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Subject: Re: new ChestUCI-Ver.2.8 (diagrammed)

Author: Mike Byrne

Date: 11:25:48 11/15/03

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On November 15, 2003 at 13:20:27, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On November 15, 2003 at 12:37:33, Mike Byrne wrote:
>
>>On November 15, 2003 at 10:56:31, F. Huber wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Chest-friends!
>>>
>>>Although I was rather sure, that I´ve reached the end of my ChestUCI
>>>development,
>>>in the last week I had two interesting ideas of further improvements, which I
>>>now have implemented and want to be available to other Chest users too:
>>>
>>>1) now whenever Chest has found a solution, ChestUCI immediately shows the key
>>>mo
>>>ve,
>>>while Chest is going on to search for possible further solutions!
>>>So you can see earlier, if (and when) a solution is found, and the result is
>>>bett
>>>er
>>>comparable with other programs.
>>>(Also, if this solution or key move would be enough information, you can stop
>>>the
>>>whole calculation at this time)
>>>
>>>2) there´s now a new engine option ´AllSolutions´: (set to ON by default)
>>>If you switch OFF this option, Chest only searches for the FIRST solution of a
>>>pr
>>>oblem,
>>>displays it and then stops immediately!
>>>This can reduce the complete calculation process dramatically, if you are either
>>>interested only in ANY solution, or you know for sure that only ONE solution
>>>exis
>>>ts.
>>>
>>>So I hope, that I didn´t promise too much - at least _I_ find these 2 features
>>>very practically. ;-)
>>>
>>>This new ChestUCI-Ver.2.8 is downloadable (as usual) from Alex´ UCI-homepage:
>>>http://www.uciengines.de/UCI-Engines/Chest/chest.html
>>>
>>>My best wishes to all chess friends,
>>>Franz.
>>
>>Excellent enhancements ..thanks
>
>here's your nontrivial mate probelm solved by Crafty.
>
>The Chessbase GUI shows an inaccurate while running a modified Crafty as an UCI
>engine.  Outside of the Chessbase, Crafty shows correct the mate-in-9.
>
>New game
>[d]3Q4/5q1k/4ppp1/2Kp1N1B/RR6/3P1r2/4nP1b/3b4 w - - 0 1
>
>Analysis by Crafty 19.04 SE:
>
>1.Bxf3 g5 2.Qe7 Qxe7+ 3.Nxe7 Be5
>  +-  (4.45)   Depth: 4   00:00:00
>1.Bxf3 g5 2.Qe7 Qxe7+ 3.Nxe7 Be5
>  +-  (4.45)   Depth: 4   00:00:00
>1.Bxf3
>  +-  (4.85)   Depth: 5   00:00:00
>1.Bxf3 g5 2.Qe7 Qxe7+ 3.Nxe7 Be5
>  +-  (4.84)   Depth: 5   00:00:00
>1.Bxf3 d4 2.Bxe2 Bxe2 3.Rxd4 Be5 4.Rh4+ Bh5 5.f4
>  +-  (5.11)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  128kN
>1.Bxf3 d4 2.Bxe2 Bxe2 3.Rxd4 Be5 4.Rh4+ Bh5 5.f4
>  +-  (5.11)   Depth: 6   00:00:00  365kN
>1.Bxf3
>  +-  (5.51)   Depth: 7   00:00:00  424kN
>1.Bxf3 Nf4 2.Rxf4 Bxf4 3.Bxd1 e5 4.Nd6
>  +-  (6.06)   Depth: 7   00:00:00  651kN
>1.Rb7 Qxb7 2.Bxg6+ Kxg6 3.Qg8+ Kxf5 4.Qg4+ Ke5 5.Qh5+ Rf5 6.f4+ Bxf4 7.Qxe2+
>Bxe2 8.Re4+ dxe4 9.d4#
>  +-  (#8)   Depth: 7   00:00:01  1086kN
>1.Rb7 Qxb7 2.Bxg6+ Kxg6 3.Qg8+ Kxf5 4.Qg4+ Ke5 5.Qh5+ Rf5 6.f4+ Bxf4 7.Qxe2+
>Bxe2 8.Re4+ dxe4 9.d4#
>
>(Byrne, Secane, PA USA 15.11.2003)



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