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Subject: Re: Tough solution

Author: Vincent Lejeune

Date: 15:24:54 01/14/98

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On January 14, 1998 at 18:07:45, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>On January 14, 1998 at 16:53:06, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>I've red a book chess problem, and find the following position :
>>
>>[Event "?"]
>>[Site "?"]
>>[Date "??.??.????"]
>>[Round "?"]
>>[White "W"]
>>[Black "B"]
>>[Result "*"]
>>[WhiteElo "?"]
>>[BlackElo "?"]
>>[FEN "8/7p/6pP/k4pP1/b1p1pP2/KpPpP3/1P1P4/7Q w - - 0 1"]
>>
>>
>>and the book say :
>>
>>If it's white to moves, black are in zugzwang because after :
>>1.Qd1 B moves 2.Qxc3 cxb3 3.Kxd3 , the 2 passed pawn win for white !!!
>>I don't understand everything in the position (and I don't blame who
>>don't understand like me ;)  ).
>>
>>I look for someone who can analyse this position with a strong chess
>>program...
>>
>
>Well, don't know about the "strong", but here's my program's analysis.
>
>K2 1/13/98 0.19
>Type ? for help.
>Transposition table:  Entries=100K Size=6400K
>Pawn transposition table:  Entries=31K Size=2000K
>? set time 60
>? test solve ../tests/testone.ci
>60 seconds per problem.
>lejeune
>Qd1
>
>white
>. . . . . . . .
>. . . . . . . p
>. . . . . . p P
>k . . . . p P .
>b . p . p P . .
>K p P p P . . .
>. P . P . . . .
>. . . . . . . Q
>
>Phase = Middlegame, Target search time = 60 sec, Root score = 442
> 1+    0.0    697         3      Qh4
> 1.    0.0    603        17      Qh4
> 2-    0.1    431        56      Qh4
> 2&    0.1    426        64      Qh4 Kb5
> 2&    0.1    427        78      Qc1 Kb5
> 2.    0.1    431        86      Qd1 Kb5
> 3+    0.1    697       161      Qd1
> 3.    0.1    603       202      Qd1 Kb5 Qa1
> 4-    0.1    446       266      Qd1
> 4.    0.1    446       311      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5
> 5+    0.1    697       531      Qd1
> 5.    0.1    603       706      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
> 6-    0.1    431       915      Qd1
> 6&    0.1    430      1160      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5
> 6.    0.1    430      1414      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
>Qa1
> 7&    0.2    430      1699      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
>Qa1
> 7.    0.2    430      1942      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
>Qa1
> 8&    0.2    434      2571      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
> 8.    0.2    434      2884      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
> 9&    0.2    434      3271      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
> 9.    0.2    434      3688      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qf1
>10&    0.3    430      4817      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
>Qa1
>10.    0.4    430     11420      Qd1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qf1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qe1 Kb5
>Qa1
>11+    0.9    507     27335      Qd1
>11.    1.0    503     30122      Qd1 Kb5 Qf1 Ka5 Qh1 Kb5 Qa1 Ka5 Qh1
>12-    2.2    427     70920      Qd1
>12&    2.3    425     72688      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba6 Qf1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
>Qb1
>                                 Ka5 Qa1
>12.    2.3    425     72756      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba6 Qf1 Kb5 Qe1 Ka5 Qa1 Kb5
>Qb1
>                                 Ka5 Qa1
>13&    2.8    430     92382      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Ba4 Qf1 Bb5 Qe1 Be8
>Qa1
>                                 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5 Qa1
>13.    2.9    430     98266      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Ba4 Qf1 Bb5 Qe1 Be8
>Qa1
>                                 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5 Qa1
>14&    3.4    430    116144      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
>Qe1
>                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5
>14.    6.6    430    214074      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
>Qe1
>                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Bb5
>15&    8.2    430    277129      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
>Qe1
>                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8 Qa1
>15.   19.7    430    710557      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qe1 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7
>Qe1
>                                 Bb5 Qf1 Be8 Qa1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8 Qa1
>16&   23.8    430    855943      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Be8 Qf1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8
>Qb1
>                                 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1
>16.   41.3    430   1430961      Qd1 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Be8 Qf1 Bd7 Qe1 Be8
>Qb1
>                                 Bb5 Qa1 Ba4 Qh1 Bb5 Qa1
>17&   49.1    430   1722280      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
>Qb1
>                                 Bb5
>17.   54.6    430   1930188      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
>Qb1
>                                 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qb1 Bb5
>18.   60.0    430   2144013      Qd1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4 Qb1 Bb5 Qe1 Bd7 Qa1 Ba4
>Qb1
>                                 Bb5 Qa1 Be8 Qb1 Bb5
>
>My move is : Qd1
>Time = 60.0 Rate=35730 Nodes=[1536201/607812/2144013]
>Eval=431520 RptCnt=11112 NullCut=100569
>Extensions: Check=151557 Recapture=15205 Pawn=135 OneMove=0
>            Threat=0 DeepSearch=0 Mate=0
>Material=[1600/1000] Worst=[-1080/97]
>Hash: Success=26% Collision=66%
>Hash Counts: ReadHits=446157, ReadProbes=1658921, WriteColl=326019,
>WriteTries=493572
>Pawn Hash: Success=98% Collision=12%
>Pawn Counts: ReadHits=853541, ReadProbes=862338, WriteColl=1095,
>WriteTries=8797
>
>black
>. . . . . . . .
>. . . . . . . p
>. . . . . . p P
>k . . . . p P .
>b . p . p P . .
>K p P p P . . .
>. P . P . . . .
>. . . Q . . . .
>
>+++  Qd1 Qd1
>
>Correct so far: 1 Total problems: 1 Percent: 100%
>
>********* Grand totals **********
>Time = 60.0 Rate=35730 Nodes=[1536201/607812/2144013]
>EvalCnt=431520 RptCnt=11112 NullCut=100569
>Extensions: Check=151557 Recapture=15205 Pawn=135 OneMove=0
>            Threat=0 DeepSearch=0 Mate=0
>Hash: Success=26% Collision=66%
>Pawn Hash: Success=98% Collision=12%


So your program don't make any progress in the position !?



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