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Subject: Re: WAC #199 and WAC #273

Author: Ernst A. Heinz

Date: 06:50:30 02/17/98

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On February 17, 1998 at 09:13:53, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 17, 1998 at 08:46:12, Ernst A. Heinz wrote:
>
>>WAC #199
>>FEN r1br2k1/pp2nppp/2n5/1B1q4/Q7/4BN2/PP3PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
>>solutions = Bxc6 Rfd1
>>
>>From iteration #10 onward DarkThought sticks with Rcd1 and
>>gives it a score of +4.3. What do other programs say? Is Rcd1
>>just a transposition or a new side solution?
>>
>
>I didn't let it run forever, but I get the same (roughly) score for
>your move that I get for rfd1 which is the move crafty normally finds
>here.  I'd like to run it for an hour to be sure however...  but they
>may well be equivalent, and another cook...

DarkThought finds Rfd1 instantly, too, but then switches to Rcd1 in
iteration #10.

>>WAC #273
>>FEN 2k4B/bpp1qp2/p1b5/7p/1PN1n1p1/2Pr4/P5PP/R3QR1K b - - 0 1
>>solution = Ng3+
>>
>>Up to iteration #12 DarkThought prefers the given solution with
>>a score of +6.5 but then it switches to g3 with an even higher
>>score. What do other programs say? Is g3 a new cook?
>>
>>*****
>
>I haven't run this to extreme depths to see if this works or not.
>I did try it on Cray Blitz and Crafty:
>crafty finds ng3+ instantly, by depth=7, 2 seconds the score is +5.7, by
>depth=10, score=+7.25
>
>Cray Blitz gets +7.9 at ply=7, 0 seconds.  It didn't
>change to g3 although I couldn't let it run more than a few seconds
>(it gets the

DarkThought finds Ng3+ instantly, too, but then switches to g3 in
iteration #12.

I let both positions above run for 1 hour each on a 500MHz Alpha and
DarkThought sticks to its "cooks" with the listed scores while reaching
depths of 14-15 plies.

=Ernst=



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