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Subject: Ruffian finds mate in 15 in in 2:11, Fritz 8 can't find it

Author: Christopher A. Morgan

Date: 07:02:59 01/03/03

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While Fritz 8 took 35 minutes to find Qxf6, and could not find the mate after
two hours on my Athlon 750, Ruffian found Qxf6 in 1:16 and mate in 15 in 2:34 in
2:11.  Very impressive!


New game
1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1

Analysis by Ruffian 1.0.1:

1.Qxf3
  -+  (-6.13)   Depth: 1/1   00:00:00
1.Nxc6 Qxc6 2.Qxf3
  -+  (-5.73)   Depth: 1/3   00:00:00
1.Nxc6 Qxc6 2.Qxf3
  -+  (-5.73)   Depth: 2/6   00:00:00
1.h5 Ra8
  -+  (-4.05)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
1.h5 Kh8 2.Qxg6
  -+  (-2.50)   Depth: 3/12   00:00:00
1.h5 Kh8 2.Nxc6 Qxc6 3.Qxg6
  -+  (-2.15)   Depth: 4/12   00:00:00
1.h5 Nfh8 2.hxg6+ Nxg6 3.Qxf3 Ra8 4.Nxc6 Qxc6 5.Bxb5
  -+  (-2.12)   Depth: 5/14   00:00:00
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Kc1 Rgc8 4.Nxc6 Qxc6 5.Kd1 Qxc3 6.Qxc3 Rxc3 7.Bxb5
  -+  (-2.71)   Depth: 6/16   00:00:00  186kN
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Nxc6 Qxc6 4.Rxb5 Rbc8 5.Kb3
  -+  (-2.45)   Depth: 7/18   00:00:01  362kN
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Be3 Ra8 4.Rxa8 Rxa8 5.Nxc6 Qxc6 6.Bxg5 Bxg5 7.Qxf3
  -+  (-2.24)   Depth: 8/22   00:00:03  862kN
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Be3 Rbc8 4.Bxg5 Bxg5 5.Qxf3 Rgf8 6.Qh5
  -+  (-2.30)   Depth: 9/23   00:00:07  2267kN
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Be3 Rgf8 4.Nxc6 Qxc6 5.Bf4 Rbc8 6.Rxb5 Ne4 7.Qxf3
  -+  (-2.48)   Depth: 10/28   00:00:20  6827kN
1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Be3 Rgf8 4.Nxc6 Qxc6 5.Bf4 Rbc8 6.Rxb5 Ne4 7.Qxf3
  -+  (-2.48)   Depth: 11/29   00:00:45  16649kN
1.Qxg6+
  -+  (-2.13)   Depth: 11/32   00:01:16  28407kN
1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Kxa1 Qa7+ 10.Na2 Qxa2+ 11.Kxa2 Ra8+ 12.Kb3 Ra3+ 13.Kxa3 Be7+ 14.Kb3
  -+  (-2.01)   Depth: 11/33   00:01:18  29517kN
1.Qxg6+
  -+  (-1.66)   Depth: 12/34   00:01:24  31726kN
1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Kxa1 Qa7+ 10.Na2 Qxa2+ 11.Kxa2 Ra8+ 12.Kb2 Ra2+ 13.Kxa2 Bg5 14.Bh3+
Bc1 15.Rxc1#
  ±  (0.91)   Depth: 12/34   00:01:38  38335kN
1.Qxg6+
  ±  (1.26)   Depth: 13/37   00:02:11  51255kN
1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Kxa1 Qa7+ 10.Na2 Qxa2+ 11.Kxa2 Ra8+ 12.Kb2 Ra2+ 13.Kxa2 Bg5 14.Bh3+
Bc1 15.Rxc1#
  +-  (#15)   Depth: 13/37   00:02:34  64235kN
1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Kxa1 Qa7+ 10.Na2 Qxa2+ 11.Kxa2 Ra8+ 12.Kb2 Ra2+ 13.Kxa2 Bg5 14.Bh3+
Bc1 15.Rxc1#
  +-  (#15)   Depth: 14/37   00:03:11  84463kN
1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
8.Rb1 Ra1 9.Kxa1 Qa7+ 10.Na2 Qxa2+ 11.Kxa2 Ra8+ 12.Kb2 Ra2+ 13.Kxa2 Bg5 14.Bh3+
Bc1 15.Rxc1#
  +-  (#15)   Depth: 15/37   00:04:42  134301kN








On January 02, 2003 at 17:24:02, Christopher A. Morgan wrote:

