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Subject: Re: Crafty Bug?

Author: Gerd Isenberg

Date: 11:18:28 08/14/02

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On August 14, 2002 at 05:06:31, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>On August 14, 2002 at 03:22:54, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 14, 2002 at 01:01:57, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>White(1): setboard 8/8/3pR1P1/2k5/8/1p1b4/7K/8 b - - 0 67
>>>Black(1): go
>>>end-game phase
>>>              clearing hash tables
>>>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 3:00 (3:00)
>>>         nss  depth   time  score   variation (1)
>>>starting thread 1
>>>         (4)    8->   0.39   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (3)    9     0.48   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (4)    9->   0.73   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (3)   10     0.97   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (4)   10->   1.67   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (3)   11     1.70   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (4)   11->   3.55   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (3)   12     3.55   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (4)   12->   7.45   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>         (3)   13     7.53   0.01   1. ... Bxg6 2. Rxg6 <HT>
>>>               13    21.12     ++   1. ... b2!!
>>>               13->   2:49  -0.38   1. ... b26
>>>              time=3:00  cpu=307%  mat=1  n=242037717  fh=94%  nps=1342k
>>>              ext-> chk=29936339 cap=78644 pp=227271 1rep=1144737 mate=32723
>>>              predicted=0  nodes=242037717  evals=21110434
>>>              endgame tablebase-> probes done=239240  successful=53187
>>>              SMP->  split=778  stop=81  data=9/32  cpu=9:13  elap=3:00
>>>
>>>Black(1): b2
>>>              time used:   3:00
>>>
>>>#1 - You should see b2 wins pretty much immediatly.  Sure, 21.12 seconds isn't
>>>bad, but imagine this on a PIII 600!  -0.38 isn't very convincing either.
>>
>>I disagree.
>>
>>seeing that b2 is winning is not an easy task for programs.
>>
>>Here is some analysis on p850
>>with part of the tablebases(including KR vs KPP)
>>
>>Junior7 could not see it in a minute(I stopped it so I do not know if it is
>>faster than Crafty) when Deep Fritz also needed time
>>(faster than Crafty but Crafty is only an amateur)
>>
>>My crafty also needs depth 14 to find it under chessbase gui
>>and I do not find that amateurs like Comet are better and
>>at least CometB27 that is not very old
>>could not find it in 3 minutes when Crafty could do it.
>
>>>#3 - Any reason you can see why Crafty would take *forver* (even after this
>>>move) to see the win?
>>
>>The win is not simple without the relevant knowledge
>>that most programs do not have.
>
>Hossa 1.150:
>
>8 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black: Hossa v1.151 (C) 0
>7 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black material: 5.21
>6 |   |   |   |=P=| R |   | P |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>5 |   |   |=K=|   |   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Black to move
>4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ 8/8/3pR1P1/2k5/8/1p1b4/7K/8 b
>3 |   |=P=|   |=B=|   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White material: 6.07
>2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | K |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ White: opponent 0
>1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
>  +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+
>    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h
>3> analyze
>    1    +0.49    0.00        2 1... b2
>   <1>   +0.49    0.00       21 1... b2
>    2    +0.14    0.01      132 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7
>   <2>   +0.14    0.01      199 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7
>    3    +0.12    0.01      532 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1
>   <3>   +0.12    0.04      698 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1
>!   4    +0.54    0.05     1403 1... b2
>!   4    +0.94    0.06     2563 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.g7g8Q h7xg8
>   <4>   +0.94    0.10     3432 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.g7g8Q h7xg8
>?   5    -0.01    0.48    11956 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3
>   <5>   -0.01    0.59    15162 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3
>!   6    +0.41    0.74    19660 1... b2
>!   6    +1.20    0.80    25851 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8
>   <6>   +1.20    0.87    29562 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8
>    7    +0.94    1.11    42373 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8 5.Kg3
>   <7>   +0.94    1.54    58226 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.g7g8Q h7xg8 5.Kg3
>!   8    +1.36    2.24    93518 1... b2
>!   8    +3.41    2.76   131545 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1e3 Kd2 6.e3b3
>   <8>   +3.41    2.84   135887 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1e3 Kd2 6.e3b3
>    9    +3.09    6.26   297443 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 h7g8 6.Ke4
>   <9>   +3.09    7.20   332571 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 h7g8 6.Ke4
>   10    +3.35   12.74   616931 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 Kc2 6.e1e2 Kb3
>                                7.e2e3 Ka2
>  <10>   +3.35   15.11   777543 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.Kf4 Kc2 6.e1e2 Kb3
>                                7.e2e3 Ka2
>   11    +3.35   40.31  2823617 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1h1 h7g8 6.Kf4 Kc2
>                                7.h1h2 Kc3
>  <11>   +3.35   58.08  3751282 1... b2 2.g7 d3h7 3.e6e1 Kd4
>                                4.Kg3 Kc3 5.e1h1 h7g8 6.Kf4 Kc2
>                                7.h1h2 Kc3
>
>Greetings,
>Steffen.

Very impressive, Steffen. Zugzwang sensible position.

Isi (Athlon XP2000+) finds b2 in 2 seconds with draw score and realised a +0.28
after 25 seconds, but winning score (>2) not until 4 minutes. PV: 3..Kc4 4.Kg3
Kb3 5.Kf4 Ka2 6.Ra2+ Ka1 7.Re1+ b1=Q 8.Rxb1 Kxb1 9.Kg5 Bg8

Regards,
Gerd



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