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Subject: Re: ECM........#28.....RxN.....!?

Author: John Merlino

Date: 09:23:27 05/11/04

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On May 11, 2004 at 04:18:09, Vincent Lejeune wrote:

>On May 11, 2004 at 01:17:32, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On May 10, 2004 at 18:03:37, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>>
>>>On May 10, 2004 at 17:02:11, Rob Basham wrote:
>>>
>>>>ECM......#28
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>[D]r1b2rk1/2q2ppp/2pbp3/p7/4Nn2/3B4/PPPBQ1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The move they want here is RxN....!?
>>>>
>>>>has anyone worked on this one?
>>>>I do not see how that is a win....:-)
>>>>
>>>>Rob
>>>
>>>After the only line :
>>>
>>>1. Rxf4 Bxf4 2. Nf6+ gxf6 3. Qg4+ (note a transposition is possible : 1. Nf6+
>>>gxf6 2.Rxf4 Bxf4 ...)
>>>
>>>
>>>here's what Chessmaster 9000-SKR and Shredder 8 say :
>>>
>>>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>>>4:50	1/14	0.10	114267479	3...Kh8 4.Bxf4 f5 5.Qg3 Qb7 6.Bd6
>>>					Bd7 7.Rd1 f6 8.Bxf8 Rxf8 9.Bf1
>>>					Bc8 10.b3 c5 11.Bc4
>>>3:41	1/14	0.37	86451977	3...Bg5 4.Bxg5 f5 5.Qh4 f6 6.Bxf6
>>>					Qf7 7.Be5 Ba6 8.c4 Rad8 9.Rd1 Qg6
>>>					10.b3 Qg4
>>>
>>>
>>>Analysis by Shredder 8:
>>>
>>>1. = (0.10): 3...Rh8 4.Fxf4 f5 5.Dg3 Db6 6.Fc7 Db7 7.Fd6 Fd7 8.Fxf8 Txf8 9.Dd6
>>>Tg8 10.De5+ Tg7 11.Td1 c5 12.Ff1 Fe8 13.Td8 Dc6 14.Dc3 a4
>>>2. ² (0.65): 3...Fg5 4.Fxg5 f5 5.Dh4 f6 6.Fxf6 Df7 7.Fc3 Fa6 8.Fxa6 Txa6 9.Te1
>>>c5 10.Te3 Tfa8 11.Tg3+ Rf8 12.Fe5 Df6 13.Dxf6+ Re8
>>>
>>>In fact this seems not to be winning but 1. Rxf4 (or 1.Nf6+) seems to be the
>>>best way to play
>>
>>This is true, and sometimes that's the point of a position in a test suite --
>>not to find the WINNING move, but simply to find the BEST move.
>
>Yes, 90-95% of solutions for test suites are winning (often only winning) moves,
>but sometimes there are drawing, saving and "not losing" moves.
>
>>
>>Also, it looks like you have modified your SKR setting, and are using a
>>selective search value of at least 13. SKR is supposed to use a value of 12.
>>
>>jm
>
>Yes, sorry to not mention this, I always like big selective search, my SKR is
>modified with ss=16.
>
>Do you know if Johan plan to rise the possible value for the ss ?
>Or do you have results of a modified CM with ss>16 (24,32) ? is it a lot counter
>productive ?
>
>Thanks,
>Vincent Lejeune.

I cannot answer these questions. Johan has told me there is going to be a new
version of the engine in CMX000, but I don't know how (or if) the default
settings are going to be changed.

jm



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