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Subject: Re: A different kind of test.

Author: Ron Murawski

Date: 23:47:45 08/08/02

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On August 08, 2002 at 23:20:47, Slater Wold wrote:

>[D]3r1brk/1p3p1p/p1npp1p1/3Nn1Q1/P1P1PN2/1q4R1/5PPP/B1R3K1 b - - 0 24
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>How long does it take your engine to understand it's losing?
>
>How long does it take it to understand it's losing badly?

On an AMD 1.8 GHz w/ 64MB hash, the latest Horizon beta sees that Qxa4 is bad in
8.67 seconds, but it takes about 3-1/2 minutes to change to a different move,
with an immediate and enormous fail-low that was not resolved within 10 minutes.

Depth Score   Time      Nodes   pv
  4    -24      65      11862   Qa2 Nb4 Qd2 Qf6+ Bg7
  5    -77?     65      13146   Qa2 Nb4 f6 Qxf6+ Rg7
  5   -107      71      22786   Qa2 Nb4 Nxb4 Qxd8 Qxa4
  6   -136?     71      26764   Qa2 Nb4 Nxb4 Qxd8 Qxa4 Bd4
  6    -66!     82      42042   Qxa4 Qf6+ Bg7 Ra3 exd5 Qxe5
  6     77     104      99509   Qxa4 Nf6 Rg7 Rgc3 Be7 Bb2
  7     48?    115     126123   Qxa4 Nf6 Nxc4 Nxg8+ Bg7 Bxg7+ Kxg8
  7     48     164     275784   Qxa4 Ne2 exd5 cxd5 Qxe4 Rxc6 bxc6
  8     47     291     678510   Qxa4 Nf6 Be7 Rh3 Rg7 Rh6 b6 Bxe5 dxe5
  9     18?    494    1294550   Qxa4 Nf6 Be7 N4h5 Rdf8 Qh6 Qb3 Bxe5 Bxf6
  9    -58     867    2452923   Qxa4 Nf6 Be7 N4h5 a5 f4 Rgf8 fxe5 gxh5 Qxh5 Bxf6
                                exf6
 10    -29!   2306    5114057   Qxa4 Nf6 Rg7 Qh6 Be7 Nxe6 fxe6 Qh4
 10    -29    2581    5921167   Qxa4 Nf6 Ne7 Nxg8 Kxg8 Rh3 b5 cxb5 Qb4
 11    -58?   4300   10803116   Qxa4 Nf6 Ne7 Nxg8 f6 Bxe5 Bg7 Nxe6 h6
 11    -96   17043   45297936   Qxa4 Nf6 Rg7 Qh6 Be7 N4h5 Bxf6 Nxf6 Qa2 h3
 12   -125?  20888   55282826   exd5 Rxb3 Be7 Bxe5+ Rg7 Rd1 Bxg5 Bxg7+ Kxg7 Nxd5
                                f5

Ron



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