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

Author: Ernst Walet

Date: 11:50:19 04/21/02

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On April 21, 2002 at 14:08:55, John Merlino wrote:

>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


Celeron 1200, 256MB hash, SS=10: 47 seconds.

Ernst.

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/6	1.56	24424		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe7 3. Qd4+
					Qe5 4. Qd8+ Ke6 5. Qe8+ Kf6
0:00	1/7	1.51	54675		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe7 3. Qd4+
					Qe5 4. Qb6+ Kf7 5. Qb7+ Kf8 6.
					Qa8+ Ke7
0:01	1/8	1.42	143389		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe7 3. Qb6+
					Kf7 4. b5 f4 5. Qc6 Qe1+ 6. Kg2
					fxg3 7. fxg3
0:02	2/9	1.38	388485		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe7 3. Qd4+
					Qe5 4. Qb6+ Kg7 5. b5 f4 6. Qa7+
					Kh6 7. b6 fxg3
0:05	3/10	1.38	911883		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe7 3. Qd4+
					Qe5 4. Qb6+ Kg7 5. b5 f4 6. Qa7+
					Kh6 7. b6 fxg3
0:15	4/11	1.36	2727669		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe5 3. Qb6+
					Kf7 4. b5 f4 5. Qb7+ Kf8 6. b6
					fxg3 7. Qa8+ Kg7 8. Qa7+ Kf6
0:37	5/12	1.31	6744181		1. Qc6+ Qe6 2. Qc5 Qe5 3. Qb6+
					Kf7 4. b5 f4 5. Qb7+ Kf8 6. gxf4
					Qxf4 7. Qc8+ Ke7 8. b6 Qg5+ 9.
					Kh2 Qf4+ 10. Kg2 h4
0:47	5/12	1.63	8777318		1. Qxe5+ Kxe5 2. f4+ Kd5 3. Kg2
					Kc4 4. Kh3 Kxb4 5. Kh4 Kc5 6. Kg5
					Kd5 7. Kxg6 Ke4 8. Kxh5 Kd5 9. Kg5
0:48	6/13	1.63	8972383		1. Qxe5+ Kxe5 2. f4+ Kd5 3. Kg2
					Kc4 4. Kh3 Kxb4 5. Kh4 Kc5 6. Kg5
					Kd5 7. Kxg6 Ke4 8. Kxh5 Kd5 9. Kg5



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