Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 19:29:03 06/14/04
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On June 14, 2004 at 21:49:38, Mike Byrne wrote: >On June 14, 2004 at 20:42:45, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>On June 14, 2004 at 18:11:17, Derek Paquette wrote: >> >>>On June 14, 2004 at 15:38:12, Daniel Jackson wrote: >>> >>>>With todays top hardware/software, can the winning move e5!! be found? >>>> >>>>[D]r2qrb1k/1p1b2p1/p2ppn1p/8/3NP3/1BN5/PPP3QP/1K3RR1 w - - 0 1 >>>> >>>>Daniel >>> >>> >>>I think that these position tests are absolutely useless, >>>an IM can draw a program, so who cares if it can find 'specific' moves >>> >>>if it doesn't have a 'game plan' and can only draw, >>> >>>whats the difference? >> >>Actually I'm pretty happy with this result. This makes at least 5 of the 11 >>nolot positions that Zappa can solve in reasonable (a few hours) time. Of >>course, I am a long way from it playing the move over the board at tournament >>time control! >> >>1. Nc3-e2 e6-e5 2. Nd4-f5 g7-g5 3. Bb3-f7 Bd7-e6 4. Bf7xe8 Qd8xe8 5. h2-h4 g5-g4 >>6. Nf5xh6 Bf8xh6 7. Rf1xf6 Bh6-g7 8. Rf6-f1 Qe8-a4 9. Ne2-c3 >> = (1.87) Depth: 17/38 00:58:56.78 2666999kN >>1. e4-e5 d6xe5 2. Nc3-e4 Nf6-h5 3. Qg2-g6 Nh5-f4 4. Rf1xf4 e5xf4 5. Nd4-f3 >>Qd8-b6 6. Rg1-g5 Qb6-d8 7. Nf3-e5 Qd8-e7 8. Ne5-f7 Kh8-g8 9. Ne4-f6 Qe7xf6 10. >>Nf7xh6 Kg8-h8 11. Nh6-f7 Qf6xf7 12. Qg6xf7 >> = (2.28) Depth: 17/34 01:16:27.50 3451482kN >> >>Positions like these show that (IMO) more depth is *always* better. Maybe not a >>lot better, but Zappa is still finding new tactics at 17 ply. >> >>anthony > >The key to e4e5 is that the program must see Ne4 is good , leaving the Nd4 >hanging by design -- just like Zappa shows. But even pv's can be misleading - >after 7. ... Qe7 , the above position is Mate-in-7 with Rh5 > >[d]r3rb1k/1p1bq1p1/p3p1Qp/4N1R1/4Np2/1B6/PPP4P/1K6 w - - 0 6 Don't whine about my 3 ply search Mike ;) 1. Ne5-f7 Kh8-g8 2. Ne4-f6 Qe7xf6 3. Nf7xh6 Kg8-h8 4. Nh6-f7 Qf6xf7 5. Qg6xf7 = (2.28) Depth: 3/11 00:00:00.02 3kN 1. Rg5-h5 Re8-c8 2. Ne4-g5 Qe7xg5 3. Ne5-f7 Kh8-g8 4. Nf7xg5 Bf8-c5 5. Qg6-f7 Kg8-h8 6. Rh5xh6 g7xh6 7. Qf7-h7 = MAT7 Depth: 9/25 00:00:14.51 10595kN In fact Zappa makes a mistake much earlier, when it plays Qg6 (Spassky's move) instead of the stronger Qg4. If I ever get my parallel version working, I'm going to run over all the Nolot positions. anthony
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