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Subject: Re: interesting example of a successful attack

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:02:57 01/08/01

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On January 07, 2001 at 23:08:45, Jon Dart wrote:

>Here is an interesting example of a successful attack by a human
>against a computer:
>
>[Event "?"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "2001.01.07"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "realpravo"]
>[Black "Arasan 6.0"]
>[Result "1-0"]
>[ECO "A08"]
>[WhiteElo "2164"]
>[BlackElo "2561"]
>[TimeControl "300+8"]
>
>1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O
>Nge7 8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. c3 Bb7 12. Nf1 Qb8 13. h4
>Nf5 14. g4 Nh6 15. Bh3 a5 16. Bg5 Kh8 17. Ng3 a4 18. h5 Ng8 19. h6
>Nxh6 20. d4 Ng8 21. Be3 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qc7 23. Kg2 a3 24. b3 Rfc8
>25. Rac1 Ba6 26. Qd2 Qe7 27. Ng5 Qd7 28. f4 Bf8 29. f5 Bb4 30. Qf2
>Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Rc7 32. f6 Nb4 33. Ne2 Nd3 34. Qh4 Nxe1+ 35. Kg3 h6
>36. Ne4 g5 37. Bxg5 Nf3 38. Kxf3 dxe4+ 39. Kg2 Kh7
>40. Bxh6 Nxf6 41. Bg5+ Nh5 1-0 {ArasanX resigns}
>
>The crucial position seems to be at Black's move 40:
>
>[D] r5nk/2rq1p2/bp2pP1p/4P1B1/3Pp1PQ/pP5B/P3N1K1/8 b - -
>
>Here any move but Qb5 leads to a fairly quick mate. Qb5 appears
>to hold, although Black is still worse and may go under
>eventually.
>
>The interesting thing here is that Black is way up material:
>any computer would probably prefer Black in the moves
>leading up to this one.
>
>Arasan takes a long time to find the Qb5 defense, and even longer
>to have the score go negative:
>
>ply 9.  Kh7     11 seconds.     score:   5.02   2181239 nodes.
>ply 9.  Kh7     11 seconds.     score:   5.02   2181239 nodes.
>ply 10. Kh7     15 seconds.     score:   5.02   3106545 nodes.
>ply 10. Qc6     25 seconds.     score: -156.03  6032366 nodes.
>ply 10. Qb5     239 seconds.    score:   0.39   70340167 nodes.
>ply 10. Qb5     241 seconds.    score:   0.39   70815106 nodes.
>ply 11. Qb5     273 seconds.    score:   0.39   77059646 nodes.
>ply 12. Qb5     280 seconds.    score:   1.02   78577842 nodes.
>ply 12. Qb5     335 seconds.    score:   1.02   89195295 nodes.
>ply 13. Qb5     456 seconds.    score:   1.02   112609559 nodes.
>ply 13. Qb5     600 seconds.    score:  -0.23   141594783 nodes.
>235987 nodes/second.
>28414464 regular nodes, 113180319 quiescence nodes.
>27712078 searches of hash table, 6431604 successful (23 percent).
>500000 hash entries inserted, 1738345 entries replaced, 19925639 inserts failed.
>
>search: Qb5     600 seconds.    score: -0.23    141594783 nodes.        ++
>correct
>Qb5 Bxh6

Qb5 does NOT help.  It's all over but the shouting by this time.  The real
mistake is earlier, but I am not sure exactly where.

EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [./bookc.bin].
hash table memory = 96M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 10M bytes.
EGTB cache memory = 32M bytes.
draw score set to    0.00 pawns.
choose from book moves randomly (using weights.)
choose from 5 best moves.
book learning enabled
result learning enabled
position learning enabled
threshold set to 9 pawns.
6 piece tablebase files found
20899kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables

Crafty v17.14

White(1): st 999
search time set to 999.00.
White(1): epdpfga jd0.epd jd0.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
middle-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 16:39 (16:39)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                6->   0.20   7.77   1. ... Qb5 2. Ng3 Rc2+ 3. Kh1 Qd3 4.
                                    Bg2 Qd1+ 5. Kh2 Qxd4
                7     0.26   7.77   1. ... Qb5 2. Ng3 Rc2+ 3. Kh1 Qd3 4.
                                    Bg2 Qd1+ 5. Kh2 Qxd4
                7->   0.33   7.77   1. ... Qb5 2. Ng3 Rc2+ 3. Kh1 Qd3 4.
                                    Bg2 Qd1+ 5. Kh2 Qxd4
                8     0.58     --   1. ... Qb5
                8     0.76   2.73   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Qxe4
                8     0.77     ++   1. ... Kh7!!
                8->   2.06   3.12   1. ... Kh7
                9     2.07     ++   1. ... Kh7!!
                9->   3.81   3.51   1. ... Kh7
               10     4.08     --   1. ... Kh7
               10     4.77 -Mat05   1. ... Kh7 2. Bxh6 Nxf6 3. exf6 Rc5
                                    4. Bg7+ Rh5 5. Qxh5+ Kg8 6. Qh8#
               10     7.80 -Mat07   1. ... e3 2. Bxh6 Qd5+ 3. Kg3 Qf3+
                                    4. Kxf3 Bxe2+ 5. Kf4 Kh7 6. Bg7+ Nh6
                                    7. Qxh6+ Kg8 8. Qh8#
               10    15.27     ++   1. ... Qb5!!
               10    15.99   0.07   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kh1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6
               10->  21.35   0.07   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kh1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6
               11    22.26     --   1. ... Qb5
               11    23.73     ++   1. ... Qb5!!
               11    24.79  -0.89   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kh1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Rc2 8. Bxe4
               11->  36.35  -0.89   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kh1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Rc2 8. Bxe4
               12    39.61  -0.97   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Rc2 8. Bxe4
               12->  54.26  -0.97   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Rc2 8. Bxe4
               13    58.10  -1.20   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Kg8 8. Qg5+ Kf8 9. Bxe4
               13->   1:42  -1.20   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Bg2 Nxf6
                                    7. exf6 Kg8 8. Qg5+ Kf8 9. Bxe4
               14     1:51     --   1. ... Qb5
               14     2:30  -3.04   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Qg5 Rc1+
                                    7. Qxc1 Rc8 8. Qe1 Nxf6 9. exf6 Rc2
                                    10. Qxe4 Rxa2
               14->   6:28  -3.04   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Qg5 Rc1+
                                    7. Qxc1 Rc8 8. Qe1 Nxf6 9. exf6 Rc2
                                    10. Qxe4 Rxa2
               15     6:57     --   1. ... Qb5
               15     8:17  -3.78   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Qg5 Rc1+
                                    7. Qxc1 Bd3 8. Qg5 Nxf6 9. Qxf6+ Kg8
                                    10. Qg5+ Kf8 11. Kf2
               15->  15:23  -3.78   1. ... Qb5 2. Bxh6 Qxe2+ 3. Kg1 Qe1+
                                    4. Qxe1 Nxh6 5. Qe3 Ng8 6. Qg5 Rc1+
                                    7. Qxc1 Bd3 8. Qg5 Nxf6 9. Qxf6+ Kg8
                                    10. Qg5+ Kf8 11. Kf2
              time=16:39  cpu=99%  mat=7  n=597117655  fh=88%  nps=597595
              ext-> checks=41024324 recaps=1549543 pawns=2248673 1rep=6191014
thrt:1058890
              predicted=0  nodes=597117655  evals=143822902
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
Black(1):



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