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Subject: Re: Test Position

Author: Chesster Fritz

Date: 20:35:10 01/14/04

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On January 14, 2004 at 23:08:58, Mike Byrne wrote:

>On January 14, 2004 at 22:49:14, Chesster Fritz wrote:
>
>>On January 14, 2004 at 22:42:57, Mike Byrne wrote:
>>
>>>source: http://f50.parsimony.net/forum202220/messages/4059.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>Crafty 19.08 SE "fischer"
>>>
>>>Black(1): [d]8/2pp2pp/8/2PP1P2/1p5k/8/PP4p1/6K1 w - - 0 1
>>>White(1): move
>>>end-game phase
>>>              clearing hash tables
>>>crafty is behind  2.0 on time, reducing by 1/6.
>>>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 1666:39 (1666:39)
>>>crafty is behind  2.0 on time, reducing by 1/6.
>>>              time surplus   0.00  time limit 1666:39 (1666:39)
>>>              depth   time  score   variation (1)
>>>                3     0.02     --   1. a4
>>>                3     0.02   2.69   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5
>>>                3->   0.02   2.69   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5
>>>                4     0.02   2.69   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5
>>>                4->   0.02   2.69   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5
>>>                5     0.02     --   1. a4
>>>                5     0.03   1.60   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5 4.
>>>                                    a5
>>>                5->   0.03   1.60   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5 4.
>>>                                    a5
>>>                6     0.05   1.62   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5 4.
>>>                                    d6 cxd6
>>>                6->   0.06   1.62   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg4 3. a4 Kxf5 4.
>>>                                    d6 cxd6
>>>                7     0.06     --   1. a4
>>>                7     0.11  -0.42   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg3 3. c6 dxc6 4.
>>>                                    dxc6 Kf3 5. a4 Ke4 6. Kxg2
>>>                7->   0.16  -0.42   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg3 3. c6 dxc6 4.
>>>                                    dxc6 Kf3 5. a4 Ke4 6. Kxg2
>>>                8     0.16     --   1. a4
>>>                8     0.25  -3.98   1. a4 bxa3 2. bxa3 Kg3 3. c6 dxc6 4.
>>>                                    d6 cxd6 5. a4 h5 6. a5 h4 7. a6
>>>                8     0.45  -2.36   1. Kf2 Kg4 2. Kxg2 Kxf5 3. Kf3 Ke5
>>>                                    4. Ke3 Kxd5
>>>                8     0.59  -2.00   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. c6 dxc6 3. dxc6 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. Kf3 h5 5. Ke3 g5
>>>                8->   0.59  -2.00   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. c6 dxc6 3. dxc6 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. Kf3 h5 5. Ke3 g5 (s=4)
>>>                9     0.84     ++   1. Kxg2!!
>>>                9     1.09  -1.06   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke5 5. a5 Kxd5 6. a6 Kc6 <HT>
>>>                                    (s=3)
>>>                9->   1.17  -1.06   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke5 5. a5 Kxd5 6. a6 Kc6 <HT>
>>>               10     1.55     ++   1. Kxg2!!
>>>               10     1.91   0.20   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke5 5. d6 cxd6 6. a5 Kd5 7. a6
>>>                                    Kc6 8. cxd6
>>>               10->   1.99   0.20   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke5 5. d6 cxd6 6. a5 Kd5 7. a6
>>>                                    Kc6 8. cxd6
>>>               11     2.81   0.18   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke4 5. d6 cxd6 6. c6 dxc6 7.
