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Subject: Re: King and pawn game tuner for your program

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 14:14:16 06/27/02

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On June 27, 2002 at 13:38:32, Ferdinand S. Mosca wrote:

>
>The king and pawn game is a very interesting exercise to program, is it
>difficult to perfect this ending?.
>
>How long will it take your favorite programs to see that 36. h5 is good for
>black.
>[D]8/k6p/8/2P2p2/2P1p3/7K/1P3P2/8 b - - 0 35
>sample program analysis on Athlon xp 1600+, 64MB hash
>Analysis by Gromit 3.8.2:
>
>36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b3 Kc7 39.b4 Kc6 40.f4 Kc7 41.b5 Kb7 42.c6+ Kb6 43.c5+ Kc7
>44.Kh3 e3 45.Kg3 h4+ 46.Kg2 h3+ 47.Kf3
>  ±  (1.09)   Depth: 18   00:10:55
>36...h5
>  ±  (1.09)   Depth: 19   00:10:55
>36...h5
>  ±  (1.09)   Depth: 19   00:11:09
>
>more than 11 min, and yet the score still favors white.
>
>
>Analysis by Green Light Chess 2.18:
>
>36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b4 Kc6 39.f4 Kc7 40.b5 Kd7 41.c6+ Kd6 42.Kf2 h4 43.Kg2 e3
>44.Kf3 h3 45.Kxe3 h2 46.c5+ Kxc5 47.c7 Kxb5 48.c8Q h1Q 49.Qxf5+
>  ±  (1.27)   Depth: 19   00:03:16  154355kN
>36...h5 37.Kg3 Kb7 38.b4 Kc6 39.f4 Kc7 40.b5 Kd7 41.c6+ Kd6 42.Kf2 h4 43.Kg2 e3
>44.Kf3 h3 45.Kxe3 h2 46.c5+ Kxc5 47.c7 Kxb5 48.c8Q h1Q 49.Qxf5+
>  ±  (1.27)   Depth: 19   00:03:17  155502kN
>
>still favors white.
>
>Regards,
>Dinan


takes Crafty 1.5 seconds to lock on to the move, 5 seconds for the score
to drop below 0.00 (good for black) and 7 seconds to have a -1.5 score for
black...


               12     1.11   3.41   1. ... Kb7 2. Kh4 h6 3. b4 Kc7 4. Kg3
                                    h5 5. b5 Kb7 6. c6+ Kb6 7. Kh4 Kc7
                                    8. Kxh5
               12     1.52     ++   1. ... h5!!
               12     1.65   0.86   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b4 Kc6 4. Kh3
                                    f4 5. Kg2 h4 6. Kh3 e3 7. Kg2 exf2
                                    8. Kxf2
         (2)   12->   1.66   0.86   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b4 Kc6 4. Kh3
                                    f4 5. Kg2 h4 6. Kh3 e3 7. Kg2 exf2
                                    8. Kxf2
               13     1.96     ++   1. ... h5!!
               13->   2.21   0.47   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b4 Kc6 4. Kh3
                                    f4 5. Kg2 h4 6. Kh3 e3 7. Kg2 exf2
                                    8. Kxf2
               14     2.93     ++   1. ... h5!!
               14     5.26  -0.28   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b4 Kc6 4. Kh3
                                    f4 5. Kg2 h4 6. b5+ Kxc5 7. Kg1 e3
                                    8. Kf1 exf2 9. Kxf2
               15     6.42     ++   1. ... h5!!
               15     7.63  -1.58   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b3 Kc7 4. c6
                                    Kd6 5. b4 Kxc6 6. c5 Kd5 7. b5 Kxc5
                                    8. Kh4 Kxb5 9. Kxh5
               15->   7.93  -1.58   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b3 Kc7 4. c6
                                    Kd6 5. b4 Kxc6 6. c5 Kd5 7. b5 Kxc5
                                    8. Kh4 Kxb5 9. Kxh5
               16    10.33  -1.87   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b3 Kc7 4. c6
                                    Kxc6 5. b4 Kd6 6. b5 Kc5 <HT>
               16->  10.92  -1.87   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b3 Kc7 4. c6
                                    Kxc6 5. b4 Kd6 6. b5 Kc5 <HT>
               17    16.47  -1.73   1. ... h5 2. Kg3 Kb7 3. b3 Kc7 4. c6
                                    Kxc6 5. b4 Kb7 6. b5 Kb6 7. Kh4 f4
                                    8. c5+ Kxb5 9. c6 Kxc6 10. Kxh5



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