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Subject: Re: A quick endgame test...

Author: Gian-Carlo Pascutto

Date: 10:53:12 06/26/02

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On June 26, 2002 at 13:46:03, Andrew Williams wrote:

>Here's a position where postmodernist made a foolish mistake and got squashed by
>crafty:
>
>[D]3R4/5k2/1p1p4/1NbP2pp/2P3P1/P7/5rKP/8 w - -  am Kg3
>
>PostModernist takes 13 seconds to latch onto Kh3 on my Athlon 1200, but it
>didn't have enough time in this short game. How long does it take your engine to
>see that Kh3 is better?

Athlon XP 1800

3R4/5k2/1p1p4/1NbP2pp/2P3P1/P7/5rKP/8 w - - 0 1

Analysis by Sjeng 12.14 d:

1.Kg3 h4+ 2.Kh3 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+ 5.Kg2 Rf2+ 6.Kh3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 7/21   00:00:00  129kN
1.Kg3 h4+ 2.Kh3 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+ 5.Kg2 Rf2+ 6.Kh3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 7/23   00:00:00  241kN
1.Kg3 h4+ 2.Kh3 Rb2 3.Rd7+ Kf6 4.Rxd6+ Bxd6 5.Nxd6 Ke5 6.Nb5 Rb3+ 7.Kg2 h3+
  ³  (-0.45)   Depth: 8/23   00:00:02  1797kN
1.Kh3 Ke7 2.Rc8 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/29   00:00:04  3238kN
1.Kh3 Ke7 2.Rc8 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/29   00:00:04  3238kN
etc...


Furthermore, after making the losing error, how long
>does it take your program to find that Black will win:
>
>[D]3R4/5k2/1p1p4/1NbP2pp/2P3P1/P5K1/5r1P/8 b - - 0 1 bm h4

Analysis by Sjeng 12.14 d:

1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+ 5.Kg2 Rf2+ 6.Kh3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:00  142kN
1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rf3+ 3.Kg2 Rf2+ 4.Kh3 Rf3+ 5.Kg2 Rf2+ 6.Kh3
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/26   00:00:00  211kN
1...h4+
  ³  (-0.50)   Depth: 9/31   00:00:03  1580kN
1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rb2 3.Nxd6+ Ke7 4.Re8+ Kxd6 5.Re1 Kd7 6.a4 Bd6 7.Rh1 Rc2 8.Re1
Rxh2#
  -+  (-4.09)   Depth: 9/31   00:00:05  3095kN
1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rb2 3.Nxd6+ Ke7 4.Re8+ Kxd6 5.Re1 Kd7 6.a4 Bd6 7.Rh1 Rc2 8.Re1
Rxh2#
  -+  (-4.09)   Depth: 9/33   00:00:05  3141kN
1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rb2 3.Nxd6+ Ke7 4.Re8+ Kd7 5.Nf7 Bg1 6.Ne5+ Kxe8 7.Nf3 Be3 8.Ne5
Ke7 9.a4
  -+  (-4.52)   Depth: 10/33   00:00:07  4199kN
1...h4+ 2.Kh3 Rb2 3.Nxd6+ Ke7 4.Re8+ Kd7 5.Nf7 Bg1 6.Ne5+ Kxe8 7.Nf3 Be3 8.Ne5
Ke7 9.a4
  -+  (-4.52)   Depth: 10/33   00:00:07  4307kN

--
GCP



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