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Subject: Re: Deep Fritz 7, kns increase test

Author: Roy Eassa

Date: 12:58:22 08/26/02

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On August 26, 2002 at 15:55:13, Roy Eassa wrote:

>On August 26, 2002 at 01:03:39, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On August 25, 2002 at 20:42:09, K. Burcham wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>CCC-4 test position  Rg4
>>>
>>>hash set at 432 megs all tests
>>>
>>>Deep Fritz 7,  2 x 1533 mhz,  14:10 minutes,     1686 kns
>>>Deep Fritz 7,  1 x 1533 mhz,  31:05 minutes,      947 kns
>>>Deep Fritz 6,  2 x 1533 mhz,  not found,         1290 kns
>>>Deep Fritz 6,  1 x 1533 mhz,  did not find,      1160 kns
>>>
>>>
>>> [D] 8/4K2p/6pr/5pk1/1pB2R2/p4PP1/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Chessmaster 9000, on a humble PIII-733, finds Rg4+ in 30 seconds. However, it
>>does not see that it is winning after five minutes, and it appears that CM9000
>>would need to get to about depth 18 or 19 to see the win:
>>
>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>0:00	1/6	-0.91	17550		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>0:00	2/7	-1.02	33219		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>					4.Bd5
>>0:01	3/8	-0.68	97813		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>					4.Bd5 h5 5.Rxa3
>>0:02	4/9	-0.68	243493		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>					4.Bd5 h5 5.Rxa3
>>0:08	5/10	-0.44	837489		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>					4.Bd5 h5 5.Rxa3 Rg1 6.Ra4
>>0:19	6/11	-0.47	2117898		1.Bd5 b3 2.Bxb3 Rh3 3.Ra4 Rxg3
>>					4.Bd5 h5 5.Rxa3 Rg1 6.Kd6
>>0:30	6/11	0.27	3547695		1.Rg4+ fxg4 2.f4+ Kh5 3.Bf7 b3
>>					4.Bxb3 g5 5.Bf7+ Rg6 6.f5 Kh6 7.fxg6
>>					hxg6 8.Kf6 Kh5 9.Bxg6+ Kh6
>>0:34	7/12	0.00	4080860		1.Rg4+ fxg4 2.f4+ Kh5 3.Bf7 b3
>>					4.Bxb3 g5 5.Bf7+ Rg6 6.f5 a2 7.fxg6
>>					a1=Q 8.g7+ Kh6 9.g8=Q Qf6+ 10.Kf8
>>					Qe7+ 11.Kxe7
>>1:20	8/13	0.00	10095261	1.Rg4+ fxg4 2.f4+ Kh5 3.Bf7 b3
>>					4.Bxb3 g5 5.Bf7+ Rg6 6.f5 a2 7.fxg6
>>					a1=Q 8.g7+ Kh6 9.g8=Q Qf6+ 10.Kf8
>>					Qe7+ 11.Kxe7
>>3:50	9/14	0.00	26956945	1.Rg4+ fxg4 2.f4+ Kh5 3.Bf7 b3
>>					4.Bxb3 g5 5.Bf7+ Rg6 6.f5 a2 7.fxg6
>>					a1=Q 8.g7+ Kh6 9.g8=Q Qf6+ 10.Kxf6
>                                                           ^
>                                                           |
>                                                           |
>Did CM9000 not see "9.g8=N mate" instead of "9.g8=Q" in those last two PVs?
>
>(Would it overlook a mate in 1 in preference of a non-mating move in the
>lookahead?  If so, is that because it involves an underpromotion?)


Oops, my mistake, I didn't see that CM9000 had failed to find 3.Kf8!  (Thus, in
the line given by CM9000, 9.g8=N+ is not mate because Black has Kg7, winning.)



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