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Subject: Re: Simple end position but surprisingly difficult for some programs

Author: John Merlino

Date: 11:08:55 04/21/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 11:27:05, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

>
>Hello,
>
>White to play and win. How long will your favorite engines like 1. Qxe5?
>
>Regards,
>Dinan
>
>8/8/5kp1/4qp1p/1P6/2Q3P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 47

Chessmaster 8000 (default personality), on a PIII-733, takes 4:22 to see that
Qxe5 is better:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/4	1.52	4090		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qd8+ Ke6
0:00	2/5	1.56	12023		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qd8+ Ke6 51.Qe8+ Kf6
0:00	3/6	1.56	32493		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qd8+ Ke6 51.Qe8+ Kf6
0:01	4/7	1.51	88685		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qb6+ Kf7 51.Qb7+ Kf8 52.Qa8+
					Ke7
0:02	5/8	1.42	270100		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qb6+
					Kf7 50.b5 f4 51.Qc6 Qe1+ 52.Kg2
					fxg3 53.fxg3
0:07	6/9	1.38	765295		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qb6+ Kg7 51.b5 f4 52.Qa7+
					Kh6 53.b6 fxg3
0:21	7/10	1.38	2272894		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe7 49.Qd4+
					Qe5 50.Qb6+ Kg7 51.b5 f4 52.Qa7+
					Kh6 53.b6 fxg3
1:08	8/11	1.42	7344709		47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe5 49.Qf8+
					Ke6 50.Qe8+ Kd5 51.Qxg6 Kc4 52.Qb6
					f4 53.gxf4 Qxf4 54.Qc5+ Kd3 55.Qd5+
					Qd4
3:14	9/12	1.35	20860120	47.Qc6+ Qe6 48.Qc5 Qe5 49.Qf8+
					Ke6 50.Qe8+ Kf6 51.Qh8+ Ke6 52.Qc8+
					Kf6 53.Qa6+ Kg7 54.b5 f4 55.Kh2
					fxg3+ 56.fxg3 Qe2+ 57.Kg1 Qe3+
					58.Kg2
4:22	9/12	1.63	27579125	47.Qxe5+ Kxe5 48.f4+ Kd5 49.Kg2
					Kc4 50.Kh3 Kxb4 51.Kh4 Kc5 52.Kg5
					Kd5 53.Kxg6 Ke4 54.Kxh5 Kd5 55.Kg5

jm



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