Qe5 Qc7
 9.      46    17.87   6718218 fxe6 f6 Qb7 fxg7 Rc8 g6 Qe7 Qd2 Qc7+ Be5
                               Qc2
 9.      59    26.66  10106119 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 Bxe3 Re4 Qd6 Kxg7 h6+
                               Kh8
 9>      59    29.32  11064119 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 Bxe3 Re4 Qd6 Kxg7 h6+
                               Kh8
10.      58    33.24  12574348 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 Bxe3 Kxg7 h6+ Kg8 Bd4
                               a6 Qf5
10>      58     1:00  23006375 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 Bxe3 Kxg7 h6+ Kg8 Bd4
                               a6 Qf5
11.      54     1:35  36325549 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 h6 Nc4 a4 b5 axb5
                               Re4 Qf5 Qxb5
11>      54     3:39  82786770 Qb7 f6 Rxe6 fxg7 Ne3 h6 Nc4 a4 b5 axb5
                               Re4 Qf5 Qxb5
12.      38     6:27 147662981 Qb7 Qc1 fxe6 f6 Qb8+ Be5 Qc8 Qxd1 gxf6 gxf6
                               Qa6 Bb2 Qb5 Bd4
12>      38    11:13 256342932 Qb7 Qc1 fxe6 f6 Qb8+ Be5 Qc8 Qxd1 gxf6 gxf6
                               Qa6 Bb2 Qb5 Bd4
13-      20    31:59 729051498 Qb7 Qc1 fxe6 f6 Qb8+ Be5 Qc8 Qxd1 gxf6 gxf6
                               Qa6 Bb2 Qb5 Bd4
13.       7    39:00 890453983 Qb7 h6 fxe6 f6 gxh6 Ne5 Re7 gxh6 Rc7 Qg4+
                               Kf8 Qxd1 Qb8 Kg4
13>       7  1:10:41 1605466487 Qb7 h6 fxe6 f6 gxh6 Ne5 Re7 gxh6 Rc7 Qg4+
                               Kf8 Qxd1 Qb8 Kg4

It gets Qb7 in under 27 seconds, but the score seems to be dropping as it
gets deeper...

-Dan.



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