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Subject: Re: Testposition for all - except Junior

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 01:55:21 09/27/03

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On September 26, 2003 at 15:36:17, John Merlino wrote:

>On September 26, 2003 at 14:56:04, m.d.hurd wrote:
>
>>On September 26, 2003 at 12:44:42, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On September 26, 2003 at 12:29:09, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>>>
>>>>I think most of the chess engines will show a positive score
>>>>(i.e. will find 4.h8=B) in this position except Junior. (We talked
>>>>about something similar earlier.)
>>>>
>>>>[D]8/7p/6pP/1B4P1/pp6/1k1K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>1. Be8 a3 2. Bxg6 hxg6 3. h7 a2 4. h8=B!
>>>>
>>>>You should try it with your engine.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>Mihaly
>>>
>>>It takes Chessmaster 9000, on a P4-2.4, 2:38 to find 4.h8=B:
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>0:00	3/7	-0.75	10737		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 Kb2 3.Bxh7 a2 4.Kc4
>>>					a1=Q 5.Kxb4
>>>0:00	4/8	0.00	19788		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:00	5/9	0.00	45957		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:00	6/10	0.00	72363		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:00	7/11	0.00	132774		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:00	8/12	0.00	244835		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:01	9/13	0.00	459719		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:03	10/14	0.00	917335		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:07	11/15	0.00	1887372		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:15	12/16	0.00	4010653		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>0:33	13/17	0.00	8912233		1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=Q
>>>					a1=Q 5.Qxa1
>>>2:38	14/18	3.11	37142500	1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8=B
>>>					Ka3 5.Kc2 b3+ 6.Kc1 Ka4 7.Kb2 Kb4
>>>					8.Bg7 Kc4 9.Ka3 Kd5 10.Kxb3 Ke4
>>>					11.Kxa2 Kf5
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>
>>Hello John
>>
>>I am surprised it takes so long. I get about 16 seconds on my Athlon xp2100.
>>
>>New game
>>8/7p/6pP/1B4P1/pp6/1k1K4/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Analysis by The King 3.23:
>>
>>1.Be8 a3 2.Bxg6 hxg6 3.h7 a2 4.h8B Ka3 5.Kc2 b3+ 6.Kc1 Ka4 7.Kb2 Kb4 8.Bf6 Kc4
>>9.Ka3 Kd3 10.Kxb3
>>±  (0.85)    Depth: 15   00:00:16  5075kN
>>(26.09.2003)
>>
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Mike
>
>I suspect you are using different personality settings than the default, which
>is what I used. This is evidenced by the difference in reported depth when the
>engine finds the move.
>
>jm


I am using normal settings in chessbase gui, but with hash at 256 MB.


Regards

Mike



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