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Subject: Repost from CTF... Easy mates? Mate in 1 or 2, but some hard to compute

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:01:48 11/28/01


Subject: Re: Has anyone ever formed a board position with more legal moves than
this?

Posted by Dann Corbit (Profile) on November 28, 2001 at 16:58:25:

In Reply to: Re: Has anyone ever formed a board position with more legal moves
than this? posted by Dann Corbit on November 28, 2001 at 16:54:41:


On November 28, 2001 at 16:54:41, Dann Corbit wrote:

>Some really simple checkmates.
>Mate in 2:
>[D]n1r1r1b1/1P1P1P1P/1Q6/3NBNK1/R7/4p1p1/3PBPkP/2R5 w - - bm Nf4+;
>
>Mate in 1:
>[D]4Q1qk/1Q4RN/3Q3N/Q4Q1B/2Q4B/4Q3/1Q4R1/3Q3K w - - bm Nf7# Qcxg8# Qexg8# R7g3#
>R7g4# R7g5# R7g6# Rc7# Rd7# Re7# Rf7# Rxg8#;
>
>[D]5k2/2K5/3N1B2/P1NB4/6Q1/4R3/P1PP1P1P/1R6 w - - bm Be7# Bg7# Nd7# Ne6# Qc8#
>Qg7# Qg8# Rb8# Re8#;
>
>[D]3Q4/1Q4Q1/4Q3/2Q4R/Q4Q2/3Q4/1Q4Rp/1K1BBNNk w - - bm Ng3# Qxh2# Rc2# Rd2# Re2#
>Rf2# Rg3# Rg4# Rg6# Rgg5# Rgxh2# Rhxh2#;
>
>[D]q2Q3r/n6R/kpB1N1K1/p1p1Bppp/1PN3P1/1n1pp1b1/P1PPPP1P/r5Rb w - - bm Nc7#
>Qxb6#;
>
>[D]3nkn2/4P3/4N2P/4B3/P1N1B1K1/1R6/5Q2/3R4 w - - bm Qxf8# exd8=Q# exf8=Q#;
>
>How long does your program take?
>The last one gave crafty a cross-eyed hissy fit on my machine.
Maybe it was the last two.

The strangest part is that it took over five minutes of wall time to complete
this test (with the last two positions getting the lion's share) and yet crafty
only reported a couple seconds time used?!

E:\crafty\release>crafty1
EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
unable to open book file [e:\crafty\release/books.bin].
hash table memory = 192M bytes.
pawn hash table memory = 80M 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.
5 piece tablebase files found
19045kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables

Crafty v18.12

White(1): epdpfga \manyt.epd
This command takes two parameters
EG fault: a problem occurred during epdpfga processing
White(1): epdpfga \many.epd many.out
PFGA: EPD record: 1
middle-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                1->   0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                2     0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                2->   0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                3     0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                3->   0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                4     0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
                4->   0.03   Mate   1. Rxg8#
              time=0.03  cpu=0%  mat=94  n=5421  fh=100%  nps=10k
              ext-> chk=48 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=0 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=5421  evals=1
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
PFGA: EPD record: 2
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     0.00   Mate   1. Ne6#
                1->   0.00   Mate   1. Ne6#
                2     0.00   Mate   1. Ne6#
                2->   0.00   Mate   1. Ne6#
                3     0.00   Mate   1. Ne6#
                3->   0.01   Mate   1. Ne6#
                4     0.01   Mate   1. Ne6#
                4->   0.11   Mate   1. Ne6#
              time=0.11  cpu=100%  mat=37  n=81594  fh=100%  nps=741k
              ext-> chk=7342 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=985 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=81594  evals=10
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
PFGA: EPD record: 3
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     0.02  37.98   1. dxc8=Q
                1     0.04  38.70   1. Nfxe3+ Kxh2 2. dxe8=Q
                1->   0.05  38.70   1. Nfxe3+ Kxh2 2. dxe8=Q
                2     0.05  39.09   1. Nfxe3+ Kxf2 2. dxe8=Q
                2     0.05     ++   1. dxc8=Q!!
                2     0.07  41.17   1. dxc8=Q Nxb6 2. fxe8=Q Bxh7 3. Nfxe3+
                2     0.07  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
                2->   0.09  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
                3     0.09  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
                3->   0.14  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
                4     0.15  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
                4->   0.45  Mat02   1. Nf4+ Kxf2 2. Qxe3#
              time=0.45  cpu=100%  mat=20  n=2507183  fh=99%  nps=5571k
              ext-> chk=12352 cap=279 pp=110 1rep=972 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=2507183  evals=9984
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
PFGA: EPD record: 4
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     0.00   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                1->   0.00   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                2     0.00   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                2->   0.01   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                3     0.01   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                3->   0.04   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                4     0.04   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
                4->   0.51   Mate   1. Rhxh2#
              time=0.51  cpu=98%  mat=102  n=474587  fh=100%  nps=930k
              ext-> chk=24279 cap=53 pp=0 1rep=4452 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=474587  evals=1
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
PFGA: EPD record: 5
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     3.10   4.32   1. Qxa8 Rxa8 2. Bxa1 exf2
                1     3.12   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                1->   3.13   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                2     3.13   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                2->   3.14   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                3     3.14   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                3->   3.19   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                4     3.19   Mate   1. Qxb6#
                4->   3.39   Mate   1. Qxb6#
              time=3.39  cpu=100%  mat=0  n=108311323  fh=100%  nps=31950k
              ext-> chk=4476 cap=132 pp=7 1rep=468 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=108311323  evals=964783
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
PFGA: EPD record: 6
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
                1     0.00   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                1->   0.00   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                2     0.00   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                2->   0.02   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                3     0.02   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                3->   0.26   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                4     0.26   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
                4->   2.54   Mate   1. exd8=Q#
              time=2.54  cpu=100%  mat=28  n=1968998  fh=100%  nps=775k
              ext-> chk=139901 cap=214 pp=15066 1rep=22502 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=1968998  evals=1
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
White(1):




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