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Subject: Re: Pro Deo has no problem with this

Author: stuart taylor

Date: 05:58:43 09/03/04

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On September 02, 2004 at 14:05:23, Albert Silver wrote:

>On September 02, 2004 at 03:43:50, Vincent Lejeune wrote:
>
>>On September 01, 2004 at 19:53:53, stuart taylor wrote:

Thanks Albert.
I wonder if it finds things like h5 quite quickly because it is consulting a
database with this game in it. That would be worth knowing, as this game is one
of the all-time greats in chess literature.
Also, h3 by White may not be the best reply anyway.
S.Taylor
>>>
>>>I would be very interested in the "more later", if possible. Maybe the computers
>>>which get h4 quick sometimes change their mind, and then come back again to h4
>>>with much more certainty. I've seen that happen from this position.
>>
>>I'll let Chessmaster think on it next night (reponse in 24 from now)
>>I'm reposting all the test positions, with comments :
>>
>>find h4! and don't lose it after 15 min
>>[d]2kr3r/ppp1qpp1/2p5/2b2b1p/2P1pPn1/1P2P1PP/PBQPB3/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 12
>
>Pro Deo finds h4! quite quickly and judging from the eval, I don't see it
>changing its mind. (on an Athlon 2400XP+ and 60 MB hash)
>
>Pro Deo default settings:
>
>2...Nf6 3.a3 Qe6 4.b4 Be7 5.Bf1 Kb8 6.Nc3 h4 7.g4
>  µ  (-0.79)   Depth: 11   00:00:06  4626kN
>2...h4
>  µ  (-0.79)   Depth: 11   00:00:10  9042kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3 5.Rg1 g2 6.g5 Rh1 7.Kf2
>  µ  (-1.09)   Depth: 11   00:00:14  11522kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3 5.Rg1 g2 6.Rxg2 Rh1+ 7.Ke2 Qh4 8.Nc3 f5 9.Rxh1
>  µ  (-1.11)   Depth: 12   00:00:19  15989kN
>2...h4 3.hxg4 hxg3 4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Bxg4 6.Bf1 Bf3 7.Bxg7 Bxg2 8.Bxg2 Qh2 9.Bxh8
>  -+  (-1.58)   Depth: 13   00:01:08  60027kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3 5.Rg1
>  -+  (-1.80)   Depth: 14   00:02:19  126429kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3
>  -+  (-2.86)   Depth: 15   00:15:01  830992kN
>
>Pro Deo S&D v.4:
>
>2...Nf6 3.a3 Qd7 4.b4 Be7 5.h4 Bg4 6.Nc3 Qe6 7.0-0-0 Bf3 8.Bxf3 exf3
>  µ  (-0.76)   Depth: 11   00:00:08  6371kN
>2...h4
>  µ  (-0.76)   Depth: 11   00:00:12  10141kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3 5.Rg1 Rh2 6.Kd1 Bxe3 7.Re1
>  µ  (-1.05)   Depth: 11   00:00:14  12358kN
>2...h4 3.Bxg4 Bxg4 4.hxg4 hxg3 5.Rg1 Rh2 6.Qc3 Qh4 7.Qxg7 g2+ 8.Ke2
>  µ  (-1.35)   Depth: 12   00:00:31  26917kN
>2...h4 3.hxg4 hxg3 4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Qh3 6.Bf1
>  -+  (-1.70)   Depth: 13   00:01:36  86466kN
>2...h4 3.hxg4 hxg3 4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Qh3 6.Bf1
>  -+  (-1.95)   Depth: 14   00:02:38  153081kN
>2...h4 3.hxg4 hxg3 4.Rg1 Qh4
>  -+  (-2.55)   Depth: 15   00:12:25  740521kN
>
>BTW, even though 4...Rh1 doesn't appear in the mainline, once it gets that far
>it plays Rh1 in a matter of seconds. I'm only using 60 MB of hash so it may be
>an issue.
>
>[D]2kr3r/ppp1qpp1/2p5/2b2b2/2P1pPP1/1P2P1p1/PBQPB3/RN2K2R w KQ - 0 1
>
>Pro Deo Default settings:
>
>4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Bxg4 6.Qxe4 Qh1+ 7.Bf1 Rhe8 8.Be5 f5
>  -+  (-1.94)   Depth: 10   00:00:07  5482kN
>4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Bxg4 6.Bf1 Bf3 7.Bxg7 Bxg2 8.Bxg2 Qh2 9.Kf1 Rh7
>  -+  (-1.97)   Depth: 11   00:00:09  7501kN
