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Subject: Re: Tiger doesn't understand

Author: Eduard Nemeth

Date: 15:45:27 08/26/01

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On August 26, 2001 at 16:13:21, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 26, 2001 at 14:56:24, Eduard Nemeth wrote:
>
>>On August 26, 2001 at 14:40:33, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>[D] 8/2r1k2p/p3p1p1/3r1p2/8/1P3PP1/P2RK2P/3R4 b - -
>>>
>>>I reached this position as white recently, and after the game I used Gambit
>>>Tiger 2.0 to help analyze.  What occurred in the game was:
>>>
>>>1... Rcd7(?) 2. Rxd5 Rxd5?? 3. Rxd5 exd5
>>>
>>>after which I believe white should win (which I did).  I believe it's very bad
>>>for black to trade off both pairs of rooks, and best to avoid allowing white to
>>>exchange even one pair of rooks here because of isolating black's pawn.
>>>
>>>It appears that Gambit Tiger 2 on my Athlon 1.2 GHz does not really understand
>>>that after move white's move 3 above, white should win.  And it believes the
>>>position is essentially equal after white's move 2.
>>>
>>>Here is its analysis after black's move 1:
>>>
>>>00:00:00.9	0.22	9	168541	h3 Kf6 Rxd5 exd5 Rc1 Ke6 Kd3 f4 Rc6+ Rd6 Rxd6+ Kxd6
>>>00:00:00.3	0.16	9	184134	h3 Rxd2+ Rxd2 Rxd2+ Kxd2 e5 Ke3 Ke6 g4 fxg4 fxg4 h5 a3
>>>hxg4 hxg4
>>>00:00:01.9	0.12	10	445643	h3 Rxd2+ Rxd2 Rc7 Kd1 e5 Rc2 Rxc2 Kxc2 e4 fxe4 fxe4
>>>Kc3
>>>00:00:01.4	0.16	10	710893	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rc1 Kd6 Rc8 Rc5 Rxc5 Kxc5 Kd3 Kb4 h4 Ka3
>>>00:00:02.8	0.16	11	905910	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rc1 Kd6 Rc8 Rc5 Rxc5 Kxc5 Kd3 Kd5 g4 e5 gxf5
>>>gxf5
>>>00:00:03.0	0.16	12	1519152	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 exd5 b4 Ke6 Ke3 Ke5 f4+
>>>00:00:05.5	0.16	13	2286175	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 exd5 b4 Ke6 Ke3 Ke5 f4+ Kd6 a4 Ke6 Kd4
>>>h6 b5 axb5 axb5
>>>00:00:09.6	0.18	14	3833264	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 exd5 b4 Ke6 Ke3 h6 f4 g5 a3 gxf4+ Kxf4
>>>d4 Kf3 d3 Ke3
>>>00:00:18.1	0.20	15	7566502	Rxd5 Rxd5 Rxd5 exd5 b4 Kd6 Ke3 g5 f4 gxf4+ Kxf4 d4 a3
>>>h5 Kf3 d3 Ke3
>>>
>>>
>>>but after 2. Rxd5, suddenly Tiger prefers black to recapture with the pawn
>>>rather than the rook, and its evaluation becomes worse for black.
>>>
>>>Non-Gambit Tiger behaves very similarly.
>>>
>>>Is the lack of endgame knowledge in me or the program, or is it something else?
>>>
>>>(Using 96MB hash; Not using table bases.)
>>
>>This is NOT (!!) only position who Tiger have on "blackout" to pawn endgame.
>>This is real!
>>
>>here an other position (from a game Eduard - Tiger):
>>
>>[D]3k3r/1r4pp/p3Rp2/8/p7/2P5/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 27
>>
>>Tiger played now Re8??? and after Rd1+ game was lost for Tiger!
