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Subject: Re: Crafty and EGTB Question

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:39:27 06/16/04

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On June 16, 2004 at 20:27:45, Ed Trice wrote:

>I have in my crafty.rc file:
>
>tbpath=D:\Tablesbases
>egtb
>
>I runup an interesting game to the point where crafty would display:
>
>end-game phase
>
>After conducting a search of 15 plies, I still get:
>
>endgame tablebase-> probes = 0 hits = 0
>
>1. Is there a threshhold of simplication that must occur in the parent position
>before the endgame tablebases will be probed?
>
>2. Is there a way to "force" crafty to probe the endgame tablebases during the
>search?
>
>Any feedback would be appreciated.

Get this file:
ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/EPD/pawntest.epd

Start crafty.  You should see an EGTB report like this:
E:\programme\winboard\Crafty>crafty-1913.exe
EPD Kit revision date: 1996.04.21
found computer opening book file [./bookc.bin].
ERROR "krafty fischer " is unknown rc-file option
hash table memory =   48M bytes.
pawn hash table memory =   12M bytes.
EGTB cache memory =    8M bytes.
draw score set to    0.00 pawns.
choose from book moves randomly (using weights.)
choose from 5 best moves.
book learning enabled
result learning enabled
position learning enabled
resign after 5 consecutive moves with score < -9.
5 piece tablebase files found
12693kb of RAM used for TB indices and decompression tables

Crafty v19.13

White(1):


Run the following command which will process the epd file:
White(1): epdpfga \epd\pawntest.epd pawntest.out

(adjust the path to point to your pawntest file)

You will see stuff like this in the output:

PFGA: EPD record: 2   ID: Ron Murawski -- Unstoppable passed pawn
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 22.50 (3:30)
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
                8     0.23  -3.25   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 a5 6. Rxc3 Rxf2
                8->   0.38  -3.25   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 a5 6. Rxc3 Rxf2
                9     0.53  -3.36   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Rc8+ Kh7 7.
                                    Rc7
                9->   0.87  -3.36   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Rc8+ Kh7 7.
                                    Rc7
               10     1.30  -3.26   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc7
               10->   2.22  -3.26   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc7
               11     3.03  -3.46   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc8+ Kh7 8. Rc7
               11->   4.54  -3.46   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc8+ Kh7 8. Rc7
               12     6.11  -3.25   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc7 g5 8. hxg5 hxg5
               12->  10.08  -3.25   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc7 g5 8. hxg5 hxg5
               13    14.73  -3.42   1. ... dxe4 2. Nd4 Nxd4 3. Rxd4 Rxa3
                                    4. Rxe4 Ra2 5. Rc4 c2 6. Kg3 a5 7.
                                    Rc7 Kh7 8. Kf4 Rb2
              time=22.54  cpu=96%  mat=-1  n=11558517  fh=88%  nps=512K
              ext-> chk=200668 cap=20621 pp=97213 1rep=26183 mate=86
              predicted=0  nodes=11558517  evals=3207183  50move=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes=0  hits=0
PFGA: EPD record: 3   ID: J&S42.01
              clearing hash tables
              time surplus   0.00  time limit 22.50 (3:30) [easy move]
              depth   time  score   variation (1)
              time=0.00  cpu=100%  mat=0  n=9  fh=100%  nps=10K
              ext-> chk=0 cap=0 pp=0 1rep=0 mate=0
              predicted=0  nodes=9  evals=1  50move=0
              endgame tablebase-> probes=1  hits=1



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