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Subject: Re: Another hard task for Junior - test

Author: Mihaly Szalai

Date: 07:53:47 10/25/03

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On October 25, 2003 at 00:59:40, James T. Walker wrote:

>On October 24, 2003 at 10:21:01, Mihaly Szalai wrote:
>
>>[D]8/6p1/3N4/8/4B3/4K1kp/5p1p/8 w - - 0 1
>>
>>This position is nice and not too difficult. (White wins.)
>>E.g. Ruffian solves it immediately.
>>You should give it a try with your engine.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Mihaly
>>
>>PS. Junior is baffled once again.
>>
>>Analysis by Junior 8 (Celeron 1.7, 64MB HT):
>>
>>1.Nc8 f1Q
>>  -+  (-10.64)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>>1.Nc4 f1Q
>>  -+  (-10.06)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1Q 3.Bxh1
>>  +-  (1.80)   Depth: 3   00:00:00
>>1.Nf5+!
>>  +-  (2.10)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  1kN
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 Kf4 3.Ng3 g5 4.Bh1
>>  +-  (2.39)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  2kN
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Ba8
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9   00:00:00  60kN, tb=1
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12   00:00:00  207kN, tb=34
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 15   00:00:02  2893kN, tb=124
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 18   00:00:11  12735kN, tb=575
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 20   00:00:41  48366kN, tb=3731
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 22   00:01:23  89541kN, tb=8809
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 23   00:02:20  142297kN, tb=13812
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 24   00:11:21  797448kN, tb=31235
>>1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Bxh1 Kxf5 4.Kg3
>>  =  (0.00)   Depth: 25   00:21:01  1564776kN, tb=49849
>>
>>(Szalai, MyTown 24.10.2003)
>
>Which Ruffian?  My Ruffian 1.0.5 is confused even at Depth 21.  Ruffian shows a
>score of +6.02 for Ke2 and then changes it's mind to a draw again.  At depth 22
>the same thing happens again.  Ruffian can't make up it's mind if white is
>winning or it's a draw.
>
>Ruffian 1.0.5  UCI:
>D1  00:00  -6.28   1.Be4h1 f2f1Q
>D1  00:00  -0.03   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1Q 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D2  00:00  -0.03   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1Q 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D3  00:00  -0.03   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1Q 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D4  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1Q 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D5  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1Q 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D6  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D7  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D8  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D9  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D10  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D11  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D12  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D13  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D14  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D15  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D16  00:00  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+ 9.Kh2g1 Kf4f5 10.Bh1f3
>D17  00:03  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Be4xh1 Kg4xf5 4.Kf2f3 h3h2
>5.Kf3g3 g7g5 6.Kg3xh2 g5g4 7.Bh1d5 Kf5f4 8.Bd5h1 g4g3+
>D18  00:05  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+
>D19  00:32  0.00   1.Nd6f5+ Kg3g4 2.Ke3xf2 h2h1N+ 3.Kf2g1 Nh1g3 4.Nf5d6 Ng3xe4
>5.Nd6xe4 h3h2+ 6.Kg1xh2 g7g5 7.Kh2g1 Kg4f4 8.Ne4f2 g5g4 9.Kg1h2 g4g3+ 10.Kh2g1
>g3xf2+ 11.Kg1xf2 Kf4f5 12.Kf2g2 Kf5f4 13.Kg2h1 Kf4e5 14.Kh1g2 Ke5e4
>D19+  00:40  0.00   1.Ke3e2
>D19  01:01  5.57   1.Ke3e2 h2h1Q 2.Be4xh1 Kg3h2 3.Ke2f1 g7g5 4.Bh1f3 Kh2g3
>5.Bf3c6 Kg3g4 6.Bc6d7+ Kg4f4 7.Kf1xf2 g5g4 8.Nd6f5 Kf4g5 9.Kf2g3 Kg5f6 10.Nf5e3
>Kf6g5 11.Ne3xg4
>D20  01:27  5.63   1.Ke3e2 h2h1Q 2.Be4xh1 Kg3h2 3.Ke2f1 g7g5 4.Bh1f3 Kh2g3
>5.Bf3b7 Kg3g4 6.Bb7c8+ Kg4f4 7.Kf1xf2 g5g4 8.Nd6f5 Kf4e4 9.Kf2g3 Ke4e5 10.Nf5h6
>Ke5e4 11.Bc8b7+ Ke4e5 12.Nh6xg4+
>D21+  02:07  0.00   1.Ke3e2
>D21  02:48  6.02   1.Ke3e2 h2h1Q 2.Be4xh1 Kg3h2 3.Ke2f1 g7g5 4.Bh1f3 Kh2g3
>5.Bf3b7 Kg3g4 6.Bb7c8+ Kg4f4 7.Kf1xf2 g5g4 8.Nd6f5 h3h2 9.Kf2g2 h2h1Q+ 10.Kg2xh1
>Kf4f3 11.Kh1h2 Kf3f2 12.Bc8b7 Kf2e2 13.Nf5g3+
>D22+  04:39  0.00   1.Ke3e2
>D22  06:04  6.38   1.Ke3e2 h2h1Q 2.Be4xh1 Kg3h2 3.Ke2f1 g7g5 4.Bh1f3 Kh2g3
>5.Bf3b7 Kg3g4 6.Bb7c8+ Kg4f4 7.Kf1xf2 h3h2 8.Kf2g2 Kf4e5 9.Nd6e8 Ke5f4 10.Kg2xh2
>Kf4f3 11.Ne8f6 Kf3f4 12.Bc8g4 Kf4e5


