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Subject: Re: 8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3

Author: Steffen Jakob

Date: 23:00:20 02/07/03

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On February 08, 2003 at 00:04:10, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On February 07, 2003 at 03:32:11, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Can't find the original post.
>>
>>Someone said Ne3, Nf3 were the best moves.  Looks pretty clear that a4 wins.
>>
>>[D]8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3
>
>Here is something from an "authority".  :)  about 150 gigs of egtbs
>on a set of disks that won't wait.  :)
>
>                8     1.68  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB>
>                8->   1.82  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=8)
>                9     2.45  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>                9->   7.05  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>               10     7.29  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>               10->   8.63  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>               11     9.43  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>               11->  16.04  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=7)
>               12    17.02  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=6)
>               12->  23.30  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>               13    24.09  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=3)
>               13->  42.42  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=5)
>               14    42.51  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>               14->  47.20  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=4)
>               15    47.28  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=3)
>               15->   1:05  Mat26   1. Ne4 Kxc4 <EGTB> (s=5)
>
>A4 leads to a mate in 91 as the best black can do, according to
>the same "authority".  However, it would require a close inspection
>to be sure it won't go past the 50 move rule...

In Hossa I have a command which shows the full line to the mate if the root
position is a tablebase position. It would be nice to have this in crafty, too
(but don't send this line to xboard which would get an overflow).

Greetings,
Steffen.

>
>               13     3.14  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               13->   3.30  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               14     3.30  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               14->   3.68  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               15     3.68  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               15->   4.40  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               16     4.40  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               16->   5.21  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               17     5.21  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               17->   5.44  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               18     5.44  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               18->   6.08  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               19     6.08  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               19->   7.33  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               20     7.33  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>               20->  17.73  Mat91   1. ... Kxa4 <EGTB>
>
>>
>>E:\programme\winboard\ruffian>ruffian -h 300M -T \n.epd -t 999 -p 99
>>Hash size 314572800
>>Ruffian 1.0.1
>>feature done=0
>>Loading configuration: ruffian.cfg
>>Warning: EGTB_HASH_SIZE changed, default=1048576, newvalue=8388608
>>Logfile: Fri Feb 07 00:09:21 2003
>>Total hash size 300M
>>Initializing tablebases: /programme/winboard/nalimov
>>Testing \n.epd, 999 seconds, extra ply 99
>>Testing: test 1   Solution: Ne3 Nf3
>>  8/8/8/6Np/2N5/Pk6/6K1/8 w - a3
>>  Depth   Time  Score    Best line
>>   8-->   1.31   7.70    Ne4 Kc2 Kg3 Kd3 Ncd6 Kc2 Kh4 Kb3 Kxh5 Kxa3
>>   9/19   2.39   7.77    Ne4 Ka4 Ned6 Kb3 Kh3 Kc3 Kh4 Kd4 Kxh5
>>   9-->   3.50   7.77    Ne4 Ka4 Ned6 Kb3 Kh3 Kc3 Kh4 Kd4 Kxh5
>>  10/19   5.45   8.07    Ne4 h4 Ned6 Ka4 Kh3 Kb3 Kxh4 Kc3 Kg4 Kd4 a4
>>  10/19   7.86   x.xx    a4
>>  10/19   7.86     ++    a4
>>  10/19   8.09   9.20    a4 Kb4 a5 Kb5 a6 Kc6 Ne6 h4 Nd8+ Kc7 a7 h3+ Kxh3
>>  10-->   8.55   9.20    a4 Kb4 a5 Kb5 a6 Kc6 Ne6 h4 Nd8+ Kc7 a7 h3+ Kxh3
>>  11/19   8.55     ++    a4
>>  11/20   9.42  11.41    a4 Kb4 a5 Kb5 a6 Kc6 Ne6 Kd7 a7 Kxe6 a8=Q
>>  11-->  17.34  11.41    a4 Kb4 a5 Kb5 a6 Kc6 Ne6 Kd7 a7 Kxe6 a8=Q
>>  12/21  17.39     ++    a4
>>  12/26  25.81  15.93    a4 Kc3 a5 h4 a6 Kd4 a7 Kd3 Ne5+ Kd4 Ng6 Ke3 Kh3 Ke2
>>                         a8=Q
>>  12-->  45.97  15.93    a4 Kc3 a5 h4 a6 Kd4 a7 Kd3 Ne5+ Kd4 Ng6 Ke3 Kh3 Ke2
>>                         a8=Q
>>  13/26  46.15     ++    a4
>>  13/26   1:03  16.40    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kc3 Nd6 Kd2 Kg3
>>  13-->   1:49  16.40    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kc3 Nd6 Kd2 Kg3
>>  14/28   2:23  16.53    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kc5 Ne5 Kd6 Nef7+
>>  14-->   4:35  16.53    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kc5 Ne5 Kd6 Nef7+
>>  15/32   6:07  16.83    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kd3 Qe4+ Kc3 Kg3
>>                         Kb4 Ne6 Kc3
>>  15-->  11:50  16.83    a4 Kc3 a5 Kb3 a6 Kc3 a7 Kd4 a8=Q Kd3 Qe4+ Kc3 Kg3
>>                         Kb4 Ne6 Kc3
>>  16/34  12:03     ++    a4
>>  16...  12:03   1/22    a4
>>
>>Time: 16:39, cpu 85.26%, nodes 619131774, nps 619732
>>Hash: 128M, used 99%, hits 51%
>>EGTB: probs 255173, hits 255173
>>
>>Best move: a4 (17.18)  Not solved (0/1)
>>
>>Summery: 0/1



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