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Subject: Re: WAC 141 blowup

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 07:11:18 09/01/04

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On September 01, 2004 at 05:57:25, martin fierz wrote:

>On September 01, 2004 at 00:51:47, Stuart Cracraft wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>Muse on P4 2.4GHz finds the mate at ply 6, failing high on Qxf4 after 0.7
>seconds (not shown in the logfile).
>
>the reason it can solve this at such a low search depth is probably twofold, the
>first is that it generates checks in qsearch on the first ply of the qsearch (so
>when you drop directly into qsearch with a nullmove, it will see Rh8# every
>time), the second is probably that it is using mate-threat extensions.
>
>cheers
>  martin

Do you get 2 plies only by mate extensions?
In order to do it you need to extend 2/3 ply for mate threat.

The line 1.Qxf4 Bxf4 2.Rxh5 gxh5 3.Rxh5 Bh6 4.Rxh6 is 7 plies and qsearch here
does not see mate because it is black to move so I need 8 plies even if I
disable pruning by evaluation.

With pruning by evaluation latest movei get it only in 10 plies but I think to
change my pruning to make it see it faster.

Uri



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