Please, clear the hashtable before analyzing.

Thanks
Mihaly


Analysis by Ruffian 1.0.1 (Celeron 1.7 GHz 64 Mb hash):

1.Nc4 f1Q
  -+  (-7.36)   Depth: 1/4   00:00:00
1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1Q 3.Bxh1 Kxf5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 1/6   00:00:00
1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1Q 3.Bxh1 Kxf5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 2/8   00:00:00
1.Nf5+ Kg4 2.Kxf2 h1N+ 3.Ke3 h2 4.Nd6
  =  (0.12)   Depth: 3/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 g5 2.Bh1
  ˛  (0.41)   Depth: 3/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 g5 2.Kf1 g4
  =  (0.18)   Depth: 4/10   00:00:00
1.Ke2 Kf4 2.Bh1 Ke5 3.Nc4+ Kd4
  ±  (0.74)   Depth: 5/11   00:00:00
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Bd5 Kg1
  ±  (0.78)   Depth: 6/13   00:00:00  13kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 7/13   00:00:00  28kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 8/16   00:00:00  68kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 9/20   00:00:00  154kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 10/20   00:00:00  284kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 11/22   00:00:00  502kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 12/23   00:00:01  848kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 13/24   00:00:03  1411kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kxf2 Kxh1 4.Ne4 g5 5.Nxg5
  =  (0.00)   Depth: 14/27   00:00:04  2191kN
1.Ke2
  ˛  (0.35)   Depth: 15/27   00:00:07  3883kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Ba8 g4 6.Ne4+ Kh2 7.Nxf2 Kg3 8.Ne4+
Kf4 9.Bd5 g3
  +-  (3.00)   Depth: 15/27   00:00:09  4787kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bc6 g4 6.Ne4+ Kf3 7.Nxf2+ Kf4 8.Ke2 h2
9.Nd3+ Kg5 10.Kf2 Kf5 11.Bh1
  +-  (3.09)   Depth: 16/28   00:00:13  7288kN
1.Ke2
  +-  (3.44)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:18  10472kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bc6 g4 6.Ne4+ Kf3 7.Nxf2+ Kg3 8.Bd7 h2
9.Nh1+ Kh3 10.Kf2 Kh4 11.Ke3 g3
  +-  (3.78)   Depth: 17/29   00:00:21  12448kN
1.Ke2
  +-  (4.13)   Depth: 18/31   00:00:31  19113kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bc6 g4 6.Ne4+ Kf3 7.Nxf2+ Kg3 8.Bd7 h2
9.Nh1+ Kf3 10.Bc6+ Kf4 11.Kg2 g3 12.Nxg3
  +-  (4.81)   Depth: 18/32   00:00:40  24108kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bb7 g4 6.Ne4+ Kf3 7.Nxf2+ Kf4 8.Bc8
Kg3 9.Bd7 h2 10.Nh1+ Kh3
  +-  (5.10)   Depth: 19/32   00:01:03  39056kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bb7 g4 6.Ne4+ Kf3 7.Nxf2+ Kf4 8.Bc8
Kg3 9.Bxg4 h2 10.Bd1 Kf4 11.Kg2 Ke3 12.Nh1
  +-  (5.25)   Depth: 20/34   00:01:44  66113kN
1.Ke2
  +-  (5.60)   Depth: 21/38   00:03:01  120685kN
1.Ke2 h1Q 2.Bxh1 Kh2 3.Kf1 g5 4.Bf3 Kg3 5.Bb7 Kf4 6.Ne4 Kg4 7.Nxf2+ Kg3 8.Bc8
Kh4 9.Bxh3 Kg3 10.Ke2 Kf4 11.Nd3+ Ke4 12.Be6
  +-  (6.34)   Depth: 21/38   00:05:12  202233kN

(Szalai, MyTown 25.10.2003)



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