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Subject: Re: Crafty EGTB Bug

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 11:19:27 01/02/04

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On January 02, 2004 at 14:10:59, Luis Smith wrote:

>Someone posted this position in the Winboard forum
>
>[D]3r4/1K6/5N2/8/8/4k3/8/8 w - - 7 98
>
>This is what Crafty displays under analysis mode.
>
>depth=0 -327.39 1. Nh7 <EGTB>
>Nodes: 0 NPS: 0
>Time: 00:00:00.01
>
>If you disable EGTB's it displays one of the drawing moves.  However if you
>force it to play as black it plays Ng4+ one of the drawing moves.

It's not a bug.  Crafty simply cannot play this ending without TBs.


Initializing multiple threads.
System is SMP, not NUMA.
EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [./bookc.bin].
hash table memory =  192M bytes.
pawn hash table memory =   12M bytes.
EGTB cache memory =   16M bytes.
6 piece tablebase files found
36513kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables
max threads set to 2
playing a computer!
resign after 5 consecutive moves with score < -9.
noise level set to 20000.
pondering disabled.

Crafty v19.8 (2 cpus)

White(1): setboard 3r4/1K6/5N2/8/8/4k3/8/8 w - - 7 98
1. Nh5 Rd1 2. Nf6 Ra1 3. Ng8 Rb1+ 4. Kc8 Ra1 5. Ne7 Rb1 6. Ng8 Ra1
White(1): go
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 22.50 (3:30)
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
starting thread 1
                2     0.00 -Mat14   1. Nh7 <EGTB>
              time=0.00  cpu=100%  mat=-2  n=92  fh=100%  nps=10K
              ext-> chk=9 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=0 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=92  evals=1
              endgame tablebase-> probes=13  hits=13
              SMP->  split=4  stop=0  data=1/4096  cpu=0.00  elap=0.00

White(1): Ng4+
              time used:   0.02




Initializing multiple threads.
System is SMP, not NUMA.
EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [./bookc.bin].
hash table memory =  192M bytes.
pawn hash table memory =   12M bytes.
max threads set to 2
playing a computer!
resign after 5 consecutive moves with score < -9.
noise level set to 20000.
pondering disabled.

Crafty v19.8 (2 cpus)

White(1): setboard 3r4/1K6/5N2/8/8/4k3/8/8 w - - 7 98
White(1): st 60
search time set to 60.00.
White(1): go
end-game phase
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 1:00 (1:00)
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
starting thread 1
                8     0.01  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1
                8->   0.01  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1
                9     0.03  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7
                9->   0.03  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7
               10     0.09  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1
               10->   0.09  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1
               11     0.20  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8
               11->   0.20  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8
               12     0.46  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1
               12->   0.48  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1
               13     1.01  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7
               13->   1.04  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7
               14     2.17  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2
               14->   2.21  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2
               15     4.95  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8
               15->   5.03  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8
               16     8.50  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1
               16->   8.62  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1
               17    14.48  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
               17->  14.71  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
               18    23.57  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
                                    Ka1
               18->  23.98  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
                                    Ka1
               19    42.51  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
                                    Ka1 11. Kh8
               19->  43.04  -0.58   1. Ng4+ Kd2 2. Nh6 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 Rd3
                                    4. Nf7 Ra3 5. Kd8 Kc1 6. Ke7 Kb1 7.
                                    Kf8 Ka1 8. Kg7 Ka2 9. Kh8 Kb1 10. Kg8
                                    Ka1 11. Kh8
              time=1:00  cpu=195%  mat=-2  n=138587065  fh=88%  nps=2.31M
              ext-> chk=9398289 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=41120 mate=53194
              predicted=0  nodes=138587065  evals=1
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
              SMP->  split=2388  stop=118  data=9/4096  cpu=1:57  elap=1:00

White(1): Ng4+



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