Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 20:56:32 12/26/03
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On December 26, 2003 at 23:49:51, Jim Monaghan wrote: >Hi Mike, > >Thanks for the engine. I set it up in Arena and tested it on the 4th move >postion: > >8/4P3/2B5/8/8/6p1/5kP1/5b1K w - - 0 4 > >Here's the result: >Crafty 19.08 SE WB2 29 MB: >11 00:00 4.17 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bf7 Kd4 3. Bh5 Ke3 4. Bg4 Bd3 5. Bd5 Be4 6. >Bc4 >12 00:00 4.16 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bf7 Kd4 3. Bh5 Ke3 4. Kg1 Bd3 5. Bhf3 Kf4 6. >Bcd5 Kg5 >13 00:01 4.19 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bh5 Bd3 3. Bhf3 Bf1 4. Kg1 Bc4 5. Bfe4 Bd3 6. >Bf3 Bc4 <HT> >14 00:01 4.19 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bh5 Bd3 3. Bhf3 Bf1 4. Kg1 Bc4 5. Bd7 Bd3 6. >Bdc6 Bc4 <HT> >15 00:02 4.19 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bh5 Bd3 3. Bhf3 Bf1 4. Kg1 Bc4 5. Bd7 Bd3 6. >Bdc6 Bc4 <HT> >16 00:05 4.17 1. e8=B Ke3 2. Bh5 Bd3 3. Bhf3 Bf1 4. Kg1 Bc4 5. Ba8 Bd3 6. >Bfd5 Kf4 7. Bac6 Kg4 8. Be6+ <HT> >17 00:13 4.18 1. e8=B Bc4 2. Bb5 Bd5 3. Bec6 Ba2 4. Be4 Ke3 5. Bbc6 Bc4 6. >Bf3 Kd2 7. Kg1 Ke3 8. Bb7 Bd3 9. Kh1 Kf4 <HT> >18 00:21 4.18 1. e8=B Bc4 2. Bb5 Bd5 3. Bec6 Ba2 4. Be4 Ke3 5. Bbc6 Bc4 6. >Bf3 Kd2 7. Kg1 Ke3 <HT> >19 00:37 4.18 1. e8=B Bc4 2. Bb5 Bd5 3. Bec6 Ba2 4. Be4 Ke3 5. Bbc6 Bc4 6. >Bf3 Bf1 7. Kg1 <HT> >20 02:08 4.18 1. e8=B Bd3 2. Bb5 Bb1 3. Bec6 Ba2 4. Be4 Bb3 5. Be8 Ke3 <HT> >21 02:20 4.19 1. e8=B Bd3 2. Bb5 Bb1 3. Bec6 Ba2 4. Be4 Bb3 5. Bbc6 Ke3 6. >Bcd5 Bxd5 7. Bxd5 Ke2 8. Kg1 Ke1 9. Bf3 Kd2 10. Bg4 Kd3 11. Bh5 Ke3 12. Bf7 <HT> > >Totally weird. Uri makes the point that these positions are artificial and >hardly ever come up in games. Many endgame study books make the opposite claim >and surmise that more endings require "study-like finishes" then what we >normally suppose. I like to use engines for all sorts of analysis, not just for >games and I would trust them more if they were "good" in all situations, however > outlandish, although I do understand the programmers practical bent. I'm >something of a purist and dabble in all sorts of studies, mates, games, etc. >Yace seems to be one of the select few here. > >It's odd that your machine sees the right idea fairly quickly and much earlier. >Your PC is faster, but mine should get there eventually. I wonder if TBs are >making the difference. > >Jim > > >> >>Jim, >> >>I just sent you my modified crafty to try this position on... >> >>best, >> >>Michael Quick question, how are you starting the analsysis - because the crafty I just sent you does not consider e8/B on my machine. Also, what is in your crafty.rc file? This the version I just sent you running under winboard on my machine. Crafty19.08 SE UCI 2 MB: 8 00:00 3.81 1.e8N Ke3 2.Nd6 Kf4 3.Kg1 Bd3 4.Bd5 Kg4 9 00:00 3.81 1.e8N Ke3 2.Kg1 Bd3 3.Nf6 Be2 4.Ne4 Kf4 5.Nd6 10 00:00 3.83 1.e8N Ke3 2.Nf6 Bc4 3.Kg1 Kf4 4.Nh5+ Kg4 5.Bf3+ Kh4 6.Nf6 Kg5 11 00:00 3.87 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Nd5+ Kd4 4.Nf4 Bd1 5.Kg1 Ke5 6.Nd3+ Ke6 7.Nc5+ Kf5 12 00:00 3.82 1.e8N Be2 2.Nd6 Ke3 3.Bd7 Kf4 4.Bb5 Bg4 5.Bd3 Ke3 6.Be4 Be2 13 00:00 3.77 1.e8N Be2 2.Nd6 Ke3 3.Ne4 Kf4 4.Bd5 Bd3 5.Nc5 Bf5 6.Kg1 Kg5 7.Kf1 14 00:01 3.80 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Nd5+ Kd4 4.Nf4 Bd1 5.Be8 Ke3 6.Nh5 Kf2 7.Nf6 Ke3 8.Bc6 15 00:02 3.81 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Nd5+ Kd4 4.Nf4 Bd1 5.Kg1 Ke5 6.Nd3+ Kf5 7.Nc5 Be2 8.Bd5 Kf4 16 00:04 3.81 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Kg1 Kf4 4.Nd5+ Kg5 5.Nc3 Bd3 6.Be4 Bc4 7.Bd5 Bd3 8.Ne4+ Kf4 9.Nc5 Be2 17 00:06 3.91 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Nd5+ Kd4 4.Kg1 Bd1 5.Kf1 Ke5 6.Nc3 Bb3 7.Bb5 Kf4 8.Ne2+ Kg4 9.Bd7+ Kh4 10.Bf5 Bd5 18 00:11 3.91 1.e8N Be2 2.Nf6 Ke3 3.Nd5+ Kd4 4.Kg1 Bd1 5.Kf1 Ke5 6.Nc3 Bb3 7.Ke2 Kf4 8.Nd5+ Kg4 9.Nf6+ Kg5 10.Ne4+ Kf4 11.Nd6 Bc2
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