>>
>>(German: es gibt noch viel zu tun Christophe - vor allem im Bauernendspiel=
>>pawn endgame!)
>>
>>Eduard
>
>New position
>3k3r/1r4pp/p3Rp2/8/p7/2P5/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Gambit Tiger 2.0:
>
>1...Kd7 2.Rxa6 Rc8 3.Rd1+ Ke8 4.Rxa4 Rxc3 5.Ra8+ Ke7 6.Rh8
>  ²  (0.38)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  107kN
>1...Kd7 2.Rxa6 Rc8 3.Rd1+ Ke8 4.Rxa4 Rxc3 5.Ra8+ Ke7 6.a4 Rc2
>  ²  (0.50)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  133kN
>1...a5 2.Re4 a3 3.Ra4 Re8 4.Rxa3 Re2 5.Rxa5 Rbb2
>  ²  (0.32)   Depth: 9   00:00:01  410kN
>1...a5 2.Re4 a3 3.Ra4 Kc7 4.Rxa3 Rhb8 5.Kf1 Rb2 6.Rxa5
>  ²  (0.48)   Depth: 10   00:00:02  604kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rd1+ Kc7 4.Kf1 Rc4 5.Rd3 Rb1+ 6.Ke2 Ra1 7.Ra7+ Kc6
>  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 10   00:00:03  744kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Ra8+ Kc7 4.Rg8 Kc6 5.Rc8+ Rc7 6.Rh8 g6 7.Rf8 Kd5
>  ²  (0.30)   Depth: 11   00:00:03  944kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Ra8+ Kc7 4.Kf1 Rc4 5.Rg8 Kc6 6.Re1
>  ²  (0.28)   Depth: 12   00:00:05  1482kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Rc4 4.Ra8+ Kc7 5.Rg8
>  ²  (0.32)   Depth: 13   00:00:12  3068kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Ke8 4.Rd1 Rb2 5.Ra7 Rxa2 6.Rxg7 Rf4 7.f3 Rc4 8.Rd6 Rxc3
>  ²  (0.32)   Depth: 14   00:00:26  6611kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Ke8 4.Rd1 Rb2 5.Ra8+ Kf7 6.Ra7+ Kg6 7.f3 Rc4 8.Rdd7
>Rxa2 9.Rxg7+ Kf5 10.Rxh7
>  ²  (0.28)   Depth: 15   00:00:56  13969kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Ke8 4.a3 Kf7 5.Re1 Rc4 6.Re3 Rb3 7.Ra7+ Kg6 8.Rg3+ Kf5
>9.Ke2 Rxa3 10.Raxg7
>  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 16   00:02:15  33441kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Ke8 4.a3 Kf7 5.Re1 Rc4 6.Re3 Rb3 7.Ra7+ Kg6 8.Rg3+ Kf5
>9.Ke2 Rxa3 10.Raxg7 h5
>  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 17   00:05:43  85093kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Kf1 Ke8 4.a3 Kf7 5.Re1 Rc4 6.Re3 Rb3 7.Ra7+ Kg6 8.Rg3+ Kf5
>9.Ke2 Rxa3 10.Raxg7 h5
>  ²  (0.36)   Depth: 18   00:12:15  182227kN
>
>(Blass, Tel-aviv 26.08.2001)
>
>Note that Crafty18.10 also does not see the problem and
>the main line is also Re8 Rxa6
>
>New position
>3k3r/1r4pp/p3Rp2/8/p7/2P5/P4PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Crafty 18.10:
>
>1...Rb2 2.Rxa6
>  =  (0.17)   Depth: 1/5   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1
>  ²  (0.56)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...a5 2.Rae1 Rb2 3.Re7
>  ²  (0.38)   Depth: 4/8   00:00:00
>1...a5 2.Ra6 Re8 3.Rd1+ Ke7 4.Re1+ Kd7 5.Rxe8 Kxe8 6.Rxa5
>  ²  (0.44)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00