>
>For Fritz 8, version 8.0.0.8, on Athlon 750, 96MB hash, after 35 minutes 5
>seconds F8 found Qxg6 with depth of 15/45, after switching from h5 which it held
>from the beginning.  It’s now 2hrs and 52 minutes and no mate found.  No change
>in analysis after 2 hours and 2 minutes with depth of 17/51.
>
>
>New game
>1r4r1/3q1npk/2b1pbnp/Rp1p4/1N1P3P/2PQ1pP1/1K3B2/5B1R w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Fritz 8:
>
>1.h5 Ng5 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Qe3 Ra8 4.Nxc6 Qxc6 5.Bxb5
>  -+  (-1.62)   Depth: 7/23   00:00:00  116kN
>1.h5 Nfh8 2.Qxf3 Rgf8 3.hxg6+ Nxg6 4.Qg4 Ra8 5.Rxa8
>  -+  (-1.84)   Depth: 8/25   00:00:01  377kN
>1.h5 Nfh8 2.Qxf3 Ne7 3.Bd3+ g6 4.Qxf6 Rgf8 5.hxg6+ Nhxg6 6.Qg5
>  -+  (-1.69)   Depth: 9/33   00:00:03  906kN
>1.h5 Nfh8 2.hxg6+ Nxg6 3.Qxf3 e5 4.Bh3 Qb7 5.Ra6 e4
>  -+  (-1.50)   Depth: 10/30   00:00:06  1628kN
>1.h5 Nd6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Bd3 Ne4 4.Be3 Rgc8 5.Bxh6 Qc7 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qxc6
>8.Bd2
>  -+  (-1.62)   Depth: 11/35   00:00:29  9443kN
>1.h5 Nd6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Bd3 Ne4 4.Rha1 Rgc8 5.Be3 Bb7 6.Bxe4 dxe4 7.Ra7 Ra8 8.g4
>  -+  (-1.69)   Depth: 12/36   00:01:11  23334kN
>1.h5 Nd6 2.Qxg6+ Kh8 3.Bd3 Ne4 4.Be3 Bb7 5.Rxb5 Rgc8 6.Bf4 Ra8 7.Rf1 Kg8 8.Rxf3
>Rxc3
>  -+  (-1.69)   Depth: 13/38   00:03:18  67369kN
>1.h5 Nd6 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Qe3 Rgc8 4.Qxf3 Rf8
>  -+  (-1.69)   Depth: 14/43   00:09:26  200375kN
>1.h5 Nd6 2.hxg6+ Kh8 3.Qe3 Rgc8 4.Bd3 Bd8 5.Raa1 Nc4+ 6.Bxc4 bxc4 7.Qxf3
>  -+  (-1.78)   Depth: 15/43   00:24:47  543201kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  -+  (-1.75)   Depth: 15/45   00:35:05  773347kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  -+  (-1.59)   Depth: 15/45   00:36:17  798997kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  ì  (-1.28)   Depth: 15/45   00:37:11  818224kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  3  (-0.66)   Depth: 15/45   00:38:55  855035kN
>1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
>8.Rd1 Ra1
>  +-  (1.59)   Depth: 15/51   00:49:54  1087413kN
>1.Qxg6+ Kxg6 2.Bd3+ Kh5 3.g4+ Kxg4 4.Rg1+ Kh3 5.Bf1+ Kh2 6.Bg3+ Kxg1 7.Ra1 Ra8
>8.Rd1 Ra1 9.Rxa1 Qa7
>  +-  (1.59)   Depth: 16/47   00:57:41  1258151kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  +-  (1.88)   Depth: 17/51   01:32:45  2023703kN
>1.Qxg6+!
>  +-  (2.16)   Depth: 17/51   02:02:08  2657933kN
>
>
>On January 02, 2003 at 15:53:44, Drexel,Michael wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2003 at 14:34:13, Dieter Buerssner wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2003 at 14:03:42, Manfred Rosenboom wrote:
>>>
>>>>Yace needs a while, but from depth 11 on it finds the move.
>>>>Also in depth 13 Yace announce a mate in 16. This announcement may be wrong, but
>>>>at least there must be a mate.
>>>
>>>Manfred, I think with most chess engines (not mate solvers) mate announcements
>>>must be interpreted as: It is at least a mate that long, it may be faster. In
>>>this sense, announcing mate in 16 is not wrong. BTW. Here my current version
>>>announces mate in 15. But this can also be pure luck, and with a different hash
>>>table size, it might first find mate in 16, too.
>>>
>>>IIRC, the position was discussed here not too long ago.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Dieter
>>
>>Hello Dieter,
>>
>>Shredder 7 is not able to find the mate at depth 17/50 1026360kN
>>PV: -+(-3.12) 1.h5 Kh8 2.hxg6 Sg5 3.Le3 Tgf8 4.Ta7 Dxa7 5.Sxc6 Da8 6.Sxb8 Dxb8
>>7.Lf4 Da7
>>at this depth shredder 7 evaluates 1.h5 (1/44) for minutes and 1.Qxg6+ (3/44)
>>for roughly two seconds.
>>at which depth do you think it would find the mate? 30/30?
>>this 'behaviour' has obviously something to do with its superior playing
>>strength.



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