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

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:39:01 02/08/03

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On February 08, 2003 at 02:00:20, Steffen Jakob wrote:

>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).



Crafty has always had this.  You just type "egtb" and if it is a known
position, it dumps the entire PV, with "only" moves flagged with a !.



>
>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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