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Subject: Re: Forced mate position to solve...

Author: leonid

Date: 15:20:49 01/31/01

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On January 31, 2001 at 17:40:12, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On January 31, 2001 at 13:28:30, leonid wrote:
>
>>Hi!
>>
>>If you like to solve forced mate, here is the position.
>>
>>[D]2Q1N1qq/rQ2NPnP/r3qpqk/1Rb1n1qp/3N1nb1/1q1Q1B1R/2QB4/2R1K2R w - -
>>
>>Please indicate your result... even if your program failed.
>
>Here is the ColChess search of the position.  It is interesting (to me) because
>it does NOT use NULL MOVE.  I estimate it would complete ply 11 in under an
>hour, ply 12 in under 4 hours, and ply 13 in a day.  I'm not sure if extensions
>would spot the mate in-between or not (though ColChess is particularly adept at
>spotting mates before other programs do at the same depth of search).

If you will briefly say what is the ColChess program, will be appreciated.
Please say when and what language was used to write it.

Don't be offended if everybody already knows about this program beyond me.

Leonid.



>Please Input Name:-leonid
>leonid.epd loaded OK!
>Set Time Limit [5] :- 999
>Log to File leonid.out [YES/NO]? YES
>Appending to output file!
>Test #1 : White to play
>
>Current Position
>----------------
>. . Q . N . q q
>r Q . . N P n P      pP=Pawn
>r . . . q p q k      rR=Rook
>. R b . n . q p      nN=Knight     lower=Black
>. . . N . n b .      bB=Bishop      CAPS=White
>. q . Q . B . R      qQ=Queen
>. . Q B . . . .      kK=King
>. . R . K . . R
>Thinking  [88 Moves]
>Current Position=-8.79
>{L2} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (19.93)   Nodes=6220
>Eval=639  [0.02s]
>{L3} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (22.90)   Nodes=301159
> Eval=194039  [2.97s]
>{L4} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (24.58)   Nodes=587636
> Eval=344955  [8.18s]
>{L5} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (22.64)   Nodes=309178
> Eval=149791  [10.72s]
>{L6} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (23.23)   Nodes=744242
> Eval=258102  [15.36s]
>{L7} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (22.62)
>Nodes=2280759  Eval=1185072  [35.26s]
>{L8} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (26.80)
>Nodes=4506521  Eval=1087177  [60.59s]
>{L9} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (22.60)
>Nodes=8808047  Eval=4509577  [161.7s]
>{L10} :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: PxG8(N) (26.70)
>Nodes=102049807  Eval=26762671  [798.3s]
>{L11} ::0 (ABORT) PxG8(N) (27.26)   Nodes=18123135  Eval=8252103  [999.0s]
>16 Minutes, 39 Seconds - D'oh
>Nodes=137716704  Eval=42744126
>Table Hits=382931  [310689 Entries]
>
>PV : h7g8n+ h8g8  e7g8+ h6h7  e8f6+ e6f6  g8f6+ g5f6  d3g6+ e5g6  c8g8+ h7h6
>d2f4+ f6f4  b5b3 g4h3  c2c5 a7b7  f3b7
>---Answer: hxg8=N+     **-Correct-**
>Correct So Far: 1[0]/1
>
>Result: 1[0]/1  (100%)[0%]



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