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Subject: Re: Crafty move in endgame

Author: Michael Fuhrmann

Date: 00:37:51 03/08/02

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On March 08, 2002 at 03:32:39, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:

>On March 07, 2002 at 22:54:00, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On March 07, 2002 at 22:00:56, Michael Fuhrmann wrote:
>>
>>>Crafty, playing without tablebases, likes the suicidal move Bxe3 in this
>>>position. A flaw in its endgame knowledge?
>>>
>>>[D] 8/8/2k3P1/8/3b4/4R3/8/n4K2 b - - 0 56
>>
>>
>>Do you have something broken?  Mine finds Bxe3 at ply=1, but at ply=2 it
>>fails low to something winning for white and it changes to Kc5 and sticks
>>with it forever...
>>
>>I can't reproduce Bxe3 beyond a 1 ply search and wouldn't expect to be able
>>to do so as it is a trivial losing move that the search will pick up instantly.
>>
>>Which version?
>
>
>latest version. here's log output from analysis, which I did after crafty played
>the move in a game vs yace::
>
>
>hash table memory = 24M bytes.
>pawn hash table memory = 6M bytes.
>threshold set to 6 pawns.
>
>
>Crafty v18.13
>
>White(1): analyze
>              clearing hash tables
>               book moves {e4, d4, c4, f4}
>               book   0.0s      7%    c4! Nf6
>in yc.fen
>               book moves {e4, d4, c4, f4}
>               book   0.0s     33%    d4! Nf6
>8/8/2k3P1/8/3b4/4R3/8/n4K2 b - - 0 56
>
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    8  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    7  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    6  |   |   | *K|   |   |   | P |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    5  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    4  |   |   |   | *B|   |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    3  |   |   |   |   | R |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    2  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    1  | *N|   |   |   |   | K |   |   |
>       +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
>
>end-game phase
>              clearing hash tables
>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 30.00 (3:30)
>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                7     0.41     --   1. ... Nc2
>                7     0.51   5.14   1. ... Nc2 2. Re4 Bg7 3. Rc4+ Kd5 4.
>                                    Rxc2 Ke4 5. Kf2
>                7     0.76   3.95   1. ... Kb7 2. g7 Bxg7 3. Re7+ Kc6 4.
>                                    Rxg7 Kd6 5. Kf2 Nc2
>                7     0.86   3.50   1. ... Kb5 2. Re7 Bc5 3. g7 Bxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Kc5 5. Ke2
>                7     0.90   3.30   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Kf2
>                7->   0.97   3.30   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Kf2
>                8     1.07   3.35   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Qh7+ Kd6 6. Kf2
>                8->   1.38   3.35   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Qh7+ Kd6 6. Kf2
>                9     1.47   3.35   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Qh7+ Kd6 6. Kf2 Bc3
>                9->   1.86   3.35   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. g7 Kxe7 4.
>                                    g8=Q Bb2 5. Qh7+ Kd6 6. Kf2 Bc3
>               10     2.29     --   1. ... Kc5
>               10     5.43   3.80   1. ... Kc5 2. Re7 Kd6 3. Rh7 Ke6 4.
>                                    Rb7 Nc2 5. g7 Bxg7 6. Rxg7 Nb4
>               10     7.18   3.55   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Qd8+ Ke5 5. Ke2 Ke4 6. Qc8 Kd5 7. Kd3
>               10->   7.79   3.55   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Qd8+ Ke5 5. Ke2 Ke4 6. Qc8 Kd5 7. Kd3
>               11     8.27   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Ke2 Bf6 5. Kd3 Be5 6. Qb8+ Kd5 7. Qd8+
>                                    Kc5 8. Ke4
>               11->  10.19   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Ke2 Bf6 5. Kd3 Be5 6. Qb8+ Kd5 7. Qd8+
>                                    Kc5 8. Ke4
>               12    10.83   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Ke2 Bf6 5. Kd3 Be5 6. Qb8+ Kd5 7. Qd8+
>                                    Kc5 8. Ke4 Bb2
>               12->  13.32   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kd6 4.
>                                    Ke2 Bf6 5. Kd3 Be5 6. Qb8+ Kd5 7. Qd8+
>                                    Kc5 8. Ke4 Bb2
>               13    16.13   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Qd8 Kc4 5. Ke2 Be5 6. Qd3+ Kc5 7. Ke3
>                                    Bb2 8. Qf5+ Kc4 9. Ke4
>               13->  20.40   3.65   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Qd8 Kc4 5. Ke2 Be5 6. Qd3+ Kc5 7. Ke3
>                                    Bb2 8. Qf5+ Kc4 9. Ke4
>               14    31.98     --   1. ... Bxe3
>               14    37.96   4.08   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Ke2 Kb4 5. Kd3 Nb3 6. Qc4+ Ka3 7. Kc2
>                                    Na1+ 8. Kb1 Nb3 9. Qb5 Nd2+ 10. Kc2
>               14->   1:57   4.08   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Ke2 Kb4 5. Kd3 Nb3 6. Qc4+ Ka3 7. Kc2
>                                    Na1+ 8. Kb1 Nb3 9. Qb5 Nd2+ 10. Kc2
>               15     2:08   4.08   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Ke2 Kb4 5. Kd3 Nb3 6. Qc4+ Ka3 7. Kc2
>                                    Na1+ 8. Kb1 Nb3 9. Qb5 Nd2+ 10. Kc2
>                                    Nf3
>               15->   2:35   4.08   1. ... Bxe3 2. g7 Bd4 3. g8=Q Kc5 4.
>                                    Ke2 Kb4 5. Kd3 Nb3 6. Qc4+ Ka3 7. Kc2
>                                    Na1+ 8. Kb1 Nb3 9. Qb5 Nd2+ 10. Kc2
>                                    Nf3
>               16     3:43     --   1. ... Bxe3
>Black(0): quit
>execution complete.

