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Subject: Re: find the draw

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:25:33 06/12/03

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On June 12, 2003 at 12:14:06, Will Singleton wrote:

>Amateur 2.57 can find the draw here in 24 secs (amd 1.6ghz).  Any other non-pros
>faster?
>
>[D]2bq2k1/8/p1pPp3/1p3pN1/P1pbNQ2/6P1/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 33
>
>9 -315 550 1693331 Qh4 Qd7 Nd2 c5 Qh5 c3 Qg6 Bg7 Qh7 Kf8 Nb3
>10 -1 1926 6003905 Qh4 Qd7 Qh5 fxe4 Qg6 Bg7
>11 0  2434 7610255 Qh4 Qd7 Qh5 fxe4 Qg6 Bg7 Qh7 Kf8 Qg6 Kg8

For reference, Chessmaster 9000 on a P4-2.4 finds the draw in seven seconds:

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-1.98	1791		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7
0:00	1/4	-2.54	5300		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7 35.Nf6+ Bxf6
					36.Qxf6 Qxd6
0:00	1/5	-2.39	19515		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.axb5 cxb5 35.Nf3 Bg7
0:00	1/6	-2.66	58213		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7 35.Nf6+ Bxf6
					36.Qxf6 Qxd6 37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qf6+
					Ke8
0:01	1/7	-2.66	190182		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7 35.Nf6+ Bxf6
					36.Qxf6 Qxd6 37.Qg6+ Kf8 38.Qf6+
					Ke8
0:01	1/7	-2.63	290980		33.g4 Qd7 34.axb5 axb5 35.Nf3 Bg7
					36.gxf5 exf5
0:03	1/8	-2.59	628549		33.g4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7 35.Nc5 Qd8
					36.gxf5 exf5 37.Nd4
0:03	1/8	-2.39	724330		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Nf3 Bg7 35.Nf6+ Bxf6
					36.Qxf6 Qxd6 37.Ne5 Qf8 38.Qg5+
					Qg7 39.Qd8+ Kh7 40.Nxc6
0:07	1/9	0.00	1508657		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Qh5 fxe4 35.Qg6+
					Bg7 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qg6 Kg8
0:11	2/10	0.00	2232485		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Qh5 fxe4 35.Qg6+
					Bg7 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qg6 Kg8
0:21	3/11	0.00	4660204		33.Qh4 Qd7 34.Qh5 fxe4 35.Qg6+
					Bg7 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Qg6 Kg8

jm



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