>4.Rg1 Rh1 5.Rxh1 g2 6.Rg1 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Qh1 8.Qc3 Qxg1+ 9.Kc2 Qe1 10.gxf5
>  -+  (-3.81)   Depth: 12   00:00:17  15636kN
>4.Rg1 Rh1 5.Rxh1 g2 6.Rg1 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Qh1 8.Qc3 Qxg1+ 9.Kc2
>  -+  (-3.81)   Depth: 13   00:00:54  47595kN
>
>Pro Deo S&D v.4:
>
>4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Kf1 Qh2 6.Rg2 Qh1+ 7.Rg1 g2+ 8.Kf2 Qh4+ 9.Kxg2 Bxg4 10.Bxg4+ Qxg4+
>11.Kf1 Qf3+ 12.Ke1 Rh2 13.Nc3 Rdxd2 14.Rxg7
>  µ  (-1.36)   Depth: 9   00:00:02  1741kN
>4.Rg1 Qh4 5.Rg2 Qh3 6.Bf1 Qxg4 7.Nc3 Qf3 8.Ne2
>  -+  (-1.55)   Depth: 10   00:00:04  2126kN
>4.Rg1 Rh1 5.Rxh1 g2 6.Rg1 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Qh1 8.Re1 Bxg4 9.Kc1
>  -+  (-3.64)   Depth: 11   00:00:05  3832kN
>4.Rg1 Rh1 5.Rxh1 g2 6.Rg1 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Qh1 8.Re1
>  -+  (-3.64)   Depth: 12   00:00:10  8323kN
>4.Rg1 Rh1 5.Rxh1 g2 6.Rg1 Qh4+ 7.Kd1 Qh1 8.Qc3 Qxg1+ 9.Kc2
>  -+  (-3.81)   Depth: 13   00:00:19  18051kN
>
>>>and 11....h5, although I doubt very
>>>much in a computer ever playing them, even if they are tactically very great.
>>find 11...h5
>>[d]2kr3r/ppp1qppp/2p5/2b2b2/2P1pPn1/1P2P1P1/PBQPB2P/RN2K2R b KQ - 0 11
>
>Pro Deo also chooses 11...h5 and sticks to it. At least it didn't change its
>mind after 10 mins. Note that you don't see 12.h3? in its mainline since you
>already know it finds 12...h4! in a matter of seconds, hence it won't consider
>12.h3 as the best reply.
>
>Pro Deo default settings:
>
>1...Nf6 2.a3 Qe6 3.b4 Be7 4.Bd4 Bh3 5.Rg1 a6 6.Nc3 h5
>  ³  (-0.36)   Depth: 12   00:01:18  67596kN
>1...Nf6 2.a3 Qe6 3.b4 Be7
>  ³  (-0.35)   Depth: 13   00:01:52  99095kN
>1...h5
>  ³  (-0.35)   Depth: 13   00:02:02  107273kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rh7 3.Qb2 Qe6 4.b4
>  ³  (-0.52)   Depth: 13   00:02:08  112737kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rh7 3.Qb2 Qe6 4.a4 h4
>  ³  (-0.62)   Depth: 14   00:03:56  215004kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rh7 3.Qb2 Qe6 4.b4
>  ³  (-0.60)   Depth: 15   00:08:04  455220kN
>
>Pro Deo S&D v.4:
>
>1...Nf6 2.a3 Qe6 3.b4 Be7 4.Bd4 h5 5.Nc3 h4 6.0-0-0 hxg3 7.hxg3
>  ³  (-0.36)   Depth: 11   00:00:37  31661kN
>1...Nf6 2.a3 Qe6 3.b4 Be7 4.Bd4 h5 5.Nc3 h4 6.gxh4 Rxh4 7.0-0-0 Rdh8
>  ³  (-0.42)   Depth: 12   00:00:55  47882kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rhg8 3.Bb2 f6 4.Nc3 Kb8 5.h3 Nh6 6.Na4
>  ³  (-0.53)   Depth: 12   00:01:00  52141kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rh7 3.Qc3 Qd6 4.Be5 Qe6 5.b4 Nxe5 6.fxe5 Be7 7.0-0 Bh3
>  ³  (-0.51)   Depth: 13   00:01:59  109379kN
>1...h5 2.Bxg7 Rh7 3.Qc3 Qd6 4.Bd4 Bxd4 5.exd4 Qxd4
>  ³  (-0.53)   Depth: 14   00:05:01  288309kN
>
>(Silver, Private 02.09.2004)
>
>                           Albert
>
>
>>>>>Huh? That's quick!   However, I would be even more impressed if I would see that
>>>>>it found 14....Rh1 or 15....Rh1  from the same position in a short time.
>>>>>Could you test it for that?
>>>>>And what kind of AMD and Mhz are you using?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>[Later, I would be staggeringly fascinated to know if your computer EVER arrives
>>>>>at the (possibly best moves) of 10...Ng4 and/or 11...h5. If so, I might even
>>>>>propose that computers have almost solved chess!]
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks!
>>>>>S.Taylor



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