>>>                                    a5 h5 8. a6 g5
>>>               11->   3.16   0.18   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke4 5. d6 cxd6 6. c6 dxc6 7.
>>>                                    a5 h5 8. a6 g5
>>>               12     4.55     ++   1. Kxg2!!
>>>               12     6.05   0.71   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke4 5. d6 cxd6 6. c6 dxc6 7.
>>>                                    a5 h5 8. a6 g5 9. a7
>>>               12->   6.42   0.71   1. Kxg2 Kg4 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kxf5
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke4 5. d6 cxd6 6. c6 dxc6 7.
>>>                                    a5 h5 8. a6 g5 9. a7
>>>               13     9.09     ++   1. Kxg2!!
>>>               13    16.47   1.69   1. Kxg2 Kg5 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kf6
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke7 5. a5 Kd8 6. a6 Kc8 7. Kf3
>>>                                    Kb8 8. Ke4 Ka7
>>>               13->  17.27   1.69   1. Kxg2 Kg5 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kf6
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke7 5. a5 Kd8 6. a6 Kc8 7. Kf3
>>>                                    Kb8 8. Ke4 Ka7
>>>               14    18.53     --   1. Kxg2
>>>               14    23.28   1.15   1. Kxg2 Kg5 2. a4 bxa3 3. bxa3 Kf6
>>>                                    4. a4 Ke7 5. a5 Kd8 6. Kf3 Kc8 7. Kf4
>>>                                    Kb7 8. Ke5 h5
>>>               14     1:01     ++   1. f6!!
>>>               14->   1:02   2.08   1. f6 (s=5)
>>>               15     1:07     ++   1. f6!!
>>>               15     1:18   3.30   1. f6 gxf6 2. Kxg2 Kg5 3. a4 bxa3 4.
>>>                                    bxa3 Kf4 5. a4 Ke5 6. d6 cxd6 7. c6
>>>                                    dxc6 8. a5 c5 9. a6 c4 10. a7 c3 11.
>>>                                    a8=Q d5 (s=4)
>>>               15->   1:24   3.30   1. f6 gxf6 2. Kxg2 Kg5 3. a4 bxa3 4.
>>>                                    bxa3 Kf4 5. a4 Ke5 6. d6 cxd6 7. c6
>>>                                    dxc6 8. a5 c5 9. a6 c4 10. a7 c3 11.
>>>                                    a8=Q d5
>>>               16     1:31   2.95   1. f6 gxf6 2. Kxg2 Kg5 3. a4 bxa3 4.
>>>                                    bxa3 Kf4 5. a4 Ke4 6. d6 cxd6 7. c6
>>>                                    dxc6 8. a5 f5 9. a6 Ke3 10. a7 f4 <HT>
>>>               16->   1:51   2.95   1. f6 gxf6 2. Kxg2 Kg5 3. a4 bxa3 4.
>>>                                    bxa3 Kf4 5. a4 Ke4 6. d6 cxd6 7. c6
>>>                                    dxc6 8. a5 f5 9. a6 Ke3 10. a7 f4 <HT>
>>>                                    (s=4)
>>>               17     2:06     ++   1. f6!!
>>>?              17     2:15    1/9*  1. f6
>>>White(1): ?
>>>              time=2:28  cpu=195%  mat=-1  n=167321426  fh=93%  nps=1.13M
>>>              ext-> chk=13983671 cap=493603 pp=10304421 1rep=526374 mate=15058
>>>              predicted=1  nodes=167321426  evals=65290030
>>>              endgame tablebase-> probes=15  hits=15
>>>              SMP->  split=4723  stop=386  data=9/64  cpu=4:50  elap=2:28
>>>
>>>White(1): f6
>>>              time used:   2:28
>>
>>
>>Not a bad result! This position isn't easy for computers.
>>
>>Did you enter the contest? Problem number 4 was clever.
>
>ohhh...  This was the Chessbase problem - the real source is here - sorry.
>
>http://www.chessbase.com/puzzle/christmas2003/chr03-9b.htm

Yeah, it was a bit of an opps....but you didn't know. Besides people use comps
to assist them and ChessBase knows they will.

Don't feel too bad about it. There are two more plus composition 4 a bonus
position.

Number 4 can't be solved by a computer alone, you'll see why when you try it.




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