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Subject: Re: Shredders secrets revealed! ;-)

Author: Günther Simon

Date: 08:19:26 05/04/03

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On May 04, 2003 at 10:47:05, Joachim Rang wrote:

>Okay,
>
>there was a discussion what does give Shredder 7 an edge above other programs.
>I created a position to determine the influence of king safety and piece
>coordination:
>
>[D] rqb2r1n/ppn1kpbp/2p3p1/4p3/3PP3/1QP2NBP/BP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>White is a piece down, but the exposed black king and the black trapped pieces
>makes this a won position for white. It's all tactics, but it's no simple
>tactics, so most programs get a positive score for white not earlier than depth
>12 or 13 - except Shredder 7:
>
>Shredder 7 starts with +2.14 at depth 1 (sic!) and never goes below + 1 for
>white - also the positions in which white get material back are many plies away.
>
>It seems to me that Shredder 7 evaluates king safety and piece coordination with
>very high values. At least here Shredder's optimism is justified.
>
>Below are some analysis of some programs on a slow 233 Mhz - Notebook:
>
>rqb2r1n/ppn1kpbp/2p3p1/4p3/3PP3/1QP2NBP/BP3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Shredder 7:
>
>1.dxe5
>  +-  (2.14)   Tiefe: 1/1   00:00:00
>1.dxe5
>  +-  (2.14)   Tiefe: 1/1   00:00:00
>1.dxe5 Lxh3 2.gxh3
>  +-  (1.58)   Tiefe: 2/2   00:00:00
>1.dxe5 Le6
>  ±  (1.06)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
>1.dxe5 Se6
>  ±  (0.93)   Tiefe: 2/4   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Kd8 2.Lxe5
>  ±  (1.10)   Tiefe: 2/7   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Kd7 2.dxe5+ Sd5
>  +-  (1.48)   Tiefe: 2/8   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.dxe5
>  +-  (1.56)   Tiefe: 2/10   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Lxf7+ Sxf7 3.Dxf8+ Kxf8
>  ±  (1.31)   Tiefe: 3/6   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Lxf7+ Sxf7 3.De7+ Kxe7
>  ±  (0.81)   Tiefe: 3/6   00:00:00
>1.Db4+ Kd8 2.Sxe5 Lxh3
>  ±  (0.85)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:00
>1.dxe5 Td8 2.Db4+ Ke8
>  ±  (0.91)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:00
>1.dxe5 Le6 2.Db4+ Ke8
>  ±  (1.21)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:00
>1.Lxe5 Le6 2.Db4+ Ke8
>  ±  (1.28)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:00
>1.Lxe5 f6 2.Db4+ Ke8
>  +-  (1.84)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 f6 2.Db4+ Ke8
>  +-  (1.84)   Tiefe: 3/18   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 f6 2.Db4+ Ke8 3.Lf4
>  +-  (1.73)   Tiefe: 4/10   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 f6 2.Db4+ Ke8 3.Ld6 Sa6
>  +-  (1.77)   Tiefe: 5/14   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 Lxe5 2.dxe5 Ke8 3.Dxf7+ Sxf7 4.Lxf7+ Kxf7
>  +-  (1.52)   Tiefe: 6/14   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 Lxe5 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.Da3+ Ke8 4.c4
>  +-  (1.44)   Tiefe: 6/14   00:00:01
>1.Lxe5 Lxe5 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.Da3+ Kf6 4.De7+ Kxe7 5.Sxc6+ bxc6
>  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 7/14   00:00:03  66kN
>1.Lxe5 Lxe5 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.d5 Lg4
>  ±  (1.19)   Tiefe: 7/14   00:00:03  71kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Lxe5 Le6 3.Lxg7 a6
>  ±  (1.20)   Tiefe: 7/14   00:00:03  78kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Lxe5 Lxe5 3.dxe5 Se6 4.Dd6 Dxd6
>  ±  (1.20)   Tiefe: 7/23   00:00:05  132kN
>1.Da3+ Ke8 2.Lxe5 Lxe5 3.dxe5 Se6 4.Lc4 Ld7
>  ±  (1.21)   Tiefe: 7/23   00:00:06  159kN
>1.Da3+ Ke8 2.Lxe5 Lxe5 3.dxe5 Se6 4.Lc4 Ld7
>  ±  (1.21)   Tiefe: 7/23   00:00:07  172kN
>1.Da3+ Ke8 2.Lxe5 Lxe5 3.dxe5 Le6 4.Lb1 Sb5 5.Dc5
>  ±  (1.15)   Tiefe: 8/23   00:00:14  376kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.Sc4 f6 4.Dd6
>  ±  (1.16)   Tiefe: 8/23   00:00:15  401kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.Sc4 b5 4.Sd6+ Kd8 5.Sxf7+ Lxf7 6.Lxc7+ Kxc7 7.Dd6+ Kxd6
>  ±  (1.16)   Tiefe: 8/24   00:00:18  483kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Sxe5 Le6 3.Sc4 b5 4.Sd6+ Kd8 5.d5
>  ±  (1.29)   Tiefe: 9/28   00:00:34  962kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Sxe5 f6 3.Sf3 Sf7 4.Lb3 Ld7 5.e5 fxe5 6.dxe5
>  +-  (1.53)   Tiefe: 10/26   00:01:06  1959kN
>1.Db4+ Ke8 2.Sxe5 a5 3.Dd6 Sb5 4.Dxb8 Sxc3 5.Dxa8 Se2+ 6.Txe2
>  +-  (1.76)   Tiefe: 11/32   00:02:18  4217kN

Well, an interesting position as a part of a mosaic
for S7 strength, no more no less.
At least I think Shredder has become stronger in tactics
when it was long known as an endgame 'master'.
OTH I am sure Junior7 will have such scores also
but it is known for optimistic evaluation in attacking
positions.

