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Subject: Re: Crafty 17.7 @ 200M nps results

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 13:24:05 04/13/02

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On April 13, 2002 at 15:36:27, Slater Wold wrote:

>On April 13, 2002 at 02:08:18, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>[D]r2qk2r/pp3ppp/2p1pn2/4n3/1b6/3P2PP/PPPN1PB1/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 11
>>
>>In this position Deeper Blue found h5 in 121 seconds.  After Murray moved,
>>Kasparov looked at him in disarray.  After the match, Kasparov said "Sometimes
>>the computer plays very human moves."
>>
>>The power supply to my new machine has not arrived yet, so I can only test this
>>move using Fritz 7.  It found h5 in 11:47 and played it through the 15th ply and
>>over 20 minutes.  (On an AMD 1200mhz.)  This move (h5) has been confirmed by
>>several masters to be the "best" move.  Can anyone get it faster?
>>
>>This is move 11 from game 5 of the 1997 match.
>
>
>              clearing hash tables
>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 855:00 (855:00)
>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>                5->   0.00  -0.12   1. ... O-O 2. O-O Nd5 3. c4 Nb6
>                6     0.00  -0.27   1. ... O-O 2. O-O Bxd2 3. Bxd2 Qd4
>                                    4. b4 Rad8
>                6     0.00  -0.25   1. ... Qd6 2. f4 Ng6 3. c3 Bc5 4. Qe2
>                6->   0.00  -0.25   1. ... Qd6 2. f4 Ng6 3. c3 Bc5 4. Qe2
>                7     0.00  -0.19   1. ... Qd6 2. a3 Bc5 3. f4 Qd4 4. Ne4
>                                    Ned7 5. Nxc5 Nxc5
>                7->   0.00  -0.19   1. ... Qd6 2. a3 Bc5 3. f4 Qd4 4. Ne4
>                                    Ned7 5. Nxc5 Nxc5
>                8     0.00  -0.37   1. ... Qd6 2. O-O O-O-O 3. d4 Ng6 4.
>                                    c3 Ba5 5. b4
>                8     0.01  -0.35   1. ... Qc7 2. a3 Bd6 3. O-O O-O-O 4.
>                                    d4 Ng6 5. Qe2
>                8->   0.03  -0.35   1. ... Qc7 2. a3 Bd6 3. O-O O-O-O 4.
>                                    d4 Ng6 5. Qe2
>                9     0.03  -0.19   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. Qe2 Kb8
>                                    4. Re1 Bd6 5. a4 Nd5
>                9->   0.06  -0.19   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. Qe2 Kb8
>                                    4. Re1 Bd6 5. a4 Nd5
>               10     0.06  -0.28   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. a3 Bd6 4.
>                                    Qe2 Kb8 5. d4 Ng6 6. Qc4
>               10->   0.17  -0.28   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. a3 Bd6 4.
>                                    Qe2 Kb8 5. d4 Ng6 6. Qc4
>               11     0.21  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. d4 Ng6 4.
>                                    a4 Kb8 5. Nc4 Rd7 6. Bg5 Rhd8
>               11->   0.41  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O O-O-O 3. d4 Ng6 4.
>                                    a4 Kb8 5. Nc4 Rd7 6. Bg5 Rhd8
>               12     0.69  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O h5 3. Ne4 O-O-O 4.
>                                    Qe2 Kb8 5. a4 h4 6. Nxf6 gxf6 <HT>
>               12->   1.38  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. O-O h5 3. Ne4 O-O-O 4.
>                                    Qe2 Kb8 5. a4 h4 6. Nxf6 gxf6 <HT>
>               13     3.19  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. Qe2 h5 3. d4 Bxd2+ 4.
>                                    Bxd2 Ng6 5. O-O-O O-O-O 6. c3 Kb8 7.
>                                    Kb1 h4 8. Qd3 <HT>
>               13->   5.34  -0.26   1. ... Qc7 2. Qe2 h5 3. d4 Bxd2+ 4.
>                                    Bxd2 Ng6 5. O-O-O O-O-O 6. c3 Kb8 7.
>                                    Kb1 h4 8. Qd3 <HT>
>               14     9.01  -0.20   1. ... Qc7 2. a3 Bd6 3. Nb3 h5 4. Be3
>                                    h4 5. gxh4 Ng6 6. h5 Nf4 7. Qf3 O-O-O
>                                    8. Bxa7 Nxg2+ 9. Qxg2 Nxh5
>               14    18.38  -0.18   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Bd6 4. Ne4
>                                    Nxe4 5. Qxe4 O-O-O 6. b4 f5 <HT>
>               14->  19.48  -0.18   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Bd6 4. Ne4
>                                    Nxe4 5. Qxe4 O-O-O 6. b4 f5 <HT>
>               15    26.03  -0.19   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Bd6 4. Ne4
>                                    Nxe4 5. Qxe4 Ng6 6. Qe3 h4 7. Be4 f5
>                                    8. Bf3 hxg3 9. Qxe6+ Qe7
>               15->  49.01  -0.19   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Bd6 4. Ne4
>                                    Nxe4 5. Qxe4 Ng6 6. Qe3 h4 7. Be4 f5
>                                    8. Bf3 hxg3 9. Qxe6+ Qe7
>               16     1:44  -0.13   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Be7 4. Ne4
>                                    O-O-O 5. Be3 Nd5 6. Bxa7 b6 7. f4 Nd7
>                                    8. Bxb6 Qxb6 9. c3
>               16->   3:01  -0.13   1. ... h5 2. Qe2 Qc7 3. a3 Be7 4. Ne4
>                                    O-O-O 5. Be3 Nd5 6. Bxa7 b6 7. f4 Nd7
>                                    8. Bxb6 Qxb6 9. c3
>               17     3:14   1/48   1. ... h5
>
>
>Crafty 17.7 @ 700k nps found it in 85:25.

The question is if Qc7 is worse than h5.

Crafty had h5 in the main line when it wanted to play Qc7 and
the difference at depth 14 is only 0.02 pawns.

Uri



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