and here's portion of log from the actual game:

White(56): time 32069
time remaining:   5:20 (crafty).
White(56): otim 41106
time remaining:   6:51 (opponent).
White(56): g6
              time used:   9.78
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 12.82 (1:29)
         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
               11     0.93   3.65   56. ... Bxe3 57. g7 Bd4 58. g8=Q Kd6
                                    59. Ke2 Kc5 60. Kd3 Be5 61. Ke4 Bb2
                                    62. Qb8
               11->   4.39   3.65   56. ... Bxe3 57. g7 Bd4 58. g8=Q Kd6
                                    59. Ke2 Kc5 60. Kd3 Be5 61. Ke4 Bb2
                                    62. Qb8
               12     5.71   3.65   56. ... Bxe3 57. g7 Bd4 58. g8=Q Kd6
                                    59. Ke2 Be5 60. Qd8+ Ke6 61. Kd3 Bf6
                                    62. Qc8+ Kd5 63. Qa8+ Kd6 64. Ke4
               12->   9.27   3.65   56. ... Bxe3 57. g7 Bd4 58. g8=Q Kd6
                                    59. Ke2 Be5 60. Qd8+ Ke6 61. Kd3 Bf6
                                    62. Qc8+ Kd5 63. Qa8+ Kd6 64. Ke4
               13    11.17   3.65   56. ... Bxe3 57. g7 Bd4 58. g8=Q Kd6
                                    59. Ke2 Be5 60. Qd8+ Ke6 61. Kd3 Bf6
                                    62. Qc8+ Kd5 63. Qd7+ Ke5 64. Qb5+
                                    Kf4 65. Qa5
              time=14.25  cpu=98%  mat=0  n=4209967  fh=88%  nps=295k
              ext-> chk=236770 cap=15 pp=9435 1rep=1401 mate=299
              predicted=13  nodes=4209967  evals=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes done=0  successful=0
              hashing-> trans/ref=62%  pawn=99%  used=48%
Black(56): Bxe3
              time used:  14.25




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