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Subject: Re: TestPosition

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 12:18:12 11/13/01

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On November 13, 2001 at 13:18:55, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On November 13, 2001 at 12:00:47, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>
>>How long does your program need to see that Nxf1 is deadly lost:
>>
>>[D] 2r3k1/1b3p2/p4q2/2bp1NpQ/Pr6/3BP2P/3n1PPB/1R3RK1 b - - 0 30
>
>
>Should take crafty this long:
>
>                9    13.25  -1.53   1. ... Nxf1 2. Rxb4 Bxb4 3. Be5 Ng3
>                                    4. Nh6+ Kf8 5. Bxg3 Rc1+ <HT>
>                9->  14.45  -1.53   1. ... Nxf1 2. Rxb4 Bxb4 3. Be5 Ng3
>                                    4. Nh6+ Kf8 5. Bxg3 Rc1+ <HT>
>               10    16.55     --   1. ... Nxf1
>               10    37.19  -0.47   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
>                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Bg1+ 6. Kxg1 Qxe5
>                                    7. Ne7+ Kg7 8. Nxc8 Bxc8
>               10->  43.73  -0.47   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
>                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Bg1+ 6. Kxg1 Qxe5
>                                    7. Ne7+ Kg7 8. Nxc8 Bxc8
>               11    44.67     --   1. ... Nxf1
>               11    57.23   3.07   1. ... Nxf1 2. Be5 Rxb1 3. Bxb1 Ng3
>                                    4. fxg3 Bxe3+ 5. Kh2 Rc1 6. Ne7+ Kf8
>                                    7. Ng6+ fxg6 8. Qh6+ Ke7 9. Bxf6+ Kxf6
>                                    10. Bxg6
>
>
>IE it fails low at 44 seconds, at 57 seconds it sees white is winning...
>
>quad 700

I am guessing this game was played on an 800mhz computer.  (Michel's computer.)
Which means it would take about 4 minutes for it to get this correct, on his
machine.

What does Crafty do when its time limit is up, and it's currently failing low on
a move?  I am guessing it extends the time, but what if the move time is
exhausted and it's still failing low?

The reason I ask, is because if I am correct, and this was a game that was
played on Michel's computer, it was more than likely failing low when it made
the move.



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