>1...a5 2.Ra6 Ke7 3.Re1+ Kd7 4.Rxa5 Rc8
>  ±  (0.83)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  30kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Re3 4.Rxa4 Rxc3
>  ±  (0.71)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  42kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Rd1+ Ke7 5.Re1+ Kd7
>  ±  (0.82)   Depth: 7/13   00:00:00  80kN
>1...Ra7 2.Rd1+ Kc8 3.Rc6+ Kb8 4.Rc4 Re8 5.Rxa4 Kc7
>  ±  (0.80)   Depth: 7/13   00:00:00  179kN
>1...Ra7 2.Rd1+ Kc8 3.Rc6+ Kb8 4.Rc4 Rc8 5.Rb4+ Kc7 6.Rxa4 Re8
>  ±  (0.80)   Depth: 8/18   00:00:01  326kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rc1 Rc4 4.Rd6+ Ke7 5.Rd4 Rxd4 6.cxd4
>  ±  (0.74)   Depth: 8/18   00:00:01  404kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Ra8+ Ke7 5.Re1+ Kf7 6.Kf2 Rb2+ 7.Re2
>  ±  (0.74)   Depth: 9/20   00:00:01  698kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Ra8+ Kc7 5.Re1 Rxc3 6.Re7+ Kb6 7.Rxb7+ Kxb7 8.Rxa4
>  ±  (0.75)   Depth: 10/21   00:00:02  1070kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Re1 Kd7 5.Kf2 Rxc3 6.Rd1+ Ke7 7.Re1+ Kd7 8.Rxa4
>  ±  (0.86)   Depth: 11/24   00:00:06  2868kN
>1...Ra7 2.Rd1+ Kc8 3.Rc6+ Kb8 4.Rc4 Rc8 5.Rb4+ Rb7 6.Rxa4 Rxc3 7.Rxa6 Rc2 8.a4
>  ±  (0.81)   Depth: 11/24   00:00:23  11775kN
>1...Ra7 2.Kf1 a5 3.Re4 a3 4.Rb1 Kd7 5.Rb3 f5 6.Re5 Re8 7.Rxf5
>  ±  (0.95)   Depth: 12/26   00:01:02  31656kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.Rd1+ Ke7 4.f3 Rc4 5.Re1+ Kd7 6.Re3 f5 7.Kf2 Rb2+ 8.Re2
>Rxe2+ 9.Kxe2 Rxc3 10.Rxa4
>  ±  (0.75)   Depth: 12/26   00:01:09  35623kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Re1 Kd7
>  ±  (0.80)   Depth: 13/29   00:01:23  42373kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Re1 Rb2 5.Ra7 Rxc3 6.Rxg7 h5 7.a3 Rxa3 8.Ree7
>  ±  (0.79)   Depth: 14/29   00:02:00  62118kN
>1...Re8 2.Rxa6 Re4 3.f3 Rc4 4.Rd1+ Ke7 5.Rd2 h5 6.Kf2 Kf7 7.Re2 g5 8.Ra8 Rxc3
>9.Rxa4
>  ±  (0.76)   Depth: 15/31   00:04:34  141173kN
>
>(Blass, Tel-aviv 26.08.2001)
>
>
>Note that I am not surprised from the fact that chess programs
>fail to see that trading all the rooks is bad for black.

FRITZ 6 will not play Re8. He see that after this move, the game is lost!
Re8 is a very bad move, for computers too!

I was very surprised in my game, after this move from Tiger!

>
>Black has 2 advanced pawns in the a file and
>it is known that chess programs like advanced pawns so
>they do not see a clear advantage for white in the endgame and
>believe that winning a pawn is better than trading all the rooks.

Ok.

German (sorry) : Gut, wenn Du das so siehst, dann soll Tiger meinetwegen so
weiterspielen, aber ich meine dass Tiger einen "wunden Punkt" hat in solchen
Turm/Bauer Endspielen. Das zu "verharmlosen" halte ich für falsch!

Regards,
Eduard

>
>Uri



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