Tao 5.4 with around 80MB hash on a mere PIII 650:
(WB output, first number = time in ms)
first steady positive score at depth 7 after around 7 seconds,
+0.73 score after 208 sec.

15760 --first : Ok[go]
15760 --first : TargetTime set[217681]
16580 --first :  1.     23       820       203  d4e5
16580 --first :  2     -57       820       497  d4e5 e7e8
16580 --first :  2     -57       820       533  g3h4!!
16580 --first :  2     -36       820      1129  g3h4 e7e8 d4e5
16580 --first :  2     -36       820      1163  b3b4!!
16580 --first :  2     -28       820      1769  b3b4 e7e8 d4e5
16640 --first :  2     -28       820      2185  g3e5!!
16640 --first :  2       5       820      2353  g3e5 f8g8
16640 --first :  2.      5       880      3065  g3e5 f8g8
16640 --first :  3      12       880      3406  g3e5 g7e5 d4e5
16640 --first :  3.     12       880      6703  g3e5 g7e5 d4e5
16640 --first :  4     -50       880      7450  g3e5 g7e5 f3e5 e7e8
16640 --first :  4     -50       880      8008  b3b4!!
16800 --first :  4     -28       990     27934  b3b4 e7e8 g3e5 g7e5 d4e5
16970 --first :  4     -28      1210     64222  f3e5!!
16970 --first :  4     -22      1210     65833  f3e5 e7e8 e5c4 c8e6 c4d6 e8e7
16970 --first :  4.    -22      1210     66395  f3e5 e7e8 e5c4 c8e6 c4d6 e8e7
17020 --first :  5     -22      1260     68941  f3e5 e7e8 e5c4 c8e6 c4d6 e8e7
17080 --first :  5     -22      1260     74555  b3b4!!
17130 --first :  5     -18      1320     80480  b3b4 e7e8 g3h4 g6g5 h4g5 f7f6
g5h4
17740 --first :  5.    -18      1980    207996  b3b4 e7e8 g3h4 g6g5 h4g5 f7f6
g5h4
18120 --first :  6     -21      2360    277432  b3b4 e7e8 f3e5 a7a5 b4d6 c7a6
d6a3
19990 --first :  6     -21      4230    639769  g3h4!!
20370 --first :  6     -21      4610    708413  f3e5!!
20870 --first :  6      -1      5110    793153  f3e5 f7f6 e5c4 e7d8 d4d5 c8d7
d5c6 b7c6
20980 --first :  6.     -1      5160    812393  f3e5 f7f6 e5c4 e7d8 d4d5 c8d7
d5c6 b7c6
22460 --first :  7      12      6650   1052823  f3e5 f7f6 b3b4 e7e8 e5c4 h8f7
e4e5 f6e5 d4e5
23780 --first :  7.     12      8020   1316630  f3e5 f7f6 b3b4 e7e8 e5c4 h8f7
e4e5 f6e5 d4e5
26860 --first :  8      30     11040   1789180  f3e5 f7f6 b3b4 e7e8 e5f3 h8f7
e4e5 f6f5 e5e6
30370 --first :  8.     30     14610   2487241  f3e5 f7f6 b3b4 e7e8 e5f3 h8f7
e4e5 f6f5 e5e6
37070 --first :  9      24     21310   3634027  f3e5 f7f6 e5c4 e7d8 d4d5 c8d7
d5d6 c7e6 f2f4
45970 --first :  9.     24     30150   5411513  f3e5 f7f6 e5c4 e7d8 d4d5 c8d7
d5d6 c7e6 f2f4
66180 --first : 10      26     50370   9087779  f3e5 f7f6 e5f3 e7d8 d4d5 c8d7
f3d4 c6d5 e4d5                                    d8c8
80520 --first : 10      26     64760  11519298  d4d5!!
93260 --first : 10      43     77450  13608066  d4d5 c7e8 d5c6 b7c6 b3a3 e8d6
f3e5 g7e5 g3e5                                    f8d8 a3c5
119680 --first : 10.     43    103860  18836789  d4d5 c7e8 d5c6 b7c6 b3a3 e8d6
f3e5 g7e5 g3e5                                    f8d8 a3c5
165050 --first : 11      45    149290  27276511  d4d5 c7b5 c3c4 b5d6 c4c5 d6b5
d5d6 e7d8 f3e5                                    f7f6 g3h4 g7h6
178720 --first : 11      45    162910  29522568  f3e5!!
223820 --first : 11      73    208060  37671574  f3e5 e7e8 d4d5 g7e5 g3e5 c8d7
e5f6 c7a6 b3a3                                    c6c5 d5d6 b8c8

Regards,
Günther



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