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Subject: Re: CT 15 and evaluation problem

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 06:33:53 11/03/03

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On November 02, 2003 at 15:26:06, Christophe Theron wrote:

>In the same vein, the following position has always been a nightmare for Tiger:
>
>[D]8/1KP5/3q2k1/8/6p1/8/8/8 b - -
>
>I am interested in results of other (amateur and commercial) programs.

My engine plays Qxc7 after 6 plies and 0.29 seconds on an Athlon 2.0 GHz.  The
reason it likes Qxc7 is that I have a really big bonus for an unblocked passed
pawn on the 7th when the SEE thinks the pawn can safely advance.

 1        8.31     0.00        272 Qd7
 2        8.31     0.01       1593 Qd5+ Ka7 Qf7
 3        8.31     0.03       5504 Qb4+ Kc6 Qc4+ Kd6 Qd4+ Kc6
 4        8.30     0.09      17339 Qd5+ Kb8 Qb5+ Ka7 Qc5+ Kb8 Qb6+ Kc8 g3
 5        8.31     0.20      48370 Qd5+ Kb8 Qb5+ Ka7 Qc5+ Kb7 Qb5+ Ka7
 6    >=  8.31     0.21      49279 Qd5+ Kb8 Qb5+ Ka7 Qc5+ Kb7 Qb5+ Ka7
 6    >= 10.17     0.29      75878 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kc8 g2 Kc7 g1Q
 6    <= 10.22     0.30      82279 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kc8 g2 Kc7 g1Q Kb7 Qh1+
 6    <= 10.19     0.30      84595 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kc8 g2 Kb7 g1Q Ka6 Qf1+
 6    <= 10.17     0.31      86984 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+
 6       10.17     0.31      86984 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+
 7    >= 10.17     0.31      87530 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+
 7    <= 10.17     0.36     109634 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+ Ka5
                                   Qg1
 7       10.17     0.36     109634 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+ Ka5
                                   Qg1
 8    >= 10.17     0.36     110604 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Qb1+ Ka5
                                   Qg1
 8    >= 10.19     0.36     112016 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5
 8    >= 10.25     0.36     112798 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5
 8    <= 10.36     0.46     157766 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Kc6
                                   Qh1+
 8    <= 10.34     0.54     208738 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Kc6
                                   Qh1+
 8    <= 10.30     0.63     262980 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Kc6
                                   Qh1+
 8    <= 10.25     0.73     320287 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Ka5
                                   Qe1+
 8       10.25     0.73     320287 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Ka5
                                   Qe1+
 9    >= 10.25     0.73     321574 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Ka5
                                   Qe1+
 9    <= 10.25     1.07     476030 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Ka5
                                   Qe1+ Kb5 Qg1
 9       10.25     1.07     476030 Qxc7+ Kxc7 g3 Kd7 g2 Kc6 g1Q Kb5 Kf5 Ka5
                                   Qe1+ Kb5 Qg1

Tord



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