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Subject: Re: CM9k solves this instantly!

Author: Sune Fischer

Date: 11:25:47 03/28/03

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On March 28, 2003 at 06:27:56, Lyn Harper wrote:

>  Put CM on it's 'solve for mate', which turns the selective search off, and
>  it will solve the problem in the wink of an eye. At least it did on my P4
>1.3Ghz.

Yeah, but that's cheating :)

Seriously, I think every program here will find it in a "mate search".
The trick is to make the standard program solve it fast too.

Frenzee with standard search:
1	98	0	5		1.gxh4
2	464	0	84		1.gxh4 Kxh4
3	464	0	449		1.gxh4 Kxh4 2.Bxg4
4	464	0	1338		1.gxh4 Kxh4 2.Bxg4 Bxf4
4	566	0	1667		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4
5	566	0	2527		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4 3.Bxg4
6	566	2	4546		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4 3.Bxg4 Kxg4
7	566	2	7765		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4 3.Bxg4 Kxg4 4.Rxd7
8	659	3	15599		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4 3.Bxg4 Kxg4 4.Rxd7 Kf3
9	790	8	47115		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Ne3 Kh6 3.Nxg4+ Rxg4 4.Bxg4 d6 5.Rxd6 e3
10	790	11	69579		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Ne3 Kh6 3.Nxg4+ Rxg4 4.Bxg4 d6 5.Rxd6 e3 6.Bxh3
11	811	19	137178		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Ne3 Kh6 3.Bxg4 Rh5 4.Rxd7 Kh7 5.Rxf7+ Kh8 6.Bxh5
gxh5
12	827	45	372723		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Ne3 Kh6 3.Bxg4 Rxg4 4.Nxg4+ Kh7 5.Rxd7 Kg8
6.Rd8+ Kh7 7.Kb4 e3
12	1065	63	521373		1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kxh4 4.Nxg4 Kh5 5.Nf2+ Kh4 6.Nxe4
g4 7.Nxd6
13	1234	87	748002		1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kh6 4.Nxg4+ Kh7 5.hxg5 Kg8 6.Rxd6
Kh8 7.Rd4 Kh7
14	1269	147	1306876		1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kh6 4.Nxg4+ Kh7 5.hxg5 Kg8
6.Rxd6 e3 7.Rd7 Kh7 8.Nxe3
15	1274	273	2512258		1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kh6 4.Nxg4+ Kh7 5.hxg5 Kg8
6.Nh6+ Kh7 7.Rxd6 e3 8.Nxf7 Kg8 9.Rd8+
16	299979	697	6561130		1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kh6 4.Nxg4+ Kh7
17	299981	2151	20417087	1.Ne3 d6 2.fxg5 hxg5 3.gxh4 Kh6 4.Nxg4+ Kh7

so, a mate in 11 after 7 secs, mate in 10 after 35 secs (TB 2400+).
Clearly a nullmove blindspot here.

In "mate search" mode (ie. without nullmove):
1	98	0	5		1.gxh4
2	464	0	83		1.gxh4 Kxh4
3	464	0	433		1.gxh4 Kxh4 2.Bxg4
4	464	0	1716		1.gxh4 Kxh4 2.Bxg4 Bxf4
4	566	0	2041		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4
5	566	1	9177		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.gxh4 Kxh4 3.Bxg4
6	597	6	36346		1.fxg5 hxg5 2.Ne3 Kh6 3.Nxg4+ Rxg4 4.Bxg4
6	299993	17	116371		1.Nc3 e3 2.Rb5 d6 3.Nd5 Bxf4
7	299993	24	159754		1.Nc3 e3 2.Rb5 d6 3.Nd5 Bxf4 4.Nxf4++
8	299993	81	596961		1.Nc3 e3 2.Rb5 d6 3.Nd5 Bxf4 4.Nxf4++
9	299993	284	2136769		1.Nc3 e3 2.Rb5 d6 3.Nd5 Bxf4 4.Nxf4++

that's 0.17 secs, or if rounded off - instantly.

-S.



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