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Subject: Re: Answering questions from F. Huber

Author: F. Huber

Date: 13:00:04 05/12/03

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On May 12, 2003 at 14:35:21, John Merlino wrote:

Hello John,

>The "ana=" parameter is the one that is used in CM9000 for the "Mentor Lines"
>window to request a certain number of "best lines". So, "ana=3" will produce at
>least 3 PVs for each depth.

many thanks for your answer - I knew you would know it. :-)
Seems interesting, this "ana" - if I understand this right, it should also
work when using TheKing outside CM9k, e.g. in Arena. (Must try it!)

>From what I know about the sel parameter, this should work, as "sel=0" pretty
>much is the same thing as using the "Solve for Mate" feature in CM9000. Could
>you post the position so I can test it?
>jm

Here´s one (of a lot of similar) examples - running TheKing under Arena
with "sel=0" (better: cm_parm sel=0), no difference if running as UCI
or WinBoard-engine:

8/3p2N1/8/N7/1B1k1K2/8/2Bn4/8 w - - (is ´Mate in 5´)

TheKing  UCI:
D3  00:00  11,34   Nf5 Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Nb7 Kd5 Bb3 Kc6
D4  00:00  11,48   Nf5 Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ke5 Kb6 Nb3
D5  00:01  11,48   Nf5 Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ke5 Kb6 Nc4 Kc5 Ncd6
D6  00:04  12,11   Nf5 Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ba4 Kb6 Bxd7 Kc7
D6  00:05  99,87   Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bg6 Kd4 Ne6 Kd5 Nc7 Kd4 Nb5 Kd5 Bf7
D7  00:07  99,87   Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bg6 Kd4 Ne6 Kd5 Nc7 Kd4 Nb5 Kd5 Bf7
D8  00:16  99,89   Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bc2 Kd4 Ne6 Kd5 Kf5 Nf1 Bb3
D8  00:23  99,91   Bh7 Kd5 Ne8 Kd4 Nc7 Ne4 Bxe4 d6 Nb5
D9  00:24  99,91   Bh7 Kd5 Ne8 Kd4 Nc7 Ne4 Bxe4 d6 Nb5


WB-King  WB1:
D3003  00:00  11,34   Nf5+ Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Nb7+ Kd5 Bb3+ Kc6
D4004  00:00  11,48   Nf5+ Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ke5 Kb6 Nb3
D5005  00:01  11,48   Nf5+ Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ke5 Kb6 Nc4+ Kc5 Ncd6
D6006  00:04  12,11   Nf5+ Kd5 Bxd2 Kc5 Ba4 Kb6 Bxd7 Kc7
D6006  00:06  M6  Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bg6 Kd4 Ne6+ Kd5 Nc7+ Kd4 Nb5+ Kd5 Bf7+
D7007  00:07  M6  Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bg6 Kd4 Ne6+ Kd5 Nc7+ Kd4 Nb5+ Kd5 Bf7+
D8008  00:17  M5  Bg6 Kd5 Bh7 d6 Bc2 Kd4 Ne6+ Kd5 Kf5 Nf1 Be4+
D8008  00:24  M4  Bh7 Kd5 Ne8 Kd4 Nc7 Ne4 Bxe4 d6 Nb5+
D9009  00:25  M4  Bh7 Kd5 Ne8 Kd4 Nc7 Ne4 Bxe4 d6 Nb5+

In both cases TheKing first finds #7, #6 before the shortest one (#5)
(numbers in WB-mode are 1 too small, maybe an Arena problem?).

As I understand ´selectivity´, TheKing shouldn´t search deeper than
its current search depth (with sel=0) - strange?

But certainly you´ll have the right explanation for it ;-)

Best regards,
Franz.



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