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Subject: Re: tough position (cute NPS opteron number herein)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:49:04 12/13/03

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On December 12, 2003 at 22:25:55, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On December 12, 2003 at 17:10:10, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2003 at 16:53:34, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On December 12, 2003 at 16:32:36, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>
>>>>On December 12, 2003 at 16:21:38, Uri Blass wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On December 12, 2003 at 15:13:40, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On December 12, 2003 at 13:49:35, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>On December 12, 2003 at 13:40:07, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here's a position from a recent game, this one gives Amateur fits.
>>>>>>>>How long to see black is busted?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>[d]4rr2/1b3p1k/pp5p/2b1pQ2/q7/P2R2B1/1PP3PP/2KR4 b - -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>For Crafty, the bottom begins to fall out at 6 seconds or so, where
>>>>>>>it begins to see it is not ahead.  By 60 seconds it has failed low
>>>>>>>to white a pawn up and climbing:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>               12->   4.84  -0.69   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
>>>>>>>                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rd8 Bc6 6. Rxe8+ Bxe8
>>>>>>>                                    7. Rd6 Qb5 8. Qf4 Qg5 <HT>
>>>>>>>               13     6.66     --   1. ... Kg8
>>>>>>>               13    15.28   0.31   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>>>>>>>                                    Rd8 Bc5 5. R8d4 Rxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Qxc2+
>>>>>>>                                    7. Kxc2 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Be4+ 9. Kb3 Rd8
>>>>>>>               13->  17.91   0.31   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>>>>>>>                                    Rd8 Bc5 5. R8d4 Rxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Qxc2+
>>>>>>>                                    7. Kxc2 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Be4+ 9. Kb3 Rd8
>>>>>>>               14    35.70   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>>>>>>>                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
>>>>>>>                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
>>>>>>>                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
>>>>>>>               14->  40.01   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
>>>>>>>                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
>>>>>>>                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
>>>>>>>                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
>>>>>>>               15    51.44     --   1. ... Kg8
>>>>>>>               15     1:30   0.98   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
>>>>>>>                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rg4+ Qxg4 6. Qxe8+ Kg7
>>>>>>>                                    7. Qe5+ f6 8. Qc7+ Kg6 9. Rd7 Qg5+
>>>>>>>                                    10. Kb1 Bxg2 11. Rg7+ Kf5 12. Rxg5+
>>>>>>>                                    hxg5
>>>>>>
>>>>>>That's only half the story.  Let it think another half hour.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Will
>>>>>
>>>>>Do you mean to bigger score against black or to the fact that 1...Kh8 is also
>>>>>bad for black because of b4 for example f6 Bh4 Be7 Qg6 Be4 Qxe4 or Bxb4 Bxe5+
>>>>>Rxe5 Qxe5+ f6 Qe3?
>>>>>
>>>>>Uri
>>>>
>>>>Right, it takes a bit longer to see that black is also bad after Kh8, because of
>>>>b4 etc...  the scores should be about equivalent for Kg8 and Kh8.
>>>>
>>>>Will
>>>
>>>It had already passed on Kh8 when I stopped it (actually when the machine
>>>was shut down for processor upgrade).
>>
>>Well, I'd be interested to see your result on the quad.  Crafty here eventually
>>selects Kh8 b4, but the score isn't as convincing.
>>
>>Will
>
>
>That was on the quad...  I'll try to run it longer if I can.  I was going to
>run the above longer but the machine was shut down in the middle of the run,
>or it crashed.  They had upgraded and were probably fiddling with bios settings
>and found one that was unstable maybe...


Here is more data, including some pretty impressive NPS values:  :)

               13->  21.48   0.31   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
                                    Rd8 Bc5 5. R8d4 Rxc2+ 6. Qxc2 Qxc2+
                                    7. Kxc2 Bxd4 8. Bxd4 Be4+ 9. Kb3 Rd8
               14    37.55   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
               14->  40.05   0.00   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Bf6 Re2 4.
                                    Rd8 Bh4 5. Rxf8+ Kxf8 6. Rd8+ Re8 7.
                                    Rxe8+ Qxe8 8. Bxh4 Qe3+ 9. Kb1 Qg1+
                                    10. Ka2 Qxg2 11. Qf4 Qxc2 12. Qxh6+
               15    53.55     --   1. ... Kg8
               15     1:19   0.98   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rg4+ Qxg4 6. Qxe8+ Kg7
                                    7. Qe5+ f6 8. Qc7+ Kg6 9. Rd7 Qg5+
                                    10. Kb1 Bxg2 11. Rg7+ Kf5 12. Rxg5+
                                    hxg5
               15->   5:47   0.98   1. ... Kg8 2. Bxe5 Bf2 3. Rd4 Rxe5
                                    4. Qxe5 Re8 5. Rg4+ Qxg4 6. Qxe8+ Kg7
                                    7. Qe5+ f6 8. Qc7+ Kg6 9. Rd7 Qg5+
                                    10. Kb1 Bxg2 11. Rg7+ Kf5 12. Rxg5+
                                    hxg5 (s=2)
               16     6:01     --   1. ... Kg8
?
Black(0): ?
              time=42:38  cpu=399%  mat=-3  n=24914665031  fh=99%  nps=9738k
              ext-> chk=-1511772351 cap=11315993 pp=1103248 1rep=453745696
mate=1939426
              predicted=0  nodes=24914665031  evals=780034205
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
              SMP->  split=219751  stop=8582  data=44/64  cpu=170:10  elap=42:38

Almost hit Dann's 10M nps on this quad 2.0 opteron box.  :)

Note the Kg8 looks like it will take forever to resolve. I'll try an overnight
run tonight...



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