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Subject: Re: Caution: Genius at work...

Author: Chessfun

Date: 07:26:25 10/09/02

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On October 09, 2002 at 10:18:07, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On October 08, 2002 at 13:22:38, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>There have been a few programs that could solve it.  But it usually meant
>>tweaking parameters until the general play was crappy.  Using default settings,
>>Ruffian runs roughshod over WAC.230.  I think I will give Ruffian a go at the
>>possible refutation line.  At any rate, the solution move is the only one with
>>any real winning chances.  Therefore, I salute Ruffian for this monumental
>>achievement.
>>
>>E:\programme\winboard\ruffian>ruffian -T 5.epd -t 999 -h 300M
>>Hash size 314572800
>>Ruffian 1.0.1
>>feature done=0
>>Loading configuration: ruffian.cfg
>>Warning: EGTB_HASH_SIZE changed, default=1048576, newvalue=8388608
>>Logfile: Tue Oct 08 10:02:58 2002
>>Total hash size 300M
>>Initializing tablebases: /programme/winboard/nalimov
>>Testing 5.epd, 999 seconds, extra ply 3
>>Testing: WAC.230   Solution: Rb4
>>  2b5/1r6/2kBp1p1/p2pP1P1/2pP4/1pP3K1/1R3P2/8 b - -
>>  Depth   Time  Score    Best line
>>  12-->   1.40   1.98    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 f3 Rh5 Kf4 Rh1 Bd6 Rc1 Bb4 Bb7 Ke3
>>                         Re1+
>>  13/23   1.93   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Kg4 Kd7 Rb2 Bb5 Kg3
>>                         Bc6
>>  13-->   2.34   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Kg4 Kd7 Rb2 Bb5 Kg3
>>                         Bc6
>>  14/23   2.63   1.96    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Kg4 Rh5 Rb2 Rh7 Bd6
>>                         Bb5 Ba3
>>  14-->   3.23   1.96    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Kg4 Rh5 Rb2 Rh7 Bd6
>>                         Bb5 Ba3
>>  15/25   4.32   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Bb2 Bb5 Ba3 Rh7 Rb2
>>                         Rh1 Kf2 Kd7 Ke3
>>  15-->   4.62   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Bb2 Bb5 Ba3 Rh7 Rb2
>>                         Rh1 Kf2 Kd7 Ke3
>>  16/29   6.29   1.99    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 Kg2 Rh7 Ra1
>>                         Bb5 Kg3
>>  16-->   9.05   1.99    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f4 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 Kg2 Rh7 Ra1
>>                         Bb5 Kg3
>>  17/29  12.68   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f3 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 f4 Kd7 Ba3
>>                         Bb5 Rb2 Rh1 Kg4 Bc6
>>  17/32  28.40   x.xx    ... Rb4
>>  17-->  31.67   2.00    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f3 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 f4 Kd7 Ba3
>>                         Bb5 Rb2 Rh1 Kg4 Bc6
>>  18/33  36.36   2.01    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f3 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 f4 Rh7 Ra1
>>                         Bb5 Rb1 Kd7 Ra1 Rh8
>>  18-->  38.47   2.01    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 f3 Ba6 Bb2 Rh5 f4 Rh7 Ra1
>>                         Bb5 Rb1 Kd7 Ra1 Rh8
>>  19/34  56.08   2.02    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 Bb2 Ba6 Kg4 Kd7 Ba3 Rh5 Bb2
>>                         Bb5 Ba3 Rh2 Kg3 Rh8 Rb2 Bc6 f3 Bb5 Kf4 Rh1 Ke3
>>  19-->   1:01   2.02    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 Bb2 Ba6 Kg4 Kd7 Ba3 Rh5 Bb2
>>                         Bb5 Ba3 Rh2 Kg3 Rh8 Rb2 Bc6 f3 Bb5 Kf4 Rh1 Ke3
>>  20/39   1:22   2.02    ... a4 Ba3 Rh7 Rb1 Rh8 Bb2 Ba6 Kg4 Kd7 Ba3 Bb5 f3
>>                         Rh2 Rb2 Rh1 Bb4 Rc1 Kf4 Bc6 Ke3 Rg1
>>  20/40   2:29   x.xx    ... Rb4
>>  20/40   3:39     ++    ... Rb4
>>  20/40   4:50   2.42    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Re2 Kc4 f3 Kxd4 Kf4
>>                         Kd3 Rh2 Bd7 Bc1 Bb5 Ba3 c2 Rxc2 Kxc2 Ke3
>>  20-->   4:50   2.42    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Re2 Kc4 f3 Kxd4 Kf4
>>                         Kd3 Rh2 Bd7 Bc1 Bb5 Ba3 c2 Rxc2 Kxc2 Ke3
>>  21/41   7:34   2.61    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Rb1 Kc4 f4 Kxd4 Kf3
>>                         Kc4 Ke2 d4 Rb2 cxb2 Bxb2 Kd5 Kf3 Ba6 Kg3 d3
>>  21-->   7:43   2.61    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Rb1 Kc4 f4 Kxd4 Kf3
>>                         Kc4 Ke2 d4 Rb2 cxb2 Bxb2 Kd5 Kf3 Ba6 Kg3 d3
>>  22/45  12:39   2.71    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Rb1 Kc4 f4 Kxd4 Kf3
>>                         Kc4 Ke2 d4 Rc1 Ba6 Kd1 Kd3 Rc2 bxc2+ Kc1 Bc4 Bd6
>>  22-->  12:53   2.71    ... Rb4 cxb4 a4 b5+ Kxb5 Ba3 c3 Rb1 Kc4 f4 Kxd4 Kf3
>>                         Kc4 Ke2 d4 Rc1 Ba6 Kd1 Kd3 Rc2 bxc2+ Kc1 Bc4 Bd6
>>
>>
>>Time: 12:53, cpu 97.95%, nodes 490644808, nps 634457
>>Hash: 128M, used 99%, hits 43%
>>EGTB: probs 0, hits 0
>>
>>Best move: Rb4 (2.71)  Solved (1/1)
>
>
>
>OK, so finding Rb4 in 2min 29sec is a monumental achievement?
>
>Chess Tiger 15, P4 1.6GHz, 96Mb hash:
>
>00:00:00.7	2,43	10	Rd7 Bc5 Rf7 f4 Rh7 Rb1 Kb5
>00:00:01.4	2,43	11	Rd7 Bc5 Rf7 f4 Rh7 Rb1 Kb5 Ba3 Rf7 Kf3
>00:00:04.3	2,44	12	Rd7 Bc5 Rf7 f4 Kb5 Rb1 Bb7 Ba3
>00:00:06.1	2,46	12	Rh7 Rb1 Rh5 f4 Kb5 Ra1
>00:00:09.4	2,49	12	Rb4 cxb4 a4 Rb1 c3 Rc1 c2 b5+ Kxb5
>00:00:24.5	3,12	13	Rb4 Rb1 Ra4 f4 Kb5 Kf3 Ra2 Rc1
>00:01:07.9	3,26	14	Rb4 Rb1 Ra4 f4 Ra2 Kf3 Kb5 Rc1
>00:02:31.7	3,26	14	Rb4 Rb1 Ra4 f4 Ra2 Kf3 Kb5 Rc1
>
>
>Rb4 found in 9.4 seconds.


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