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Subject: Re: How long does it take your engine to find the mate in 4?

Author: Andrew Williams

Date: 15:34:14 12/30/03

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On December 30, 2003 at 18:24:27, Jeff Hlywa wrote:

>[D]r2qk2r/pp1nbRpp/4Q3/1B6/8/3p4/PPP3PP/5RK1 w kq - 0 17
>
>I came across this position in a blitz game tonight and missed the mate (playing
>Rxg7 instead).  My engine (Bogo) takes a full a minute to see the mate:
>
>ply |   score |    time |     nodes |    qnodes | line
>  1 |   -1.20 |    0.00 |        63 |       120 | cxd3
>  2+|   -0.70 |    0.01 |       211 |      2770 | Re1
>  2 |   -0.18 |    0.00 |       294 |      3582 | Re1 dxc2
>  3+|    0.32 |    0.02 |      1382 |      6644 | Re1
>  3 |    1.12 |    0.01 |      2015 |      8505 | Re1 d2 Qxe7+ Qxe7
>  4 |    1.12 |    0.02 |      2574 |     11943 | Re1 d2 Qxe7+ Qxe7
>  5+|    1.62 |    0.10 |     12127 |     29661 | Re1
>  5 |    4.99 |    0.16 |     27376 |     57157 | Re1 Qb6+ Qxb6 axb6 Rexe7+
>                                                  Kd8 Rxd7+ Kc8
>  6 |    4.99 |    0.11 |     39122 |     80765 | Re1 Qb6+ Qxb6 axb6 Rexe7+
>                                                  Kd8 Rxd7+ Kc8
>  7 |    5.36 |    1.68 |    227701 |    386042 | Re1 Qb6+ Qxb6 axb6 Rexe7+
>                                                  Kd8 Rxd7+ Kc8 Rc7+ Kd8 Rfd7+
>                                                  Ke8
>  8 |    5.36 |    1.21 |    373651 |    620391 | Re1 Qb6+ Qxb6 axb6 Rexe7+
>                                                  Kd8 Rxd7+ Kc8 Rc7+ Kd8 Rfd7+
>                                                  Ke8
>  9+|    5.86 |   15.05 |   2168181 |   3291189 | Kh1
>  9 |   Mat 4 |   41.57 |   7808070 |  11246013 | Kh1 dxc2 Rxg7 Rf8 Rxf8+
>                                                  Kxf8 Qf7#


Not very revealing without your hardware!

Mine takes 67 seconds to see the mate-in-4. This is on an Athlon 1200:
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 6=  +6.71   00:00:02.16    328490   1.Re1 Qb6 2.Qxb6 axb6 3.Rexe7 Kd8
                                     4.Rxd7 Kc8 5.Bxd3 Rxa2 6.Rxg7
 7>  +6.71   00:00:02.24    338331   1.Re1 Qb6 2.Qxb6 axb6 3.Rexe7 Kd8
                                     4.Rxd7 Kc8 5.Bxd3 Rxa2 6.Rxg7 Rxb2 7.Bxh7
 7b  +7.01   00:00:07.60   1207802   1.Kh1 b6 2.Rf8 Rxf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Bc4
 7<  +7.02   00:00:08.81   1408593   1.Kh1
 7=  +7.01   00:00:08.81   1408593   1.Kh1 b6 2.Rf8 Rxf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Bc4
 8>  +7.01   00:00:09.03   1437417   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Bxd7 Qxd7 3.Rxe7 Qxe7
                                     4.Qxc8 Qd8 5.Re1 Kf7 6.Qe6 Kf8 7.Rf1 Qf6
                                     8.Rxf6 gxf6 9.cxd3
SCRUBBING TT: 501       [+904]  901
 8<  +M01   00:00:50.24   8133867   1.Kh1
 8=  +M04   00:01:07.58  11097047   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7
 9>  +M04   00:01:23.50  13899570   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7 Rf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Qf7
 9<  +M03   00:01:32.85  15776764   1.Kh1
 9=  +M04   00:01:32.85  15776764   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7 Rf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Qf7
10>  +M04   00:01:32.86  15777362   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7 Rf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Qf7
10<  +M03   00:01:55.31  20340333   1.Kh1
10=  +M04   00:01:55.31  20340333   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7 Rf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Qf7
11>  +M04   00:01:55.32  20340931   1.Kh1 Rc8 2.Rxg7 Rf8 3.Rxf8 Kxf8 4.Qf7

NODES per second 178700
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Andrew



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